Published January 08, 2015
A federal appeals court has ruled that Kansas can strip Planned Parenthood of federal family planning money.
A divided court in Denver on Tuesday overturned a judge's order that forced Kansas to keep funding Planned Parenthood's clinics in Wichita in Hays.
At issue is money distributed under a federally financed family planning program. A Kansas law requires the state to first allocate the Title X money to public health departments and hospitals, leaving no funds for the Planned Parenthood clinics.
The appeals court rejected Planned Parenthood's claims that losing the money amounted to a violation of free-speech rights for associating with abortion providers.
The clinics in question don't provide abortions. The only Planned Parenthood clinic that provides abortions in Kansas is in the Kansas City area.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-appeals-court-rules-kansas-can-strip-planned-parenthood-of-federal-family-planning