Indiana enacted a law in recent months that barred medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood for general health services. The law is being challenged by both Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. The new law didn’t pass the whiff test. According to Politico.com:
A federal judge in Indianapolis on Friday blocked part of an Indiana law that cut off public funding for the state’s Planned Parenthood operations because they provide abortions, The Associated Press reported.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, who was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama, granted the organization an injunction that nullifies the portion of the Indiana law, recently signed by Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels.
Indiana also got slapped on the wrist by a Reagan appointed judge:
U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker ordered Indiana to not enforce portions of an Arizona-style immigration bill due to take effect July 1, the Indianapolis Star reported.
