Planned Parenthood sues Utah after it cuts off federal money

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and LINDSAY WHITEHURST

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah branch of Planned Parenthood sued the governor on Monday for ordering state agencies to cut off federal funding to the organization following the release of secretly recorded videos by an anti-abortion group.

Republican Gov. Gary Herbert's action was unconstitutional and based on unfounded allegations, the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah said in federal court documents.

He blocked funding distributed by the state after a California anti-abortion group leaked videos showing Planned Parenthood officials describing how they provide fetal tissue from abortions for medical research.

Herbert spokeswoman Aimee Edwards said Monday that the governor stands by his order.

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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6d148d6b083946f18b28e211a6296535/planned-parenthood-sues-utah-after-it-cuts-federal-money

[Dont call me Shirley]

1. GOOD!

[NonMetro]

2. Gov. Herbert Belongs To The Coat Hanger Club?

That's the GOP plan: from safe and legal to coat hangers!

[niyad]

7. must have stock in the necessary companies, just like rummy boy.

[NonMetro]

10. No Doubt!

R&D is probably working on a "new and improved!" model - just for women! You've come a long way baby!?

[allan01]

3. what the article dosnt say that the videos was a sham

[Fred Sanders]

4. Like, WTF AP!? "...anti-abortion group leaked videos...." WTF! Manufactured highly edited videos

by a fake group launching a fake GOP political campaign....is the truth.

Why are the mass media so eager to embrace these lies and encourage the deception?

It is the mass media that needs to be prosecuted and or sued for mass deception and criminal negligence in reporting truth.

AP has yet to apologize for their intentional deception over Iran nuclear inspections, unless I missed it.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

11. If the media was truthful, the Republican party would not be able to compete

and they need the back and forth to collect the biggest dollars for their networks. So it will continue to be he-said she-said until we either punch out of politic and the news, or rise up and kick someone in the TEEEF!

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Why does any state get to hand out *federal* money in the first place?

Shouldn't it be a *federal* agency doing that direct to the recipients? Wouldn't that be more efficient?

[padfun]

8. Thats the way it is. The feds give it to a state department to dole out

That is also true for all welfare. The feds give the Department of Social Services the state allotment, and the state gives the counties the money.

[niyad]

6. secretly recorded, and heavily, and deceptively, edited. that should be a major focus, yes?

[wnewso]

9. omaha

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