Planned Parenthood sued the state of Arizona on Monday in an effort to overturn a new law that blocks it from receiving government funds. The law was signed by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer in May, and is designed to prevent the allocation of public funds to clinics that also provide abortion in the state. The law will effectively cut funding for all health services provided by Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers, impacting the nearly 4,000 women receiving Medicaid-funded health care in the state.

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An Indiana law that denies Medicare funds to Planned Parenthood has once again been blocked. The law, signed into effect by Republican Governor Mitch Daniels in May 2011, claims that Planned Parenthood of Indiana (PPIN) should not receive Medicare funding because the funds would indirectly subsidize abortion. The law was blocked in June of 2011 and again yesterday on the grounds that the law does not provide women with the freedom to choose their health care provider.

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The Republican-controlled General Assembly of North Carolina voted to defund Planned Parenthood late Monday night. An estimated $200,000 will be stripped from the state’s two Planned Parenthood Affiliates after the General Assembly voted to override Governor Beverly Purdue’s veto of the annual budget.

Read Campus Organizer Laura Kacere’s full post on our blog.

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