- Government funding for Missouri Planned Parenthood clinics is at stake in a lawsuit set to be argued before the state Supreme Court on Tuesday. State attorneys are asking Supreme Court judges to back the Republican-led Legislature’s decision to block funding from Planned Parenthood. But legislators struggled with “loopholes“ that allowed Planned Parenthood clinics that provide other healthcare to continue receiving funding. Planned Parenthood argues that some of its chapters provide preventative health care and not abortion and shouldn’t be financially penalized. In written arguments to the Supreme Court, Planned Parenthood attorneys say lawmakers violated the Missouri Constitution by referencing another law defining “abortion facilities“ in the budget.

Source: thestar December 10, 2019 05:03 UTC