Ohio can block Planned Parenthood funding, appeals court rules

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(CNN)Striking a blow to abortion rights activists, the US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has given Ohio the green light to cut funding to groups like Planned Parenthood.

The federal court's ruling Tuesday upheld an Ohio law that barred state funding for health care providers that offer abortions, overturning a decision that deemed the law unconstitutional.

"Private organizations do not have a constitutional right to obtain governmental funding to support their activities," Judge Jeffrey Sutton wrote for the majority in the 11-6 opinion. "The state also may choose not to subsidize constitutionally protected activities. Just as it has no obligation to provide a platform for an individual's free speech ... it has no obligation to pay for a woman's abortion."

Planned Parenthood, which operates 26 health centers between its Greater Ohio and Southwest Ohio Region affiliates, stands to lose $1.5 million in annual funding from the state health department, according to media reports.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/12/health/ohio-appeals-court-planned-parenthood-funding/index.html

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1. Besides this, Ohio seems to be going down fast . . .

RWers are destroying the state.