Texas judge blocks state from cutting Planned Parenthood funding

Published February 21, 2017 11:31pm ET



A federal judge blocked Texas’ efforts to steer Medicaid funding away from Planned Parenthood, becoming the latest state’s effort to fall short.

The ruling by U.S. District Sam Sparks of Austin comes a month after he temporarily halted the state’s move, which would have stripped the women’s healthcare and abortion provider of millions of dollars of government funding.

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