LifeNews - Indiana Asks Court to Uphold Planned Parenthood De-Funding

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com

Indiana officials filed a legal brief on Monday with a federal appeals court asking that it reverse a judge’s decision this summer overturning its new comprehensive pro-life law that limits abortions and de-funds Planned Parenthood. . . .

Last month, more than 40 members of Congress banded together to filed papers supporting the Indiana law as the American Center for Law and Justice, a pro-life legal group, urged the court to uphold the measure.

The ACLJ filed an amicus brief backing the Indiana law saying it is consistent with federal statutes and is constitutionally sound. . . .

“The state of Indiana and other states do have the constitutional authority to determine how it spends federal funds,” said Jay Sekulow, chief counselor for the ACLJ. “The fact is that Planned Parenthood receives more than $350-million a year in taxpayer funds. Indiana’s decision to no longer use federal money to fund the nation’s largest abortion provider is not only a constitutionally sound decision, but one we hope is implemented in other states across the country.” . . .

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