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Via LifeNews:
The Obama administration is using the state of Arizona and claiming that its new law revoking taxpayer funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business runs afoul of federal laws.
The Whole Woman’s Health Funding Priority Act of Arizona (HB 2800) de-funded abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood of state family planning money. The bill is based on model legislation developed by the SBA List and the Alliance Defense Fund, and prioritizes family planning funds away from abortion-centered businesses like Planned Parenthood to entities that provide women with comprehensive health care.
The measure prohibits the state or any local government from using public money to contract with an organization that includes abortions.
In new filings in court, representatives of the Justice Department tell U.S. District Court Judge Neil Wake that a law approved earlier this year aimed specifically at cutting off taxpayer funding to the abortion business via the state’s funding of family planning programs is against the law. Assistant Attorney General Joseph Mead claims Arizona shouldn’t be picking who receives funding with federal Medicare tax money it receives.
Arizona Solicitor General David Cole disagrees and says Federal laws have always allowed states to establish “meaningful provider qualifications” and that de-funding Planned Parenthood fits within that power. Cole said Planned Parenthood could get family planning funds if it divorces its family planning services from its abortion business.