An appeals court in Ohio gave a rare victory over Planned Parenthood funding when a majority of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state can cut funding to Planned Parenthood because the company performs abortions. Several other rulings across the nation, including a lower court decision in Ohio, have refused to allow states to defund Planned Parenthood.  This particular ruling would not affect Medicaid funding of Planned Parenthood, but it would affect six other state health agencies. Politico: Four of the 11 Sixth Circuit judges who sided with Ohio in Tuesday's decision were appointed by President Donald Trump.  The judges said Ohio's law barring state health department funding from going to any provider who offers "non-therapeutic abortions" or advocates for abortion rights, "does not violate the Constitution because the affiliates do not have a due process right to perform abortions." Eric Murphy, the...(Read Full Post)