U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten ruled that Kansas must fund the abortion business even though it did not cancel any contracts with the agency that were in effect at the time a new state provision went into place denying taxpayer funding via the family planning program to any agencies that do abortions.
The Kansas Attorney General’s Office issued a statement to Kansans for Life: “The state will comply with the Judge’s order but will continue its appeal to the Tenth Circuit United States Court of Appeals.”
Responding to the ruling, Kansans for Life legislative director Kathy Ostrowski said, “It is mind-boggling that this judge thinks he has the authority to give taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood with no legal basis.”
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