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Federal Judge Blocks Kansas from Defunding Planned Parenthood

HeadlineAug 02, 2011

A federal judge has blocked a Kansas law cutting off funding for the group Planned Parenthood and its two clinics statewide. Planned Parenthood had warned the measure would have stopped federal money for cancer screenings, breast exams and birth control for low-income patients.

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