A federal appeals court has ruled the state can cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood.
the state can cut about $1.5 million dollars a year from Planned Parenthood. That money is meant for family planning, cancer screenings and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. The ruling overturns a lower court ruling. Iris Harvey, C.E.O. of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio, says this will hurt low-income Ohioans.
鈥淲hat we are looking at is an attack on people who need health care the most," Harvey says.
Ohio Right to Life the ruling, saying Ohio taxpayers won鈥檛 have to worry about funding abortions, something Harvey says isn鈥檛 happening in the first place. She says her group is looking at its legal options.
