Federal judge rules Ohio's effort to defund Planned Parenthood is unconstitutional, permanently

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3. OH OK--this OHIO law was enacted b/c of that video that claimed PP were selling fetal body parts...

So, glad the judge ruled unconstitutional.

.......Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed the legislation enacting the law in February. Planned Parenthood sued in May, claiming it was unconstitutional, shortly before it was scheduled to take effect. Barrett issued a temporary injuction that month to block the law change.

The push for the Ohio legislation, and similar laws across the country, was fueled by secretly recorded videos released last summer that purported to show Planned Parenthood employees in other states selling aborted fetuses and fetal parts.

Planned Parenthood denied any wrongdoing and an investigation by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine found no evidence that Ohio clinics sold fetal tissue. But lawmakers were not dissuaded, even after a Texas grand jury in January found no wrongdoing by the abortion provider and instead indicted the anti-abortion activist who filmed the videos. Those charges later were dropped.

What happens next

The next moves are up to the state.