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Judge in Spokane Blocks Trump from Defunding Planned Parenthood Program

HeadlineApr 25, 2018

In Spokane, Washington, a federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from defunding Planned Parenthood programs to help prevent teen pregnancy across the western United States. In his ruling, Judge Thomas Rice wrote, “The Court finds that HHS [Department of Health and Human Services] arbitrarily and capriciously terminated the TPP Program. … The Court determines that the public interest weighs in favor of (Planned Parenthood).”

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