Controversial Arizona law to defund Planned Parenthood put on hold
Attorneys for the state have agreed not to enforce a controversial new law aimed at defunding abortion providers, at least for the time being.
A stipulation signed by Assistant Attorney General Rusty Crandell vows that no one will try to cut family planning dollars from Planned Parenthood or any other organization solely because it has not segregated out the costs of abortion services to the satisfaction of the director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the state’s Medicaid program. The stipulation, filed with a federal judge here, says the law, which legally took effect in August, is just not ready to be implemented.
Crandell also said it could take up to two years to craft and adopt the rules before that happens.
In exchange, attorneys for abortion providers agreed to drop their lawsuit challenging the legality of the measure until there are actual rules in place.
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