Description: Planned Parenthood Arizona filed a lawsuit against H.B. 2800, the “Whole Woman’s Healthcare Funding Prioritization Act,” which prevents taxpayer dollars from funding abortions and prioritizes family planning funds to health care entities that best provide comprehensive health care to women.
US Supreme Court declines to hear lawsuit over taxpayer funding of abortions in Ariz.
Monday, Feb 24, 2014
“Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize the work of abortionists. Arizona should be free to enforce its public interest against the taxpayer funding of abortion and in favor of the best health care for women, which is what this law sought to do. We are disappointed that the Supreme Court did not decide to weigh in on that principle. Arizonans deserve the best policies and laws possible to protect both their money and their health.”
In November, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne asked the high court to review the case, Betlach v. Planned Parenthood Arizona. Horne appointed Aden to work together with Arizona Solicitor General Robert Ellman in defense of the law.
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