Planned Parenthood Sues Arkansas Over Loss of Medicaid Money

LITTLE ROCK - Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit  challenging Arkansas' cancellation of its Medicaid provider contract, which Gov. Asa Hutchinson terminated amid concerns about secretly recorded videos released by an anti-abortion group.

The Republican governor ordered the Arkansas Department of Human Services last month to end its contract with Planned Parenthood; the deadline is  night. The state has said Planned Parenthood received more than $51,000 in Medicaid payments in Arkansas over the past fiscal year for family planning and gynecological services. None of the money went toward abortions.

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