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Indiana, Planned Parenthood in court over funding

Planned Parenthood of Indiana can end a dispute over a law that would cut some of its public funding if it became two separate entities, with one offering abortion services and the other offering general health services, an attorney for the state told a federal appeals court Thursday.

By Rick Callahan | Updated on October 21, 2011

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Indiana can end a dispute over a law that would cut some of its public funding if it became two separate entities, with one offering abortion services and the other offering general health services, an attorney for the state told a federal appeals court Thursday.

Solicitor General Thomas Fisher said during oral arguments before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago that Indiana’s new law is aimed at keeping taxpayer dollars “from indirectly subsidizing abortions.”

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