A federal judge has stopped Ohio from implementing a new law that would defund Planned Parenthood.
On the same day the new law to strip Planned Parenthood of more than a million dollars in state funding was supposed to take effect, a federal judge in Cincinnati granted the organization鈥檚 request for a temporary restraining order.
The President and CEO of , Iris Harvey, says the law would take money away for cancer screenings, HIV tests and birth control and affect many low-income women who don鈥檛 have other options.
鈥淲e think this ruling is a victory for our patients in Ohio.鈥�
But Mike Gonadakis, president of , says the ruling hurts women who could be getting those services from community clinics.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a delay at best and it clearly demonstrates an overreach by Planned Parenthood,鈥� says Gonadakis.
The law is on hold until June 6th.
