A federal appeals court has unanimously upheld a decision that says a state law defunding Planned Parenthood is unconstitutional.
The law has been on hold since abortion rights advocates sued two years ago. It would allow the to strip $1.5 million in tax funding from .
Lawmakers say the measure simply steers federal funds intended for women鈥檚 health care away from providers that also offer abortions. A three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court that said it is unconstitutional to withhold those dollars. The state could ask the full federal court to consider the matter or appeal it to the .
There is no word yet on what the state will do.