DOJ: Indiana ban on Medicaid funds to abortion providers violates federal law
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Thursday urged the court to grant an injunction [brief, PDF] to stop the enforcement of an Indiana abortion law [HB 1210], which seeks to deny Medicaid funding to organizations that provide abortion services. The DOJ filed the brief in the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana [official website] seeking to stop the Indiana law which prevents Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood [advocacy website] for any…