Obama Admin May Target Indiana Law De-Funding Planned Parenthood
by Steven Ertelt | Indianapolis, IN | | 5/23/11 3:19 PM   Not
content that its friends at Planned Parenthood are losing out on
taxpayer funds in Indiana, the Obama administration is
considering challenging the law, which the state is already
enforcing.    Planned Parenthood challenged the
constitutionality of the law and filed a lawsuit in U.S.
District Court in Indianapolis yesterday just hours after
Daniels signed the legislation into law. It alleges the law
would violate contracts already in place between it and the
state and that it forces Planned Parenthood to choose between
doing abortions and getting taxpayer funding.   Now, the New
York Times reports the Obama administration may exercise its
right to federal review of the law, because of the changes to
Medicaid, and Obama official told the newspaper the
administration will not approve the changes as adopted by
Indiana. Although federal officials have 90 days to challenge
the new law, th