This is pretty scary. I think that Department of Justice attorney Jonathan Jacobson states the obvious: no organization has an entitlement to public funding.
“The plaintiffs are here claiming legal rights they do not have,” Jacobson told Rice, according to The Spokesman-Review. “There is no legal entitlement to further funding beyond each funding year. It’s the agency’s discretion.”
This sure shows the power of the abortion lobby.
SPOKANE – A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction blocking the Trump administration from cutting grants to Planned Parenthood that pay for a teen pregnancy prevention program in numerous states.
U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Rice of Spokane issued his ruling late Tuesday, after listening to arguments from attorneys for Planned Parenthood and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
“The Court finds that HHS arbitrarily and capriciously terminated the (teen pregnancy prevention) Program,” Rice wrote. “The Court determines that the public interest weighs in favor of (Planned Parenthood), as it would prevent harm to the community and prevent loss of data regarding the effectiveness of teen pregnancy prevention.”
The judge also denied a government motion to dismiss the case.