Women's health provider Planned Parenthood has won a lawsuit to block a Mississippi law banning the state's Medicaid program from funding medical providers that perform abortions, reports Reuters.
Here are three things to know about the issue.
1. U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan III struck down the law Thursday, noting a prior appeals court ruling that rejected a similar Louisiana law, saying "essentially every court to consider similar laws has found that they violate" federal law, according to the report.
2. Planned Parenthood had complained the law, which went into effect in July, unconstitutionally limited patients' rights to pick their own healthcare provider and would have prevented Planned Parenthood from serving low-income patients, the article states.
3. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R), released the following statement on Facebook: "I believe the law was the right thing to do and I will continue to stand with the legislature and people of Mississippi who do not want their hard-earned money going to the largest abortion provider in the nation."
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