GOP lawmakers to try blocking Planned Parenthood funds again
PHOENIX (AP) -- Republican lawmakers in the Arizona Legislature are promising to try again to block all funding for Planned Parenthood.
Friday's announcement from Senate President Andy Biggs comes despite a 2014 decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld rulings preventing Arizona from stopping non-abortion funding to the group.
The Republican-controlled Legislature has a long history of passing anti-abortion measures and Gov. Doug Ducey is a strong backer of the efforts. Biggs contends Planned Parenthood uses funds from non-abortion services to support its abortion services.
Planned Parenthood has received added scrutiny since anti-abortion activists released undercover videos last summer they say shows Planned Parenthood personnel negotiating the sale of fetal organs.
Planned Parenthood denies it profits from the practice.
Planned Parenthood-Arizona says it doesn't transfer fetal tissue and courts have already said Arizona can't cut its women's health care funding.