Ohio Republicans must believe that there is not enough work for lawyers.  How else to explain passing a bill that almost certainly won’t withstand a court challenge?

Yesterday, hearings were scheduled on a bill ( HB298) in the Ohio Legislature to strip funding from Planned Parenthood.  According to news reports, the “bill re-prioritizes how federal funding for family-planning services is distributed by the state. Money must first be made available to public clinics, then private entities that provide comprehensive primary- and preventative-care services in addition to family-planning services, and finally to groups like Planned Parenthood. Such a pecking order […]