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In the wake of N.C. budget cuts, Asheville Citizen-Times reports:
One of North Carolina’s two Planned Parenthood affiliates filed a federal lawsuit today to invalidate part of the new state budget that cuts it off from federal or state funds for family planning. ...
The lawsuit filed in Greensboro’s federal court by Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina contends the group is being punished for its abortion-rights advocacy, saying that violates its free-speech protections. ...
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