Utah Gov. Gary Herbert decided, without even the cover of an "investigation" into Planned Parenthood in his state, to cut off funding to the organization. That was after the release of bogus videos showing what purported to be questionable fetal tissue sales by the organization, taken in states that are not Utah. Planned Parenthood immediate sued, asking for an injunction blocking the defunding.
They got it.
U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups issued the temporary restraining order during a hearing, allowing the money to keep flowing while the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah seeks a longer-term injunction. […]
Tyler Green, solicitor general for the Utah attorney general's office, said in court that Gov. Herbert has not claimed that any Utah Planned Parenthood officials were involved in the fetal tissue discussions.
However, Herbert was concerned that the national Planned Parenthood organization may be "coloring outside the lines," Green said.
The remark prompted the judge to ask, "Don't you find it troubling that the governor decided to take this action before this investigation into the supposed activity outside the lines has even been completed?"
Some of Planned Parenthood programs could have expired as soon as Wednesday without the injunction. The judge noted that the governor was not alleging any illegal activity by Planned Parenthood and that the $200,000 in federal money that goes to PP in Utah is spent not on abortions, but on health care, like all the federal money in all the states. Nonetheless, "Herbert's spokeswoman Aimee Edwards issued a statement later saying the governor stands by his action despite the judge's ruling." It has nothing to do with the law, or with facts. Planned Parenthood must be destroyed just because.