WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Planned Parenthood says it plans to close its clinic in Hays unless it is advised this week that it will soon receive the Title X funding already ordered by a federal judge.
The group said in a court filing last week that it will stop providing services at the clinic this Friday unless it is told it will receive the money by Sept. 16. That also will be the last day the sliding fee scale will be available for its low-income patients in Wichita.
U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten on Aug. 1 blocked a new state law stripping Planned Parenthood of federal funds and ordered the state to continue funding. But the funds have been delayed amid legal maneuvering.