Judge mulls women's health funding

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Planned Parenthood says it will continue seeing patients with appointments as the group awaits a federal ruling on its request to block Indiana's effort to become the first state to cut all funding to the organization.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt is expected to rule Wednesday on the organization's request for a temporary restraining order. Planned Parenthood filed the request Tuesday after Gov. Mitch Daniels signed into law a bill that imposes new restrictions on abortions and cuts funding to the organization.

Planned Parenthood of Indiana President Betty Cockrum says the group will use its Women's Health Fund to cover the cost of seeing patients who rely on federal funding until the judge rules.

She says the law could leave thousands of patients without access to vital health care.