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A new Florida law aiming to cut off state funding for preventive health services at clinics that also provide abortions has been blocked by a federal judge On Thursday after state Planned Parenthood affiliates challenged certain provisions as unconstitutional. District Judge Robert Hinkle issued a preliminary injunction late on Thursday. The judge noted that Florida already prohibits funding for abortions, as courts have held permissible. He stated "The state’s only beef is that the plaintiffs provide abortions,"

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