COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio must continue to provide certain funding to Planned Parenthood while a state law aimed at keeping public money from going to the organization is being challenged, a federal judge ruled Monday.

US District Judge Michael Barrett granted a temporary restraining order to temporarily block the state from diverting any funding away from Planned Parenthood affiliates across Ohio.

The state law targets the roughly $1.3 million in funding that Planned Parenthood gets through Ohio’s Health Department. That money, which is mostly federal, supports certain education and prevention programs. The law would bar such funds from going to entities that perform or promote abortions.

The restrictions, which had been slated to take effect Monday, were signed into law by Republican Governor John Kasich in February during his presidential bid. Planned Parenthood sued the state, claiming the new law violates their constitutional rights.

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