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Abortion clinics in Cincinnati and Dayton sued Tuesday in federal court, claiming laws enacted in the last two state budgets unconstitutionally restrict access to abortion. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati, targets changes in regulations that the clinics argue violate protected rights under the U.S. Constitution. Among those are a woman's right to pursue an abortion and the clinics' rights to due process under the 14th Amendment. (Higgs, 9/1)

The operators of two southwest Ohio abortion clinics asked a federal court on Tuesday to declare recently enacted state laws governing their operations unconstitutional. Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio and Women's Med Group sued in U.S. District Court, targeting several provisions tucked into the state's two most recent operating budgets, signed into law by Republican Gov. John Kasich this year and in 2013. (9/1)

The U.S. Justice Department told a federal judge that Gov. Bobby Jindal's decision to oust Planned Parenthood from Louisiana's Medicaid program appears to violate federal law by denying Medicaid patients the right to choose their health care providers. In a court filing, the agency said the Jindal administration hasn't offered "sufficient reasons" to keep Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast's clinics in New Orleans and Baton Rouge from receiving Medicaid payments. (9/1)