WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A group that has advocated for Congress to defund Planned Parenthood is trying to enter the legal fray in Kansas over a state law stripping a Planned Parenthood chapter of federal family planning money.

The St. Louis-based Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund asked the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday for permission to file a friend-of-court brief supporting Kansas. The proposed 48-page brief asks the appeals court to do away with U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten's order blocking enforcement of the new law.

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