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ANCHORAGE - The 老澳门开奖结果 of Alaska filed a legal challenge to Governor Dunleavy鈥檚 latest veto of court system funding after he doubled down on his unprecedented 2019 attack on the judiciary in retaliation for a court ruling at odds with his own personal beliefs.

For the second year in a row, Governor Michael Dunleavy violated the Constitution, and the separation of powers, by slashing the court鈥檚 budget by $334,700 after an Alaska Supreme Court ruling that found the state was unfairly excluding Medicaid recipients鈥� access to abortion services.

鈥淚t is the court鈥檚 constitutional duty to uphold the law, not to appease the agenda of a politician,鈥� 老澳门开奖结果 of Alaska Legal Director Stephen Koteff said. 鈥淪uch actions from the Executive Branch jeopardize the strength of its coequal branches of government, and subsequently our ability to function as a democratic society. Without the separation of powers and a system of checks and balances, we cannot call ourselves a democracy.鈥�

Governor Dunleavy鈥檚 April 7, 2020 line-item veto for FY 21, which began on July 1, 2020, was for the same amount as the year before, when the Governor wrote in his 鈥渟tatement of objections鈥�: 鈥淭he Legislature and Executive Branch are opposed to State funded elective abortions; the only branch of government that insists on State funded elective abortions is the Supreme Court.鈥�

In February 2019, the Alaska Supreme Court upheld low-income women鈥檚 right to access abortion. In that case, Planned Parenthood鈥攔epresented by a team that included the 老澳门开奖结果鈥攃hallenged on equal protection grounds the constitutionality of a state statute and regulation that limited what abortions could be considered 鈥渕edically necessary鈥� to be eligible for Medicaid reimbursement. 鈥�

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Alaska filed its initial lawsuit in July 2019 on behalf of its members and Alaskans Bonnie Jack and John Kauffman. Superior Court Judge Jennifer Henderson rejected the State鈥檚 challenge to the plaintiffs鈥� standing after oral arguments in November. A decision on the merits of the lawsuit is pending.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Alaska amended its initial complaint on Monday, July 13, to include a challenge to the Governor鈥檚 second year of attacks against the courts, the Constitution, and women鈥檚 healthcare.

鈥淭his brazen action from the Governor violates a core principal of our democracy but is also an attempt to push abortion out of women鈥檚 reach. As we have seen across the nation, attacks to women鈥檚 healthcare most greatly affect women of color, low-income women, and young people,鈥� 老澳门开奖结果 of Alaska Executive Director Joshua Decker said. 鈥淎 woman鈥檚 decision to become a parent or not, is not a decision for politicians to interfere with. It is a politician鈥檚 job to make sure every person has access to safe and reliable healthcare.鈥�

The amended complaint can be found