Planned Parenthood sued Ohio’s health director on Sunday in a dispute over how the organization’s affiliates handle the disposal of fetal tissue in the state.

The organization is accusing the state’s health department of changing the interpretation of a fetal tissue disposal rule without notice and then unfairly targeting Planned Parenthood, violating its due process and equal protection rights.

The federal lawsuit filed in Columbus follows an investigation by the state’s attorney general into the organization’s three facilities in Ohio that provide abortions.

Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the probe in mid-July after anti-abortion [pro-life] activists began releasing undercover videos they said showed Planned Parenthood personnel negotiating the sale of fetal organs.

Planned Parenthood has said some fetal tissue is donated for medical research. Such donations are illegal in Ohio, and a Planned Parenthood state leader has said no donation program exists here.

DeWine’s office “found no evidence” that the group made money from aborted fetuses, but the report instead criticized Planned Parenthood facilities for disposing of fetal remains in landfills.

DeWine told reporters on Friday the disposal practice is callous and violates state rules requiring that fetuses be disposed of in a humane manner.

He plans to seek an injunction Monday to prevent Planned Parenthood from disposing of fetal remains in landfills.

Planned Parenthood called the alleged wrongdoing ‘inflammatory.’

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