Planned Parenthood of AR, etc. v. Cindy Gillespie

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

The Arkansas Department of Human Services terminated its Medicaid provider agreements with Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma after the release of controversial video recordings involving other Planned Parenthood affiliates. Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma could have challenged the termination through an administrative appeal and judicial review in the Arkansas courts, but it declined to do- so. Instead, three Arkansas patients identified by the Planned Parenthood affiliate sued the Director of the Department under 42 U.S.C. § 1983,…