Texas to Cut Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthood

“The gruesome harvesting of baby body parts by Planned Parenthood will not be allowed in Texas and the barbaric practice must be brought to an end”.

Federal legislators, including Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, had been mulling a suspension of federal taxpayer support of the organization following the release of the videos by a political group opposed to abortion this summer.

Rochelle Tafolla, spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast said the state’s push to oust the provider is purely a political move by Abbott, who is digging up past lawsuits as proof of wrongdoing. “They should be held accountable for their journalistic malpractice and disregard of such atrocities”.

But despite all the bluster, there’s good reason to believe that Texas will have a tough time actually booting Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid.

The Republican-controlled Ohio Senate voted 23-10 on party lines to advance the measure that would strip funding from the Planned Parenthood clinics in the state and any organization referring patients to them.

Such tissue donations are illegal in Ohio, and a Planned Parenthood state leader has said no donation program exists here.

A new Congressional report finds that de-funding the Planned Parenthood abortion business – even for one year – would save “several thousand” unborn babies from the nightmare of abortion.

Texas administers its Medicaid program, but the federal government, which puts up about 60 percent of the money overall, has final say.

In the fifth undercover video released by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), Melissa Farrell, PPGC director of research, is shown telling investigators that she could assure abortionist to change their method of abortion.

Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) told CNSNews.com Wednesday that it is not moral for Congress to permit federal funding of Planned Parenthood, adding that he was saddened that for President Obama “everything is subordinated to the abortion agenda”.

The letter also notes that there are a great deal of alternative clinics to Planned Parenthood in Texas. So, again, why are we why funding Planned Parenthood? “It was awarded to us in a competitive process and a few of the providers they’re talking about saying-‘we’ll give that money to those other providers’-they competed with us and the state of Ohio didn’t select them because they don’t have the capacity”. The vote to defund Planned Parenthood is a vote that denies quality medical care to poor women across the country. Charleta Tavares of Columbus said that Planned Parenthood provides health screenings, sex education and contraceptives to a disproportionate number of minorities and low-income Ohioans.

“There are more than 200 community health clinics, 124 health districts and 55 free clinics across the state that, while they don’t perform abortions, do provide the necessary healthcare services to women, many of which are located in underserved areas, reaching out to those in need the most”, Faber said.

“So much of what we do is preventive in nature”, Headrick said.

Carter has said the clinics were reimbursed almost $730,000 during the organization’s last budget year for services provided to Medicaid patients.

“Such behavior raises serious concerns about the ability of Planned Parenthood to comply with the minimum standards of care that are expected to protect the health and safety of Texas women“. Because we are responsible and we don’t want the IRS on our tail.

The expose’ videos catching Planned Parenthood officials selling the body parts of aborted babies have shocked the nation.