Feds claim states’ defunding of Planned Parenthood is illegal

Terminating Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid provider agreements restricts access by not permitting them to get services from providers of their choice, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Planned Parenthood has come under scrutiny after anti-abortion activists released undercover videos that raised questions about whether the national organization was profiting from the sale of fetal tissue – something the group denies.

“This really hasn’t been tried before”, said Casey Mattox, senior legal counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom. I think people should go back and read about Margaret Sanger who founded this place – a woman Hillary Clinton by the way says that she admires.

According to the WSJ report, should the states continue to block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, they can request a hearing to settle the matter; however, should the conflict continue, CMS could cut Medicaid funds to the state.

Donald Trump hates a lot of things (mostly Megyn Kelly), but it appears the Republican frontrunner is a fan of something surprising- Planned Parenthood. After Texas dropped Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid family planning provider in 2012, it willingly walked away from receiving millions in federal funds for its women’s health program.

Clergy has stood in support of Planned Parenthood from its earliest days. It is completely fair to assume, however, that a very large chunk of that $300.5 million in “non-government” revenue comes from abortion – especially when we consider Planned Parenthood’s inclusion of state-funded abortions in a separate category, as well as its refusal to count abortifacient emergency contraceptives as abortion, and its own admission that first trimester abortions can cost $1500.

Officials in Alabama and Louisiana have alerted Planned Parenthood facilities that they intend to dissolve their Medicaid provider agreements.

Republicans around the country have targeted Planned Parenthood after several videos were released by the anti-abortion Center for Medical Progress.

Democratic presidential bet Hillary Clinton also received donations from Planned Parenthood advocates in the amount of $18,385 between 2000 and 2006.

In the same statement, Healey said she believes strongly in the group’s mission and “will fight to support Planned Parenthood and preserve the essential health services that they provide”.

There have also been problems for the women who are faced with finding a new provider. “In other situations the contracts were not terminated for cause”.

Yes, we need to investigate Planned Parenthood.

The money would have simply – and wisely – been transferred from Planned Parenthood’s coffers to organizations that truly meet women’s health care needs, without performing abortions.

“Planned Parenthood has donated thousands of dollars to Governor Hassan’s political campaigns, so it is not surprising that she has refused to launch an investigation in New Hampshire or seek alternative providers that offer the same services”, Horn said.