Planned Parenthood Ends Fetal Tissue Donation Reimbursements

The judge also asked Faircloth for specific examples of alleged misrepresentations Planned Parenthood allegedly made to the state and cited by the health department in a letter on the planned funding cutoff. Asked afterward if she wanted to question the governor, Tomsic replied, “Not really”.

Hutchinson cut ties with the organization after an anti-abortion group, the Center for Medical Progress, released edited clips of conversations with Planned Parenthood employees in other states discussing money the organization would receive to reimburse it for providing fetal parts for medical research.

A federal judge says he will rule by Monday on Gov. Bobby Jindal’s attempt to cut off state Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood’s Louisiana clinics.

NARAL President Ilyse Hogue criticized the press for insufficient coverage of recent arson attacks on Planned Parenthood clinics, saying that the media “need to report these incidents as what they are: domestic terrorism” or they will be giving “extremists the cover to regressively and violently attack women, their access to health care, and the medical professionals who provide it”.

Deputy Attorney General Tyler Green said those emails sent by the staff of the Department of Health were “early responses”.

A federal judge ordered Utah to keep sending money to the local arm of Planned Parenthood on Thursday amid a lawsuit over the governor’s decision to defund the organization_at least for now.

“The Jane Does, through the materials they have submitted, have demonstrated they are in communication with counsel and interested in this litigation”, Baker’s order said.

There is no timeline for when he will release his ruling, but a temporary restraining order will prevent the state from defunding Planned Parenthood until he does. The organization is not now performing abortions in the state, according to Flaxman.

Tomsic said Herbert acting in reaction to the videos or on his personal beliefs about abortion are “one and the same”.

But the attorneys for the state argued that the Governor has a right to terminate a contract if he believes the organization might be involved in criminal activity.

Brattin suggested that the human lives taken by Planned Parenthood be honored the same way as veterans of the Vietnam War.