Texas Investigators Seize Records of Planned Parenthood Patients
Republicans hold the governor’s office in 31 states and, in 23 of them, enjoy majorities in both houses of the state legislature, according to a tally by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The inspections weren’t publicly announced by HHS before or after they took place, but the results appear similar to those of public investigations of Planned Parenthood clinics elsewhere. “We are in the a year ago of funding, and if we are unable to supply tissue to the research community we would have to close”, she says.
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Others in the press have gone a step further.
Johnson worked as the health center director of a Planned Parenthood in Bryan from 2007-2009 and, before that, served in different roles at the clinic starting in 2005.
In a July statement regarding what it would mean to “defund” Planned Parenthood, Dawn Laguens, the executive vice president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said “It’s outrageous, not to mention wildly unpopular, that politicians are using this widely discredited attack against Planned Parenthood to push through legislation rolling back women’s access to healthcare”.
Specifically referencing the videos, the state said Planned Parenthood risked the health and wellbeing of women by altering medical procedures and disregarding safety standards.
Three of Planned Parenthood’s 22 Wisconsin clinics offer abortions. Trafficking in human body parts-including those from abortions-is a violation of federal law. In an effort to end the scandal, the organization announced it no longer would accept “reimbursement” for “reasonable expenses related to tissue donation”.
The release of videos from a group that accused Planned Parenthood of illegally selling fetal tissue prompted congressional inquiries and state investigations across the country this summer.
Nebraska Right to Life has long pushed for stricter standards for the state’s abortion clinics.
The Texas official in charge of the Medicaid inquiry of Planned Parenthood says that the organization has not been terminated from that federal health care program and that it would take at least a month to determine whether it should be. He also would expand adoption services.
Carroll worked as the accounts receivable manager at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast from 2007-2012.
To restore lost funding, Planned Parenthood filed lawsuits against Utah, Arkansas, Alabama, and Louisiana.
Even if Planned Parenthood does lose Medicaid funding from Texas, Seago says those on Medicaid will still be treated. He said the fraud claims arose “almost concurrently” with the videos.
Without Fretz’s knowledge, Daleiden and his two-man documentary group called the Center for Medical Progress plucked that photo from her web page and dropped it into his anti-Planned Parenthood documentary.
The other would cost Planned Parenthood another $4 million by raising the cost of birth control drugs received through Medicaid.
“Our analysis of the videos released by Mr. Daledien documents numerous instances where the videos have been heavily edited to change the meaning of what Planned Parenthood staff said and deceive the public”, she added, referring to Fusion GPS’ commissioned study. That’s why it’s so important for Congress and the General Assembly to continue looking for the best strategies to get taxpayers’ money away from Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood’s go-to defense in all that time has been to claim that the CMP videos have been grossly doctored.