Tag: Medicaid

Lone Democrat votes against key elements of a package of pro-abortion bills endangering a key priority of Michigan Gov. Whitmer

By Dave Andrusko When a Democrat announces she opposes any limitation whatsoever on abortion, it sends a shockwave through the party and their innumerable allies in the media. On Wednesday, Representative Karen Whitsett (D-Detroit), vice chair of the House Health Policy Committee, announced, just prior to Wednesday’s committee meeting, that she planned to “vote against several key elements …

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Michigan Pro-Abortion, Democrat-Led Legislature Moves to Strip Basic, Longstanding Protections from Women Seeking an Abortion

Reckless Action is Outside Any Other Industry Standard, as No Industry is Left to Regulate Itself LANSING, MI –On Monday, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, and NARAL asked the Michigan legislature to repeal common-sense protections for women. These protections include informed consent which the 24-hour waiting period is a component of, abortion clinic regulations, and the …

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Texas Lawsuit Could Make Planned Parenthood Bankrupt

By Tierin-Rose Mandelburg Hey, they warned ya: “Don’t mess with Texas!” The Lonestar State just asked a federal judge to fine Planned Parenthood more than $1 billion after the baby-killing epicenter filed “millions” of fraudulent Medicaid claims.  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood in 2022 to obtain at least $10 million in reimbursements …

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Texas sues Planned Parenthood to recover millions in Medicaid funds

By Cassy Fiano-Chesser  The state of Texas is attempting to recover Medicaid funds given to Planned Parenthood during a years-long legal fight, before the abortion giant was eventually cut from the state program. In 2015, Planned Parenthood was the subject of an undercover investigation, which purported to show that some affiliates and employees of the corporation were …

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Clinic worker: Yay, Medicaid, Yay more abortions!

Editor’s note. This appeared at Clinic Quotes and is reposted with permission. A clinic worker commenting on a graph with states colored different shades based on how many abortions they had: Hey look, a bunch of heat maps of abortion stats in the US! The above shows abortion rates in each state. Right off the bat, …

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Judge extends injunction blocking Texas’s decision to terminate Planned Parenthood Medicaid contract

By Texas Right to Life Austin, Texas — On Tuesday U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks extended the injunction blocking Texas from removing Planned Parenthood from Medicaid contracts until the conclusion of the full trial of Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit to remain in the Medicaid program. Planned Parenthood was notified of the final decision to terminate contracts …

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Commemorating 40 Years of the Life-Saving Hyde Amendment, Over a million lives saved

Hillary Clinton wants to end the Hyde Amendment Editor’s note. My family and I will be on vacation through September 6. I will occasionally add new items but for the most part we will repost “the best of the best” — the stories our readers have told us they especially liked over the last five …

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What a repeal of the Hyde Amendment would mean

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. My family and I will be on vacation through September 6. I will occasionally add new items but for the most part we will repost “the best of the best” — the stories our readers have told us they especially liked over the last five months.  This first ran August …

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Arizona Governor signs law ensuring abortion clinics “fully segregate” Medicaid dollars so that none pays for elective abortions

By Dave Andrusko On Tuesday Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation that would give new powers to the director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the state’s Medicaid program, “to decide that certain individuals or entities cannot participate in the system,” reported Howard Fischer of Capital Media Services. The measure” most significantly allows …

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Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast files lawsuit challenging state decision to cut off Medicaid funding

By Dave Andrusko As anticipated, on Monday Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast filed a federal lawsuit in response to the October decision by the state of Texas to begin the process to end the organization’s Medicaid funding. Similar court challenges have been filed in other states , including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Utah. In their lawsuit, …

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Planned Parenthood sues Texas to reinstate Medicaid money

By Calvin Freiburger Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards has announced that her organization is filing a lawsuit against the state of Texas over its attempts to block Medicaid dollars from going to the abortion giant. “This is illegal and a violation of federal law,” Richards declared. As Live Action News has covered, Texas launched an …

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