Gov. Ferguson on Planned Parenthood funding
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Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains notified patients that it can no longer provide healthcare services to Medicaid recipients.
The nonprofit is challenging a new law that bars its clinics from receiving federal money for any treatment, including birth control and checkups.
Several Planned Parenthood locations posted notices alerting patients Medicaid coverage would no longer be accepted.
The Founders gave Congress control over federal spending. But Planned Parenthood is now suing the federal government in denial of this fact.
Nearly 30,000, or more than 40%, of Planned Parenthood of Illinois patients use Medicaid to access health care services at Planned Parenthood’s health centers, according to the organization.
Planned Parenthood is suing the Trump administration over its new multitrillion-dollar tax and spending law, claiming it unconstitutionally targets the group by barring its health centers from receiving Medicaid reimbursement for reproductive health care.
The federal government cannot withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood for at least the next two weeks, after a district court judge issued a temporary restraining order.
The Republican-backed tax law would force some Planned Parenthood clinics to stop performing abortions to receive Medicaid reimbursement for basic health care.