Blake
02-24-2017, 11:40 AM
....AUSTIN — A federal judge on Tuesday said Texas can't remove Planned Parenthood from Medicaid, issuing a temporary block of the state's ouster that will allow the provider to continue to care for patients through the program.
U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks issued a preliminary injunction and said the state didn't have grounds to conclude that Planned Parenthood "warranted termination from the Medicaid program as unqualified." His temporary block will stay in place until a full trial is scheduled, argued and decided.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a prepared statement that he will appeal the decision, which he said "is disappointing and flies in the face of basic human decency."
"Even the remains of the most vicious criminals are treated with respect," Paxton said. "But the children who never had a chance at life become so-called medical waste or, alternatively, a commodity to be bartered for. No taxpayer in Texas should have to subsidize this repugnant and illegal conduct. We should never lose sight of the fact that, as long as abortion is legal in the United States, the potential for these types of horrors will continue."
Yvonne Gutierrez, executive director of Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, said the provider "will never stop fighting back against malicious, political attacks on Texans in need and Planned Parenthood health centers."
"We are thrilled with the court's decision to stop the state's attempt to bar 11,000 Texans from their provider of choice," she said in a prepared statement. "Attempting to shut down Planned Parenthood health centers in Texas is part of an extreme agenda to ban abortion, and politicians are willing to strip away access to birth control, cancer screenings, and other vital health care in the process."..........
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-politics/2017/02/21/planned-parenthood-medicaid-texas-1
America is dumb. Texas is dumber.
U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks issued a preliminary injunction and said the state didn't have grounds to conclude that Planned Parenthood "warranted termination from the Medicaid program as unqualified." His temporary block will stay in place until a full trial is scheduled, argued and decided.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a prepared statement that he will appeal the decision, which he said "is disappointing and flies in the face of basic human decency."
"Even the remains of the most vicious criminals are treated with respect," Paxton said. "But the children who never had a chance at life become so-called medical waste or, alternatively, a commodity to be bartered for. No taxpayer in Texas should have to subsidize this repugnant and illegal conduct. We should never lose sight of the fact that, as long as abortion is legal in the United States, the potential for these types of horrors will continue."
Yvonne Gutierrez, executive director of Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, said the provider "will never stop fighting back against malicious, political attacks on Texans in need and Planned Parenthood health centers."
"We are thrilled with the court's decision to stop the state's attempt to bar 11,000 Texans from their provider of choice," she said in a prepared statement. "Attempting to shut down Planned Parenthood health centers in Texas is part of an extreme agenda to ban abortion, and politicians are willing to strip away access to birth control, cancer screenings, and other vital health care in the process."..........
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-politics/2017/02/21/planned-parenthood-medicaid-texas-1
America is dumb. Texas is dumber.