Arkansas cuts off Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood following court ruling

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JESSIE HELLMANN - 11/28/17 11:33 AM EST

Arkansas has once again cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood following a recent court ruling.

The state's Department of Human Services said it terminated Planned Parenthood's status as a Medicaid provider last week when the court's ruling formally took effect, according to The Associated Press.

A federal appeals court in August vacated an earlier injunction that prevented the state from stopping Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood and said earlier this month it would not reconsider its decision. Four circuit courts and numerous district courts in other states have ruled that states can't block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood.

Planned Parenthood has not said whether it will appeal the Missouri case to the Supreme Court.



Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/362120-arkansas-cuts-off-medicaid-funds-to-planned-parenthood-following-court

[sandensea]

1. I know those Deep South church ladies all too well.

They're the first to wail and gnash their teeth against the "unspeakable sin" of abortion - but the last to want anything to do with the unwanted babies once they're born (particularly the ones of a certain color).

[mac56]

2. They love the babies UNTIL they're born.

[sandensea]

3. But only if they're the right color.

You should see their faces whenever they run into a pregnant black lady at the grocery store. You'd swear a muddy pig had walked in.

[riversedge]

4. Arkansaw still believes in the fake O'Keefe film...........

.....The state has said Planned Parenthood received $51,000 in Medicaid funds in the fiscal year before Hutchinson’s decision to terminate the contract. None of the money paid for abortions. Planned Parenthood operates health centers in Fayetteville and Little Rock.

Republican lawmakers and governors around the country targeted the organization after several videos were released by the anti-abortion Center for Medical Progress. The center said the videos showed that Planned Parenthood illegally sells fetal tissue for profit. Planned Parenthood said the videos were heavily edited and denied seeking any payments beyond legally permitted reimbursement of costs. A Texas grand jury that looked into the videos cleared Planned Parenthood of misusing fetal tissue.

Planned Parenthood had said a review of the Arkansas case by the full appeals court was needed because the panel’s ruling conflicts with four other appeals court decisions.


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[C Moon]

5. There's no law saying you have to be kind to live. No. You do have a choice...join the GOP.

You can be a racist;
You can be a tax evader;
You can be a child molester;
You can even be a traitor to the United States.

[Scarsdale]

7. In fact, those

are GOOD qualities for repubs. down south. Also, "Keep them barefoot and pregnant"

[jeffreyi]

6. Just watched the hbo doc about meth in arkansas...

They need all the help they can get. What a grim human catastrophe.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. That's okay, nobody here in Arkansas could use their services. We love

being in the top 5 states with the number of kids going hungry, being sexual assaulted, and being unhealthy.

[Vinca]

9. I can't think of a better way to increase the number of abortions than cutting funds to PP.

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. And maternal and infant mortality

because of lack of pre-natal care.