The US taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for irresponsible women to have abortions (yeah, and the men where irresponsible, as well. But, they can’t get knocked up). If they want to pay, let them. And Planned Parenthood makes more than enough yearly without government money
Trump administration can stop Medicaid spending to Planned Parenthood for now, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court is allowing the Trump administration to move forward in its plan to stop providing Medicaid reimbursement to large abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, for now.
The 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals gave the order on Thursday, while appeals continue over the legality of the section of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts bill law passed by Congress that restricts Medicaid funding.
The appeals court said the Trump administration can halt the funding, overriding a lower court that blocked it from doing so.
The Trump administration argued, successfully, that the congressionally approved law should go into effect while appeals courts, including the Supreme Court, weigh it.
The Medicaid determination will go into effect based on whether a health care provider is providing abortions as of October 1 and receives more than $800,000 in Medicaid payments in a year.
Seriously, the duly elected Legislative Branch passed the law, which in no way violates the Constitution, especially since the Constitution has no provision to provide any private entity money nor provide Medicaid.
“We will continue to fight this unconstitutional law, even though this court has allowed it to impact patients,” Planned Parenthood Federation of America President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson said in a statement. “Patients who rely on the essential health care that Planned Parenthood health centers provide, can’t plan for their futures, decide where they go for care, or control their lives, bodies, and futures — all because the Trump administration and its backers want to attack Planned Parenthood and shut down health centers.”
I’ve still not seen where PP provides a substantive Constitutional rationale, they just keep screeching “unconstitutional!” If Congress can give private entities money they can also deny them money.
