Republicans don't need Congress to hobble Planned Parenthood.
Despite the crucial fact that federal money cannot be used for abortions, Republicans have been trying to cut off all sources of federal funding to Planned Parenthood. The money the health care organization receives through various government programs covers birth control, sexually transmitted infection testing, and cancer screenings, but archconservatives want to shut down the country’s largest abortion provider by excluding it from these programs.
, an anonymous plaintiff, Alex Doe, accuses Planned Parenthood of violating the federal False Claims Act by improperly billing Texas Medicaid for $10 million in—again, nonabortion—services it provided during yearslong litigation about whether they could remain in the program. of any judgement. And the results in these cases could snowball, Sepper said.
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