Would someone please give Obama his bottle...
Posted on 08/13/2015 12:15:19 AM PDT by Morgana
The Obama administration is threatening two states after they made the decision to cut funding to the Planned Parenthood abortion business in the wake of a series of videos exposing how Planned Parenthood sells aborted babies and their body parts.
Alabama became the third state to de-fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business in the wake of five videos exposing how the abortion giant sells the body parts of aborted babies for research. The state followed Louisiana, which is revoking a contract with Planned Parenthood using state Medicaid dollars, and New Hampshire, which zapped $650,000 in state taxpayer funding.
In Alabama, Governor Robert Bentley sent a letter to the head of the Planned Parenthood abortion business in Alabama notifying it of his decision. In Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals informed Planned Parenthood it is exercising its right to terminate Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid provider agreement.
According to the Medicaid provider contract between DHH and Planned Parenthood, along with relevant Louisiana law, either party can choose to cancel the contract at will after providing written notice.
But the Obama administration wrote threatening letters to each state claiming their move to de-fund Planned Parenthood violates federal law. As The Hill reports:
But the White House points out that federal law says Medicaid beneficiaries may obtain services from any qualified provider and that cutting Planned Parenthood out of the program restricts that choice. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) has contacted Louisiana and Alabama about the issue. “CMS has notified states who have taken action to terminate their Medicaid provider agreements with Planned Parenthood that they may be in conflict with federal law,” Department of Health and Human Services spokesman Ben Wakana said in a statement. “Longstanding Medicaid laws prohibit states from restricting individuals who have coverage through Medicaid from receiving care from a qualified provider,” he said. “By restricting which provider a woman could choose to receive care from, women could lose access to critical preventive care, such as cancer screenings.”
But Louisiana is not backing down.
When Louisiana cut Planned Parenthood fnuding Jindal’s office said, “Governor Jindal and DHH decided to give the required 30-day notice to terminate the Planned Parenthood Medicaid provider contract because Planned Parenthood does not represent the values of the State of Louisiana in regards to respecting human life. Pending the ongoing investigation, DHH reserves the right to amend the cancellation notice and terminate the provider agreement immediately should cause be determined.”
The governor said the state health department has “concerns that Planned Parenthood could be acting in violation of Louisiana law that states no person or group contracting with the state or receiving government assistance shall require or recommend that any woman have an abortion. The state investigation into Planned Parenthood remains ongoing.”
The Hill reports that, “Mike Reed, a spokesman for Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), indicated the state and its Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) are standing by its decision.”
He cited a provision in the state Medicaid contract allowing either party to cancel it at will, with 30 days notice. “CMS reached out to DHH after we canceled the Medicaid provider contract with Planned Parenthood,” Reed said. “DHH explained to CMS why the state chose to exercise our right to cancel the contract without cause.”
The abortion giant praised the Obama administration saying it will “do everything in our power to protect women’s access to health care in all fifty states.”
FUBO!
Don’t you just love the terms “women’s health care?” Nothing could be further from the truth. They are baby killing factories and the DEM party gets campaign donations from them, so of course, they want to keep them in business. My God - these people will do anything for money or power. I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes come Judgment Day.
Would someone please give Obama his bottle...
Oh, this should be good.
He is just converted the debate from one in which the Republicans, especially Donald Trump, are defending themselves for making war on women to one in which the Democrats are selling baby parts.
I be de dictator and yall be goin’ to Levenwert.
States’ rights is *so* 1861.
It’s death care, not health care
Barry the Baby Killer
The Molech worshipers are not happy! They need their blood sacrifices!
But here the tables are clearly turned and the values are inverted. The federal powers want to chop up babies and sell their parts while states are trying to save babies lives.
Win this debate and we might be able to win other battles.
Obamas life in eternity will be something he has no clue of apparently
Totally cut off from the light of God
Like a pet for the lord of darkness to torment
Would that he had an epiphany
WHAT.!!.. Obama can liquidify BABIES and ZERO flack?.. zero outrage?.. no cost?.. not even a whimper?.. no tears?.. no going; waz up wid that?..
What is this guy GOD?... protected by a very intricate evil cabal?... WHY?... no murmuring?. quiet vomiting’s?.. despising’s.. even jokes with black humor..
What is with it with this guy?...
Coming to AID Planned Parenthood’s defense?..
When everyone has seen at least one of the videos..
YET!... many are cut to the quick over puppies and kittys getting culled at shelters..
OUTraged over terrorists murdering people left and right..
Damn GUNS killing people in Chicago every single night..
OBAMA gets off Scot FREE.... when he supports evil capitalists turning babies into soap and shampoo..
I getting the feeling those evil capitalists ARE DEMOCRATS..
OR... you know..... RINOS which is same thing..
Selling babies body parts without parental permission, sounds like they should be locked up in jail on charges.
Isn’t this illegal?
Defunding them is a righteous first step.
Alabama and Louisisna - Call Obama’s bluff.
Great post!
States’ rights TRUMP federal interferance.
Oops, typo. Interferance = interference above.
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