The ‘Lone Star’ State of
Texas is truly the ‘lone star’ state in my book! Texas will kick Planned Parenthood (PP) out
of its Medicaid program due to revelations made in a series of undercover videos
released by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP).
“The state has
determined that you and your Planned Parenthood affiliates are no longer
capable of performing medical services in a professionally competent, safe,
legal and ethical manner,” a state watchdog announced in a letter to Planned
Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC) today.
The state said the videos showed PP officials admitted to
illegally altering their abortion technique to maximize the number of organs
that could be harvested for medical research firms, disregarded safety
standards to prevent infection, and that PPGC may have committed billing fraud.
“Earlier this year, you
committed and condoned numerous acts of misconduct captured on video that
reveal repeated program violations and breach the minimum standards of care
required of a Medicaid enrollee,” wrote Stuart Bowen, Jr. – the Inspector
General in the state Human Services Commission.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
hailed the decision for showing the Lone Star State’s “unyielding commitment to
both protecting life and providing women’s health services.”
“The gruesome harvesting
of baby body parts by Planned Parenthood will not be allowed in Texas and the
barbaric practice must be brought to an end,” said Gov. Abbott – a Republican
who defeated pro-choice Wendy Davis (last fall). Abbott continued, “As such, ending the
Medicaid participation of Planned Parenthood affiliates in the State of Texas
is another step in providing greater access to safe health care for women while
protecting our most vulnerable — the unborn.”
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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