Many abortion rights supporters fear Planned Parenthood will not get a fair hearing before Matthew Kacsmaryk, the judge in the case.
In response, Planned Parenthood sued both states and won. Two federal court orders explicitly allow the nonprofit to continue receiving Medicaid reimbursements for medical services provided to patients in Louisiana and Texas. They then filed claims for reimbursement for these services from the Medicaid program, which covers people living in poverty and without access to health insurance.
Planned Parenthood argues that federal law has established that when a party complies with a federal court’s injunction, it cannot be forced to pay for that compliance if the injunction is later lifted. They also argue that the False Claims Act requires a showing that a defendant “knowingly” made a false statement to the government to obtain a payment, which did not happen, nor are the plaintiffs alleging this happened.
“He is an anti-LGBT activist and culture warrior who does not respect the equal dignity of all people,”Sen. Dianne Feinstein during his Senate confirmation hearing in 2018, reading from a letter from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. “His record reveals a hostility to LGBT equality and to women’s health, and he would not be able to rule fairly and impartially in cases involving those issues.
For many, Planned Parenthood provides life-saving care. Among these patients is Natalie Vallot, who has shared her story and experience with the organization. “The lump turned out to be benign, but because of that experience I started getting regular mammograms much earlier than most. Planned Parenthood taught me that the kind of lump I had can become malignant. It was extremely important that I was able to address it in a timely manner,” she said. “My experience would have been incredibly different had it not been for the routine, preventative healthcare I received at that Texas Planned Parenthood health center.
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