Obama Administration Sends States Strongest Warning Yet Not To Defund Planned Parenthood

The Obama Administration just sent a strong signal to states trying to defund Planned Parenthood, warning all 50 states that attempts to strip Medicaid funding from the women’s health care provider is most likely illegal.

The letter, sent to each state’s Medicaid director, cautions lawmakers that “providing the full range of women’s health services… shall not be grounds for a state’s action against a provider in the Medicaid program.” In other words, the fact Planned Parenthood provides abortion services in addition to other women’s health services is not legal grounds to cut it off from Medicaid funding....
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/04/19/3770825/obama-administration-sends-states-strongest-warning-yet-not-to-defund-planned-parenthood/