In the wake of the Planned Parenthood scandal, he said July 28 that aborted fetuses weren’t needed at all for medical research.
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Hutchinson ordered the Arkansas Department of Human Services to terminate its Medicaid provider contract with the organization in 30 days.
The Obama administration has warned states planning to withdraw funding for Planned Parenthood, or those that had already done so, that they might be violating a federal law under which the family planning organization is established. But the pro-life candidate is defending himself, saying the “pathetic attacks” being employed by abortionists are only distorting people’s views against Planned Parenthood and abortion.
Read Saturday’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details. In it, Haslam refers to recently released hidden-camera videos that raised the question of whether Planned Parenthood officials in other states were profiting from the sale of fetal tissue for medical research.
When the states announced their move, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) stepped in, contacting health officials in both southern states. But that’s a charge Planned Parenthood has flatly rejected and isn’t proved by the videos. “We have to take care of women”.
State Sen. Danny Carroll (R-Paducah) has added his voice to the call for an end to Planned Parenthood funding in Kentucky. Federal courts have overturned previous attempts in Arizona and Indiana to disqualify Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursements.
“The federal government could come in and say since you are no longer complying with the Medicaid law – we’ll cut off your Medicaid funds”, said DiPippa. He is one of the Republicans who’ve spoken out against Planned Parenthood after undercover videos showed organization executives talking about the extraction and distribution of tissue from aborted fetuses. “I think people should go back and read about Margaret Sanger who founded this place – a woman Hillary Clinton by the way says that she admires”. Hutchinson said he’s received a similar request from other state lawmakers, including Republican Sen.
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“The contract with Planned Parenthood allows either party to terminate on a 15-day written notice”, she said. “Convenient I suppose if you are a Presidential hopeful and want to use your doctor credentials to get prime Fox and Brietbart space and there is a fetal-tissue-for-research issue”.
