Let me elaborate....
So it seems that Planned Parenthood has saddled up (filed suit) against the great State of Texas over its decision to debar the reproductive health-care provider from the Medicaid program. The Office of Inspector General (Stuart W. Bowen Jr.) at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued a "termination letter" on October 19th, 2015 of Medicaid enrollment to the provider. The decision came after the anti-choice group "Center for Medical Progress" released videos that claimed Planned Parenthood providers profited off sales of fetal tissues, and failing to prevent conditions that would spread infectious disease. Stuart Bowen shortly after the release of the discriminating videos declares that Planned Parenthood is “no longer capable of performing medical services in a professionally competent, safe, legal and ethical manner.”
Therefore it is safe to assume that the case is closed, and Planned Parenthood is just wasting it's time, right? WRONG!!!!!!!!!!
Like I said in the beginning, Governor Abott has NO factual evidence to back-up his claims. The videos that were provided by the "Center for Medical Progress" supposedly proving the P.P. providers profited off sales of fetal tissues and that the company fails to prevent conditions that would spread infectious diseases turn out to be false! The videos turn out to be highly edited, recorded under false-pretenses, and are discredited by Planned Parenthood's attorney who states that the allegations against them are nothing more than just "trumped up justifications." Planned Parenthood charges the state with breaking federal Medicaid law under the Social Security Act, which ensures patients have a right to choose their own provider as long as that provider is qualified. The decision, “will cause significant and irreparable harm" to the provider and to the patients, who “will lose their provider of choice [and] will find their family planning services interrupted, and in many cases will be left with reduced access to care.”
Eliminating Planned Parenthood from Medicaid will save millions of dollars in federal funds. But as a result, at the very least more than 14,000 low-income women will be excluded from their trusted source of preventative reproduction health care that provides women with birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing, and so much more. This whole situation with Planned Parenthood and the state of Texas is probably mainly about religious beliefs, and whether or not abortion is killing, or justifiable. Albeit I'm not to entirely comfortable with the idea of abortion, but women (specifically the impoverished women) should have that option in a safe environment, rather than resulting in extreme measures that can cause severe body trauma, infection, or even death, especially if it's not done correctly.
People on Medicaid are already struggling financially, and a lot these patients are young, students, mothers, and people who probably work multiple jobs to make ends meet and face enormous hurdles to gain access to the best available health care. I imagine that Planned Parenthood provides a safe and comfortable environment for women in all types of scenarios; otherwise women wouldn't seek this company out, and would not have lasted more than 70 years in the industry.
Wow just wow! Chris does it again, he writes yet another amazing argument that not only needs to be read in our Government class but needs be heard all around Texas! Chris does a great job at bringing up another great topic up to the table of discussion. He writes about how Texas wants to eliminate Medicaid enrollment for Planned Parenthood and other abortions providers.
ReplyDeleteHe starts of his argument bringing up the fact that we live in a country where we are promised Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness but not only is it a promise but it’s a law! With this great introduction the reader is hooked instantly.
Chris begins his argument with the case that made Governor Abott want to cut Planned Parenthood from Medicaid, a case that has no strong evidence to prove that Planned Parenthood is doing anything wrong or causing any harm to anyone whatsoever.
Eliminating Planned Parenthood will yes save millions of dollars in federal funs, but who is that really going to be benefit? Not the people. The reason that Medicaid is there its because it’s a resource for people who aren’t financially stable to get the help that they need. Does the government thing that Planned Parenthood is only helping getting abortions?? UMMM NO! As Chris states in his argument, “Eliminating Planned Parenthood from Medicaid will save millions of dollars in federal funds. But as a result, at the very least more than 14,000 low-income women will be excluded from their trusted source of preventative reproduction health care that provides women with birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing, and so much more.” Who are we to take away that from women? Women have the right to do whatever they please to their own body. They can’t be stopped.
Yet again I completely agree with every single word that Chris writes in his argument. The government cannot take the only resource that women have to get helped. We are denying them the help that they deserve and were promised.