AG Paxton’s Office Asks Entire 5th Circuit to Allow Texas to Proceed with Defunding of Planned Parenthood

AG Paxton’s Office Asks Entire 5th Circuit to Allow Texas to Proceed with Defunding of Planned Parenthood

AUSTIN – On behalf of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, Texas Solicitor General Kyle Hawkins presented oral arguments today before the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, demonstrating that individual Medicaid recipients cannot use lawsuits to force taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood. In 2016, the Inspector General of Texas Health and Human Services removed Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program based on video footage of Planned Parenthood employees admitting to conduct that […]