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Planned Parenthood doesn’t have to pay back millions it defrauded from Medicaid, appeals court rules
Catholic Vote ^ | February 27, 2025 | Hannah Hiester

Posted on 02/28/2025 10:25:09 AM PST by Morgana

CV NEWS FEED // The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Feb. 26 that Planned Parenthood is not required to pay back millions of dollars it defrauded from Medicaid, reversing a lower court ruling.

POLITICO reported that both Texas and Louisiana attempted to remove the local branches of Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs after a whistleblower revealed that the abortion company provided fetal tissue from abortions to researchers in 2015.

During years of litigation to remove Planned Parenthood, the company’s attorneys advised that the Texas and Louisiana branches continue billing Medicaid. Texas ultimately succeeded in removing Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid, but Louisiana did not.

Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued in 2022 to recover $10 million that he argued Planned Parenthood was not entitled to receive. He also sued for more than $1 billion in damages, according to POLITICO.

“It is unthinkable that Planned Parenthood would continue to take advantage of funding knowing they were not entitled to keep it,” Paxton stated in a news release at the time. “I will not allow them to benefit from this abhorrent conduct after they were caught violating medical standards and lying to law enforcement.”

According to Bloomberg Law, a district court ruled in 2023 in favor of Texas, ordering Planned Parenthood to return millions in Medicaid funds. However, a three-judge panel at the 5th Circuit reversed the previous ruling, stating that the attorneys’ advice to their clients remains protected.

“If private attorneys did not have immunity for their activities within the scope of litigation, they would be subject to suit from a third party every time they represent an unpopular client or advance an unpopular issue,” the judges wrote, according to POLITICO. “It is not difficult to imagine the chilling effect that would have on private attorneys’ willingness to participate in unpopular cases.”

Bloomberg Law reported that Planned Parenthood’s general counsel, Susan Manning, called the lawsuit “politically-motivated.”

According to POLITICO, the case will now return to the district court “for further arguments on the remaining claims against the state affiliates.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
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1 posted on 02/28/2025 10:25:09 AM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Take it to the SC.


2 posted on 02/28/2025 10:27:14 AM PST by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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To: Morgana

This is disappointing, coming from the 5th Circuit.


3 posted on 02/28/2025 10:27:34 AM PST by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left?)
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To: Morgana

Another RAT black-robed pipe bomb goes off on Americans.


4 posted on 02/28/2025 10:27:55 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Schmucky Schumer says that Government "hard workers" are working anonymously.)
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To: Morgana

Wrong is right. Got it. What an example to put forth to the American people.


5 posted on 02/28/2025 10:28:18 AM PST by simpson96
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To: Morgana
the attorneys’ advice to their clients remains protected.

I guess I don't see how this makes the fraud OK.

6 posted on 02/28/2025 10:29:54 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Morgana

So fraud and theft is ok if you are “planned parenthood?” For everyone else, you go to jail.


7 posted on 02/28/2025 10:30:05 AM PST by Fungi
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To: Mouton; All

I DEMAND ELON GO THROUGH PLANNED PARENTHOOD LIKE A SALT ENEMA


8 posted on 02/28/2025 10:30:37 AM PST by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul )
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To: Morgana

so then...the courts PROVE, one again, who the real enemies are? THESE United States of America need a wake-up call or we will vote our collective selves right back INTO the judicial tyranny that muslims enjoy under sharia.


9 posted on 02/28/2025 10:31:35 AM PST by Qwapisking ("The left will rue the day they cheated Trump out of the 2020 election forever" L.Star )
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To: Morgana

“Corrupt judiciary legalizes theft of government funding”


10 posted on 02/28/2025 10:31:45 AM PST by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: Morgana

“stating that the attorneys’ advice to their clients remains protected”

BS, if their attorney(s) said go out and murder someone they are protected? They got bad advice and could have chosen wisely, they didn’t, because they have one agenda, worship Satan and his desire to kill babies.


11 posted on 02/28/2025 10:33:20 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: Morgana
“If private attorneys did not have immunity for their activities within the scope of litigation, they would be subject to suit from a third party every time they represent an unpopular client or advance an unpopular issue,” the judges wrote, according to POLITICO. “It is not difficult to imagine the chilling effect that would have on private attorneys’ willingness to participate in unpopular cases.”

where in the heck was this ruling when Pres. Trump's attorneys were getting hammered pillar to post ?
12 posted on 02/28/2025 10:33:47 AM PST by stylin19a ( If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball)
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To: Morgana

I guess that also means that captured bank robbers are not required to return stolen money either.

Same logic.


13 posted on 02/28/2025 10:39:01 AM PST by sjmjax
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To: Morgana; All
Thank you for referencing that article Morgana.

"Planned Parenthood doesn’t have to pay back millions it defrauded from Medicaid taxpayers, appeals court rules"


There! Fixed it.

14 posted on 02/28/2025 10:56:18 AM PST by Amendment10
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To: Mouton

5th Circuit en Banc first.

EC


15 posted on 02/28/2025 11:07:31 AM PST by Ex-Con777
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To: Morgana

APPEAL


16 posted on 02/28/2025 11:15:41 AM PST by Democrat = party of treason
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To: Morgana

So if I want to defraud the gov’t of millions of dollars, all I have to do is find a shady law firm to advise me it’s legal?


17 posted on 02/28/2025 11:27:22 AM PST by ZOOKER
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To: stylin19a

Yeah, ask attorney John Eastman among many others who were disbarred for advising President Trump.


18 posted on 02/28/2025 11:59:51 AM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Morgana

Our courts are crap thanks to stupid and Leftist judges. The courts protect the criminals more than the law abiding citizens and 90 percent of the problems are the judges.


19 posted on 02/28/2025 12:31:08 PM PST by falcon99 ( )
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To: Morgana

Appeal, appeal, appeal.


20 posted on 02/28/2025 1:00:59 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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