AG Paxton | February 21, 2017
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today promised to continue his fight to protect the unborn and Texas taxpayers after a U.S. District Court judge ruled that willingness to violate state and federal law on manipulating abortion procedures and profiting from the sale of fetal tissue,
making false statements to law enforcement, and misleading multiple courts were insufficient grounds for Texas to exclude Planned Parenthood from participating in the state’s Medicaid program. The attorney general plans to appeal the judge’s ruling.
“Today’s decision is disappointing and flies in the face of basic human decency. The raw, unedited footage from undercover videos exposed a brazen willingness by Planned Parenthood officials to traffic in fetal body parts, as well as manipulate the timing and method of an abortion. Even the remains of the most vicious criminals are treated with respect. But the children who never had a chance at life become so-called medical waste or, alternatively, a commodity to be bartered for. No taxpayer in Texas should have to subsidize this repugnant and illegal conduct. We should never lose sight of the fact that, as long as abortion is legal in the United States, the potential for these types of horrors will continue.”