Appeals court overturns judge's ruling that blocked Texas from ousting Planned Parenthood from Medic

Appeals court overturns judge's ruling that blocked Texas from ousting Planned Parenthood from Medicaid


A federal appeals court issued a decision Thursday overturning a judge's 2017 ruling that Texas could not remove Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid provider.

U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks wrote in that ruling that the state had acted "without cause" in terminating the reproductive health care organization from the program that provides health care to low-income Americans.

But a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that Sparks did not use the correct standard in making his decision. The case now returns to Sparks for further consideration.

The case involved an eight-hour, secretly recorded video released in 2015 by the anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress in which Planned Parenthood employees at an abortion clinic in Houston discussed the collection of fetal tissue for research projects.

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