Federal Court UPHOLDS Texas Ban on Planned Parenthood Taxpayer Funding

The U.S Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has ruled that Texas CAN enforce a new law that cuts off Taxpayer Funding of Planned Parenthood, and abortion provider. This has been a roller coaster ride for Texas. Soon after Texas passed the new law last year, Planned Parenthood sued. President Obama also responded by threatening to terminate funding for women's health services in Texas in response to Texas refusing to fund Abortion Providers like Planned Parenthood as part of the Texas Women's Health Service Program.

 A liberal activist judge ruled that Texas cannot enforce the new law.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Appealed this decision. The Fifth Circuit ruled that Texas can enforce the law pending the outcome of the appeal. Well, Planned Parenthood tried to get the law tossed out again but ONCE AGAIN TEXAS WON TAXPAYERS WON. The Fifth Circuit ruled that Texas can continue banning funds to Planned Parenthood pending an October trial.

This law seemed like a no-brainer right? How can the government be FORCED to fund abortions? How can the taxpayers be FORCED to fund something that they do not want to fund. Has America gone so far down the wrong path that some liberal, who does not get their way in an election or when a bill is passed, can just sue and get a judge to create law or determine where taxpayer money should go?

Well, in many cases, the answer is yes, American is heading in the wrong direction and there are cases every day where some liberal is trying to force their view on people via the courts. Heck, over in New Mexico, a Christian Photographer is being FORCED by the government to take render services and take pictures at a private gay marriage event that the photographer does not believe in and does not want to take pictures of. Thankfully this case turned out good for the taxpayers, for unborn children and for America. Planned Parenthood was told that they cannot just get the courts to force the state to fund abortion providers with taxpayer dollars.

This is not only a fight going on here in Texas. This is also a fight going on in the national arena. It was not that long ago that Obama and the Democrats were going to withhold pay from soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan unless congress and Republicans agreed to continue giving millions of taxpayer dollars to fund abortion provider Planned Parenthood.

In the last year, there have been other interesting Planned Parenthood embarrassments here in Texas.
 

Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas is currently facing a lawsuit that exposes millions of dollars that Planned Parenthood has defrauded the taxpayers of.

 

Gay Texas Planned Parenthood CEO Arrested & Charged with Indecent Exposure in Lubbock, TX.

TX Ban on Abortion Funding Resumes - TX AG Greg Abbott Wins Federal Appeal!

Just yesterday I posted that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Abbott was Appealing an Austin Judge's Ruling to Block Planned Parenthood Tax Funding Ban. This meant that Texas would be forced to give tax money to baby killers, or shut down the Women's Health Program entirely.

GREG ABBOTT WON!

Gregg Abbott worked fast and within 24 hours, he got the 5th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals to overturn this Austin Judges decision to block the ban. This means that Texas can keep withholding tax money from baby killer abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.



Here is more from One News Now:

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 5/1/2012 11:05:00 AM 

A federal appeals court has blocked an order by a federal judge in Austin, Texas, to resume funding Planned Parenthood.


Texas' legislature voted last year to block use of tax dollars for medical services for poor women for any organization associated with abortion -- meaning Planned Parenthood lost funding. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel, a George W. Bush appointee, ordered the state to resume funding Planned Parenthood, saying there is sufficient evidence that the law banning the abortion-provider from the state's Women's Health Program is unconstitutional.

But Joe Poyman of the Texas Alliance for Life tells OneNewsNow the state appealed that order and won.
"The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has just intervened and stayed that judge's order," he informs, "and the policy now will go into effect -- meaning that as of today, May 1, the Medicaid Women's Health Program dollars will not go to Planned Parenthood."

Judge Yaekel's order involved $17 million a year that had been going to the abortion provider for such services as mammograms. Planned Parenthood has no mammogram machines and only refers women to facilities that do.

"But this recent development from the Fifth Circuit is very encouraging and, I think, gives the state more time to present our arguments, which I think are strong and persuasive," states Poyman. "Basically our dollars should not be mixed with Planned Parenthood's advocacy and providing of abortions."

The Fifth Circuit's order remains in effect pending outcome of the case.

TX AG Abbott Appeals Austin Judge Blocking Planned Parenthood Tax Funding Ban

According to Fox News, an Austin, TX Federal Judge, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel, wants to force Texas to use our tax dollars to fund Planned Parenthood whose majority of clinics provide abortions and kill unborn babies.

Thankfully, according to My FOX DFW, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is standing up for the people of Texas and is appealing this injunction.

If Texas is forced to give tax dollar funds to a company whose clinics provide abortions then Texas will just shut down the Women's Program. You see, Planned Parenthood, the liberals, and even Obama care more about funding Planned Parenthood and killing babies than they care about keeping a women's health service available for women to be able to get help at places that do not provide abortions.