Expanding Access, Empowering Communities: Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains to Open New Health Center in Pittsburg, Kansas
Amid Kansans' overwhelming support for abortion rights in a region of the country where many states have severely restricted or completely banned essential care, Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains (CHPPGP) is proud to announce the upcoming opening of its new health center in Pittsburg. Southeast Kansas is one of the most underserved areas in the state and will directly benefit from the expansion of CHPPGP’s network of providers, bringing care closer to home.
Planned Parenthood Health Centers Open to All, Despite Governor Signing Bill Blocking Medicaid Patients’ Access to Essential Health Care
Just days after passage in the state legislature, Governor Mike Parson signed House Bill 2634 today, barring the state Medicaid program, known as MO HealthNet, from reimbursing Planned Parenthood for providing essential health care to Medicaid patients. This comes despite multiple rulings from Missouri’s highest court that withholding Medicaid reimbursement for care from Planned Parenthood violates the state’s constitution. This legislation also disqualifies Planned Parenthood as a provider in the state’s Medicaid program, dealing a blow to Missouri’s health care safety net, which is already stretched too thin.
Missouri Legislature Votes to Block Access to Essential Health Care, Denying Medicaid Patients Ability to Choose Planned Parenthood as a Trusted Provider
Today, the Missouri legislature passed a bill prohibiting the state Medicaid program (known as MO HealthNet) from reimbursing Planned Parenthood for providing health care to Medicaid patients. This comes just months after Missouri’s highest court again ruled that “defunding” Planned Parenthood by refusing to reimburse care through the Medicaid program violates the state’s constitution. The bill also excludes Planned Parenthood from participating as a qualified provider in the state’s Medicaid program, a move that will harm the state’s health care safety-net.
Planned Parenthood Appeals Ruling in Case Challenging AG’s Political Investigation into Gender-Affirming Health Care
“Missourians should not have to live in fear of having their essential and lifesaving care dismantled — or their private health information scrutinized by politicians.”
Court Allows AG Bailey’s Sham Investigation into Gender Affirming Health Care to Move Forward
It’s no coincidence: this sham investigation is a coordinated attack against transgender Missourians at a time when politicians, across many states, are systematically dismantling the right to establish one’s own gender identity.
Missouri Supreme Court Medicaid Ruling: Joint Statement with PPSLR, PPGP
Planned Parenthood’s Dr. Colleen McNicholas Named Finalist for European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
McNicholas is nominated alongside abortion advocates from El Salvador and Poland