{"id":209587,"date":"2019-09-02T11:39:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T16:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=209587"},"modified":"2019-09-09T15:22:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T20:22:42","slug":"media-paints-planned-parenthood-victim-fraud-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/media-paints-planned-parenthood-victim-fraud-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"The media paints Planned Parenthood as a victim. These instances of fraud and abuse prove otherwise."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>If there&#8217;s one thing Planned Parenthood has, it&#8217;s a good public relations machine &#8212; and this includes the media. Mainstream media has been busy painting Planned Parenthood as the victim for its corporate decision to voluntarily exit the Title X Family Planning Program because Planned Parenthood refused to separate its <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BgB5E91lD6s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a>\u00a0business from taxpayer-funded services. The <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-journalists-ignore-sexual-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/how-planned-parenthood-and-friends-lend-hand-harvey-weinsteins-of-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">done<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-media-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good job<\/a>\u00a0of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/media-caught-planned-parenthoods-web-lies-part-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protecting<\/a> the nation&#8217;s most profitable abortion provider, despite the corporation&#8217;s many <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/child-porn-harassment-rape-planned-parenthood-haven-sex-offenders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scandals<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthoods-many-abuses-reasons-defund-abortion-corporation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abuses<\/a>, which should have resulted in all tax dollars being pulled long ago. These scandals are laid out in detail below, and some of them are jaw-dropping.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_209624\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209624\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-209624\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Planned-Parenthood-Abuses-e1567319431395.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood Abuses\" width=\"350\" height=\"326\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-209624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood Abuses<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>1. Failure to report child sexual abuse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-abusers-26-collective-years\/\">Planned Parenthood<\/a> and others in the abortion industry <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-ignored-sexual-abuse\/\">fail to protect children<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/aiding-abusers-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not following<\/a> mandatory reporting laws.\u00a0 As an entity which received the federal Title X funds as well as millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-60m-battle-defund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">additional taxpayer dollars<\/a> through Medicaid and other government programs, Planned Parenthood <em>should<\/em> be held to the highest standards. Instead, time and again, actual <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/E-Z8KlRUn6A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal cases<\/a> have indicated that Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-report-sexual-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ignores<\/a> obvious <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-ignoring-red-flags-sexual-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">red flags of abuse<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/aiding-abusers-sexual-predators-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fails to report<\/a> the suspicion of abuse &#8212; specifically child sexual abuse. A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/regulation-remove-title-x-funding-planned-parenthood\/\">March 2016 report<\/a> by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/sgp\/crs\/misc\/RL33644.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congressional Research Service<\/a>\u00a0makes it clear that reporting even the <em>suspicion<\/em> of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/whistleblower-planned-parenthood-arizona-sexual-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">child sexual abuse<\/a> is expected of Title X providers. The report stated, \u201cAlthough minors are to receive confidential services,\u00a0<strong>Title X providers are not exempt from state notification and reporting laws on child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/what-we-do\/investigations\/aidingabusers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">docuseries<\/a> and report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Planned%20Parenthood%20Sexual%20Abuse%20Report%202018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> by Live Action exposed how Planned Parenthood aids abusers and shows how the abortion corporation violated this requirement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6R8gtSP3Guk\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Medicaid Fraud<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthoods-medicaid-patients-are-like-cash-cows-that-we-milked-for-all-we-could\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former Planned Parenthood staffers<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/former-planned-parenthood-staffers-explain-medicaid-fraud-committed\/\">claimed<\/a> that the taxpayer-funded agency has a history of overbilling or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/plannedparenthood-profit-no-matter-what.pdf\">marking up the cost of birth control drugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, former Planned Parenthood manager Sue Thayer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adfmedia.org\/files\/ThayerTestimony.pdf\">testified<\/a>\u00a0before a Congressional committee accusing Planned Parenthood of filing \u201c[\u2026] false claims totaling about $28 million with Iowa\u2019s Medicaid program for (1) illegally dispensing &#8216;medically unnecessary&#8217; quantities of oral contraceptive pills and birth control patches to C-Mail Medicaid patients and doing so without a prescription; (2) fraudulently billing the Iowa Medicaid program for abortion-related services; and (3) coercing &#8216;donations&#8217; from Medicaid patients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CxqZ49WiGr0\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Inspector General (OIG) website highlights several instances:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PP Great Plains and Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/fraud\/enforcement\/cmp\/psds.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paid<\/a> $18,808.92 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/reports-and-publications\/archives\/semiannual\/2016\/sar-fall-2016-508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP Health Systems, Inc.<\/a>\u00a0in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/fraud\/enforcement\/cmp\/psds.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pay<\/a> $1,572,752.80 for potentially violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law.<\/li>\n<li>PP Gulf Coast\u00a0in Houston <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/newsroom\/podcasts\/2013\/news.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paid<\/a> $4.3 million to resolve civil claims that it billed for items and services related to birth control counseling, STD testing, and contraceptives when they were not medically necessary or were not provided.<\/li>\n<li>Separately, PP Gulf Coast\u00a0agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/newsroom\/podcasts\/2013\/news.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pay<\/a> $1.4 million in a Texas Medicaid billing fraud case.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/oas\/reports\/region6\/61100016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP of North Texas<\/a>: Texas Health and Human Services Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/oas\/reports\/region6\/61100016.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> Medicaid reimbursement of at least $129,000 for family planning services provided by PP of North Texas that did not comply with Federal and State Medicaid requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Live Action News <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-cited-medicaid-fraud-still-getting-taxpayer-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/audit-records-reveal-overbilling-potential-fraud-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">additional violations<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; including several identified by the Charlotte Lozier Institute and Alliance Defending Freedom &#8212; totaling at least<strong>\u00a0$8.5 million in waste, abuse, and potential fraud<\/strong>\u00a0in the following states:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>California (two audits of two affiliates): $5,213,645.92 30<\/li>\n<li>Connecticut: $18,791<\/li>\n<li>Illinois: $387,000<\/li>\n<li>Louisiana (two audits of one affiliate): $6,147.18<\/li>\n<li>Maine: $33,294.83<\/li>\n<li>Nebraska: $3,537<\/li>\n<li>New York (seven audits of four affiliates): $1,615,083.25<\/li>\n<li>Ohio: none found<\/li>\n<li>Oklahoma: unknown, but the overbilling rates have been documented as 14.1%, 18%, and 20.3%<\/li>\n<li>Texas (two audits of two affiliates): $538,703.10 -$658,735.97<\/li>\n<li>Washington (three audits of two or three affiliates):$640,595.88<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin (27 audits of one affiliate): $95,466.04<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/former-planned-parenthood-staffers-explain-medicaid-fraud-committed\/\">Former Planned Parenthood staffers explain how Medicaid fraud is being committed<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. 340B Drug Discount abuse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/liveactionnews.org\/planned-parenthood-pays-millions-to-settle-willful-fraud-medical-records-tampering\/\">history<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/liveactionnews.org\/if-planned-parenthood-is-guilty-of-medicaid-fraud-it-should-be-defunded\/\">fraud<\/a>\u00a0extends to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opanet.hrsa.gov\/340B\/Views\/CoveredEntity\/CESearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">340B Drug Discount Program,<\/a>\u00a0a federal government program which allows participating drug manufacturers to give certain covered health care entities access to discounted prices on outpatient drugs. Live Action News <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/audits-show-planned-parenthood-non-compliant-with-federal-discount-drug-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> documented incidents where Planned Parenthood used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrsa.gov\/opa\/program-requirements\/medicaid-exclusion\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">duplicate discounts<\/a> against HRSA requirements and were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrsa.gov\/opa\/programintegrity\/index.html\">in violation<\/a>\u00a0of program rules.<\/p>\n<p>In one state (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrsa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/opa\/programintegrity\/auditresults\/publicletters2013\/pphpletter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrsa.gov\/opa\/program-integrity\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">audits<\/a> discovered the violation affected multiple Planned Parenthood locations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_209625\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209625\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-209625\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Planned-Parenthood-NY-HRSA-340B-overbilling.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood NY HRSA 340B drug overbilling violations\" width=\"629\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Planned-Parenthood-NY-HRSA-340B-overbilling.jpg 629w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Planned-Parenthood-NY-HRSA-340B-overbilling-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Planned-Parenthood-NY-HRSA-340B-overbilling-500x413.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-209625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood NY HRSA 340B drug overbilling violations<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Letters to manufacturers were issued after audits of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrsa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/opa\/programintegrity\/auditresults\/publicletters2015\/plannedparenthoodill.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood of Illinois<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrsa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/opa\/programintegrity\/auditresults\/publicletters2012\/ppwpweb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And another PP received sanctions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrsa.gov\/opa\/program-integrity\/audit-results\/fy-18-results.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood Association of Utah<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>HIPAA violations\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Live Action News has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-history-failing-protect-patient-privacy-hipaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> detailed Planned Parenthood&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/private-information-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple violations<\/a> of privacy under the federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/hipaa\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HIPAA law<\/a>, including massive privacy breaches due to Planned Parenthood&#8217;s negligence, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/private-information-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exposed<\/a> thousands of Planned Parenthood patients.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/breach_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP of Greater Washington and North Idaho<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/private-information-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10,700 patients<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/breach_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP Southwest Ohio<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/private-information-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5,000 patients<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/breach_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP of the Heartland<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/private-information-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2,500 patients<\/a>\u00a0(2016)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PP-of-the-heartland-2018-OCR-breach_report-6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP of the Heartland<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ocrportal.hhs.gov\/ocr\/breach\/breach_report.jsf;jsessionid=D92B444FC07FA713E855E1AD07EEC7E0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">515 patients<\/a> (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_125977\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125977\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125977\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Planned-Parenthood-Privacy-Breach-OCR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Planned-Parenthood-Privacy-Breach-OCR.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Planned-Parenthood-Privacy-Breach-OCR-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Planned-Parenthood-Privacy-Breach-OCR-768x302.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Planned-Parenthood-Privacy-Breach-OCR-700x275.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Planned-Parenthood-Privacy-Breach-OCR-500x196.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-125977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HHS, Office of Civil Rights: Planned Parenthood Privacy Breach<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tab.com\/about-tab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TAB<\/a>, a records management company working with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America for over a decade, identified what they called\u00a0\u201csome serious problems\u201d with the records of\u00a0<strong>Planned Parenthood of Illinois<\/strong>,\u00a0which oversees 17 branch locations.\u00a0In TAB\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Fast_Easy_Secure_Records_Retrieval-TAB_Case_Study_for_Planned_Parenthood.pdf\">document<\/a>,\u00a0they suggested that the corporation&#8217;s records were getting lost in the mail and seen by those not employed by PP.<\/p>\n<p>Privacy <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-history-failing-protect-patient-privacy-hipaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breaches and complaints<\/a>\u00a0were also reported at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150921200734\/https:\/\/www.scdhec.gov\/health\/docs\/abortion\/PP%20redacted%209.11.15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP of South Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CHCQ\/LCP\/CDPH%20Document%20Library\/Breaches\/PlannedParenthoodOfTheNorthValleyAPBreach230009277.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP of The North Valley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CHCQ\/LCP\/CDPH%20Document%20Library\/Breaches\/PlannedParenthoodNapaCenterAPBreach110010302.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP Napa Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/133148.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP Utica New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/138698.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP of Northeast Ohio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/165734.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP of Delaware<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/168325.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0PP in Chicago, Illinois<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/174206.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP of\u00a0Trexlertown, Pennsylvania<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasallianceforlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abby-Johnson-Complaint-to-TMB-re-Paul-Fine-10_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP Gulf Coast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ASPEN_STATE_2567-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PPP Mission Bay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ASPEN_STATE_2567-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP Moreno Valley Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hipaajournal.com\/fetal-tissue-firms-guilty-of-systemic-hipaa-violations-8635\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PPP Mar Monte<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hipaajournal.com\/fetal-tissue-firms-guilty-of-systemic-hipaa-violations-8635\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP Shasta Pacific<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/data.wa.gov\/Consumer-Protection\/Complaint-By-Practice\/fvrz-yz45\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PP (multiple) &#8211; Washington State<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional complaints are currently under review by Live Action News.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Discrimination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Live Action News previously documented accusations of discrimination by Planned Parenthood against its own staffers, for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sues-planned-parenthood-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Violation of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sues-planned-parenthood-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Violation of Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sues-planned-parenthood-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Failure to accommodate disabilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sues-planned-parenthood-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Racial comments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sues-planned-parenthood-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sexual harassment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sues-planned-parenthood-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Retaliation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sues-planned-parenthood-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Identifying conflicts of interest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/report-planned-parenthood-discriminated-pregnant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pregnancy discrimination<\/a>\u00a0(and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-dark-pregnancy-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-u2UdJ6PdF4\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Live Action News also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employees-planned-parenthood-mask-crack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0on the corporation&#8217;s employees who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-leana-wen-fighting-abortion-fired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exposed<\/a> long-held secrets, inner workings, and toxic attitudes of the organization, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The corporation&#8217;s alleged failure to pay employees a decent wage<\/li>\n<li>Staff complaints about alleged shoddy treatment<\/li>\n<li>Allegations that the corporation\u2019s leaders were <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/nashville-planned-parenthood-why-abortions\/\">prioritizing profits<\/a> over care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Planned Parenthood is far from a victim. It should be completely defunded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there&#8217;s one thing Planned Parenthood has, it&#8217;s a good public relations machine &#8212; and this includes the media. Mainstream media has been busy painting Planned Parenthood as the victim for its corporate decision to voluntarily exit the Title X Family Planning Program because Planned Parenthood refused to separate its abortion\u00a0business from taxpayer-funded services. 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