{"id":308041,"date":"2024-03-10T15:50:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T20:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=308041"},"modified":"2024-03-08T18:02:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T00:02:23","slug":"missouri-ag-planned-parenthood-pack-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/missouri-ag-planned-parenthood-pack-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri AG says Planned Parenthood should get ready to ‘pack their bags’ and leave"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has signaled to Planned Parenthood that it is time for them to “pack their bags,” because in his words, “enough is enough.”<\/p>\n

The AG has accused Planned Parenthood in Missouri of multiple “statutory violations” \u2014 including health code violations, failure to comply with statutory requirements on filing reports, and the “traffic[king of] minors across state lines for abortions,” among other infractions.<\/p>\n

As a result, the AG is seeking to have Planned Parenthood defunded.<\/p>\n

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Missouri Attorney General March 6, 2024 letter calling for defunding of Planned Parenthood<\/p><\/div>\n

Request to Defund Planned Parenthood<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Attorney General of Missouri’s March 6, 2024 letter<\/a> addressed to Robert Knodell, director of Missouri Department of Social Services, is calling for Planned Parenthood to be defunded for what he described as a “pattern of activity, as well as other lawbreaking” which “justifies terminating Planned Parenthood from participation in the MO HealthNet program.”<\/p>\n

The AG’s press release<\/a> summarized a host of “statutory violations” as follows:<\/p>\n