Planned Parenthood will go to trial as Texas has accused the organization of defrauding the state’s Medicaid health insurance program, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Texas has accused Planned Parenthood of obtaining funds from the state and failing to repay them after it terminated the organization as a provider under its Medicaid insurance programs for low-income people. While both sides favored a ruling without going to trial, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, in Amarillo, decided not to rule on the case but instead scheduled a trial to begin in April.
According to Reuters, now-sealed court documents show the judge ruled against Planned Parenthood in the case, saying the organization is obligated to return some funds to Texas and to Louisiana, which did not join the case.
Kacsmaryk, a conservative judge appointed to the bench by former President Donald Trump, did not rule on exactly how much Planned Parenthood must repay, or if the company intentionally violated the law.