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Right-wing activists have returned to the well of U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, this time to engineer the demise of...

Right-wing activists have returned to the well of U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, this time to engineer the demise of Planned Parenthood.

The pseudonymous "Alex Doe," who has accused Planned Parenthood of violating the False Claims Act by improperly billing the state's Medicaid program for more than $10 million after losing its Medicaid credentials, urged a Texas judge Monday to deny Planned Parenthood's bid for a stay, calling the move a "desperate attempt to avoid trial."

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This lawsuit is only the latest chapter in a battle between the state and the reproductive health care provider that heated up in 2011.

This lawsuit is only the latest chapter in a battle between the state and the reproductive health care provider that heated up in 2011.

A decade-long campaign by Texas Republicans to punish Planned Parenthood and run it out of the state advanced this week, thanks to one of the most anti-abortion judges in the United States. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk on Monday ruled in favor of an anonymous anti-abortion activist who has sued Planned Parenthood and its Texas affiliates on dubious grounds, ordering a jury trial that may allow the activist to collect $1.8 billion in judgment from the organization—imperiling its v...

Update 10/24/23: Instead of dismissing a meritless case about Planned Parenthood billing Texas Medicaid for providing services like birth control, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk decided it should go to trial. He scheduled the trial for April 2024, meaning his ruling—and any appeals—will come out in the run-up to the presidential election. It’s possible the Supreme Court will release a ruling on the abortion pill around that time as well.

After being sued by Texas to recoup millions of dollars in state Medicaid funds, Planned Parenthood is suing to have a federal fraud enforcement law overturned.

Texas filed a lawsuit alleging Medicaid fraud in Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's district, even though Planned Parenthood doesn't have any clinics there.