Congress’ ban on tax dollars flowing to Planned Parenthood is about to lapse, and a Senate Republican wants to investigate piles of taxpayer money that has allegedly been used by the organization to push transgender procedures. Sen.Josh Hawley, R-Mo., in a letter first obtained by Fox News Digital, is demanding that Planned Parenthood be put under a microscope for roughly $1.5 billion in Medicare and Medicaid funding that he alleges "are flowing to an organization that promotes transgender treatments on minors."Fox News Digital did not hear back from Planned Parenthood for comment. SEN HAWLEY WARNS IT WOULD BE 'UNCONSCIONABLE' IF BILLIONS OF TAXPAYER FUNDS FLOW TO TRANS KIDS’ SEX CHANGESSen.
Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks during Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Government Affairs committees in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 30, 2024, as he launches an investigation into Meta over reports of AI chatbots engaging in inappropriate interactions with children.(Chip Somodevilla)Hawley wants Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services Administrator Mehmet Oz to open an investigation into Planned Parenthood as part of the agency’s continued pursuit to uncover fraud in federally funded healthcare programs. "I urge you to direct your investigative efforts toward Planned Parenthood and its role in pushing transgender madness onto minor children," Hawley said. Republicans last year banned federal tax dollars from flowing to abortion providers in President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," but that ban is set to lapse on July 4.UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION: PLANNED PARENTHOOD PRESCRIBING HORMONES TO MINORS WITH MINIMAL OVERSIGHTHawley and others have tried to extend the ban, with his attempt to amend the latest budget reconciliation package to keep the ban going failing earlier this year.
That amendment would have extended the ban on providing Medicaid funding to abortion providers until 2035. His focus now is on uncovering whether t...