CDC $$ to Memphis for project outsourced to Planned Parenthood

Centers for Disease Control selects Shelby County (Memphis)  to receive  a grant  for 75K to test for syphilis.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chose Shelby County as a funding site for the project because of the high rates of syphilis transmission in our community. In 2009, Shelby County ranked fifteenth of all counties in the U.S. for symptomatic syphilis. Shelby County has the highest number of newly-diagnosed syphilis cases in Tennessee, and the infection rate for all stages of syphilis is five times higher in Shelby County than in the U.S. overall.

So what does the Shelby County Health Dept. do...they outsource it to Planned Parenthood. 

You may remember that Yvonne Madlock, the Director of Shelby County Health Dept. was the only one out of 95 counties in TN that would not take on the responsibility of family planning services with the Title X money from the govt.  Madock wrote her "conditions"  to TN Health Commissioner Susan Cooper in a letter stating she would accept  the $1.345MM on a month to month basis and will not rule out subbing it out to Planned Parenthood.  Planned Parenthood was to be defunded. That was the intent of the legislature. Some stealth  tactics or antics were used to circumvent what the legislators clearly thought they voted on.


Shelby County  continues to "friend" Planned Parenthood to the tune of 75K instead of doing the work. Madlock disses the Commissioner of Health, the state legislature and continues to  pick and chooses her assignments. 

Now she has the audacity to award a grant from CDC to Planned Parenthood/Memphis because of their "stellar record."

And let us not forget  how  Memphis PP distinguished  themselves....

TN: Shelby Co Health Dir. will take Title X $$ mo. to mo. but not rule out using PP

 The Commercial Appeal writes that Shelby County Dept. of Health Director, Yvonne Madlock has  told her boss that she will accept the Title X funds ($1.345 MM )like the other 94 counties in TN but on a month to month basis. She continues to insist that she will not rule out subcontracting the work out to other vendors INCLUDING Planned Parenthood.  Obviously she is willing  to go to the mat for PP and I have to wonder why??? One of the commenters who is a nurse points out....

 

MemphisRN writes:

It amazes me that Memphians really believe that Planned Parenthood is the only agency that can provide "non-abortion family planning and health services" to patients who do not have insurance. There are many other agencies who perform the same services without providing abortions. All people should have access to these vital cancer screenings and they do through other non-profit agencies in our city. Be honest with yourselves Title X money going to Planned Parenthood through the Health Department is doing one thing- allowing an abortion industry to thrive. Over 8,500 abortions were performed in Shelby County last year and it is because our government dollars are continuing to support agencies like Planned Parenthood. They are many other deserving agencies in our community who provide family planning and health screenings without providing abortions.

Also, I have to wonder about the accuracy of the number of family planning visits PP throws out there in an attempt to save the tax $$ from flowing in.....I recall how Abby Johnson stated  that as a PP Dir. they manipulated stats to their favor such as counting 12 mos. supply of bc pills as 12 visits . When PP is caught in over billing charges to Medicaid...this other information spills out. 

For instance, an article in the Tennessean, a PP supporting newspaper, recently printed an article about a lawyer who is  currently in litigation with PP of LA for over billing the govt. for $180 MM for bc pills and other meds.

Their client in the case is Victor Gonzales, a former vice president for finance for Planned Parenthood.
“He knows where the skeletons are,” Crain said.

And let us not forget  the Memphis PP that made the news and distinguished  themselves....