Planned Parenthood Defrauded Taxpayers of Millions Claims Reinstated Lawsuit

Monday July 5, 2010
By James Tillman
SAN FRANCISCO, CA

(LifeSiteNews.com) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is reinstating Gonzalez v. Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles, a case alleging that Planned Parenthood defrauded taxpayers of tens of millions of dollars by overbilling government programs for birth-control pills and similar items.

Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), whose attorneys are handling the case, said that although "this case is by no means over, winning this appeal means we have gotten the federal claim over the threshold hurdles and can now get down to the heart of this case: the alleged fraud.”

Victor Gonzalez, a former Chief Financial Officer for Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles (PPLA), had filed his suit on December 19, 2005, shortly after he was fired allegedly for voicing concerns about PP's illegal accounting practices. the rest