Gov. Bobby Jindal is ousting Planned Parenthood from Louisiana's Medicaid program.
The Jindal administration announced Monday it was ending four provider agreements that reimbursed Planned Parenthood for providing health care services to low-income patients through the government-funded Medicaid insurance program.
Termination of the agreements comes after an anti-abortion group released secretly recorded videos showing Planned Parenthood officials describing how they provide aborted fetus tissue for medical research.
Jindal, a Republican presidential candidate, cited the videos in his announcement.
Planned Parenthood doesn't provide abortions in Louisiana, but offers cancer screenings, birth control, sexually transmitted disease treatment and other health services in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Melissa Flournoy, Louisiana state director for Planned Parenthood, said Jindal's decision will lessen health services for the poor.
The organization has 30 days to appeal.
