The state's prosecution of abortion doctors for Medicaid fraud cleared a major hurdle on Monday, as the Georgia Supreme Court rejected a doctor's argument that the law on what abortion-related services he can charge to Medicaid is unconstitutionally vague.
The federal Hyde Amendment and state law prohibit tax money from being used for abortions except in cases of rape or incest or to save the patient's life. Neither of the DeKalb County doctors being prosecuted by the state, Andre Damian Williams and Tyrone Cecil Malloy, are being accused of charging Medicaid for abortions. Instead, in a new enforcement tack, Attorney General Sam Olens contends that charging Medicaid for abortion-related services such as ultrasounds constitutes fraud.
