Planned Parenthood Email, August 29, 2012 After hearing from thousands of supporters from across the state, the Texas Department of State Health Services will hold a public meeting on its proposal to create a 100 percent state funded Women’s Health Program— all so they can try to kick Planned Parenthood and our nearly 50,000 patients […]
August 21, 2012
CBS News, August 21, 2012 by AP AUSTIN, Texas – A federal appeals court ruled late Tuesday that Texas can cut off funding for Planned Parenthood clinics that provide health services to low-income women before a trial over a new law that bans state money from going to organizations tied to abortion providers. The 5th […]
August 16, 2012
Think Progress, August 16, 2012 by Tara Culp-Ressler Last March, Republican lawmakers in Texas blocked funding for the state’s Planned Parenthood clinics, mandating that the organizations in the Texas’ Women’s Health Program shouldn’t receive federal funds because they are “affiliated” with an abortion provider. Despite the fact that abortion services contribute to just 3 percent […]
May 24, 2012
RH Reality Check, May 24, 2012 by Andrea Grimes While the State of Texas battles in court for what it says is its right to exclude Planned Parenthood from participating in the Medicaid Women’s Health Program (WHP) there, the Texas Health and Human Services commission is sending mixed messages to the more than 50,000 women who currently […]
May 6, 2012
Fire Dog Lake, May 6, 2012 by Glenn W. Smith Do what we say or the women will die. That may sound like some kind of villainous threat in a Wild West melodrama, but it is exactly what the Rick Perry administration in Texas is saying today. Planned Parenthood is suing the state for unlawfully […]
May 4, 2012
Huffington Post, May 4, 2012 by Laura Bassett It’s been a bumpy week for Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas. First a U.S. district judge temporarily stopped a new law that would have cut Planned Parenthood out of the state Women’s Health Program. Then a panel of judges smacked down that ruling. And now, the same […]
May 1, 2012
Huffington Post, May 1, 2012 by Laura Bassett Just two hours after a U.S. district judge stopped a Texas law that would have eliminated Planned Parenthood’s participation in the state’s Women’s Health Program, Federal Appeals Judge Jerry E. Smith issued an emergency stay that lifted that order. In the appeal for the emergency stay, a […]
May 1, 2012
MySA, May 1, 2012 by Peggy Fikac The state – which quickly appealed a Monday preliminary injunction allowing Planned Parenthood to continue participating, at least temporarily, in the Women’s Health Program – was granted a stay by an appellate court judge. Attorney General Greg Abbott filed an emergency motion for stay Monday night in the […]
April 30, 2012
Fort Worth Weekly, April 30, 2012 by Andrew McLernore Thousands of women, men and children from across the state gathered at the southern steps of the Capital on Saturday to protest state laws that they say curtail basic human rights for women. Organized primarily by the group Unite Against the War on Women, speakers and […]
April 30, 2012
The Horn, April 30, 2012 by Cody Permenter During the last legislative session in Texas, women’s health and family planning services were slashed by $73.6 million and the legislature passed a bill that requires that requires a woman who seeks an abortion to receive a transvaginal sonogram. In response, thousands of Texans met at the […]
April 30, 2012
Huffington Post, April 30, 2012 by Laura Bassett A federal court in Texas ruled to stop a new law on Monday that excluded Planned Parenthood from the Texas Women’s Health Program, which serves about 130,000 low-income women in the state. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel ruled that the law was unconstitutional because it bars eight […]
April 27, 2012
Star Telegram, April 27, 2012 by Anna M. Tinsley The Texas chapter of Unite Women will hold a rally and voter registration event at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Texas Capitol — as similar other rallies are held in Washington, D.C. and 53 other cities. The goal is to encourage women to register and vote […]
April 26, 2012
The Texas Tribune, April 26, 2012 by Thanh Tan [Watch] The first part in our occasional series examining the battle over family planning in Texas considers the impact of lawmakers’ orders to reduce spending on birth control and cancer screenings.
April 25, 2012
RH Reality Check, April 25, 2012 by Robin Marty Louisiana’s new bill requiring abortion providers to play audio of the heartbeat of an embryo or fetus prior to an abortion has passed the full Senate and is now heading to the House, according to a report from AM870. The state already requires a woman to […]
April 24, 2012
RH Reality Check, April 24, 2012 by Robin Marty Would you feel comfortable seeing a doctor who hadn’t been practicing medicine in at least a decade? Then why are “former OBG-GYN” congressman apparently getting extra say in what sort of health care women should be allowed to have nationally? Politico takes a look at the […]
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