Texas gives Planned Parenthood notice of Medicaid ouster
ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2015
People rallied to show support for Planned Parenthood as an anti-abortion demonstrator stood amongst them, in Kansas City, Mo.
AUSTIN, Texas >> Texas has given Planned Parenthood final notice of plans to cut off Medicaid funding, a move that federal judges have so far blocked other Republican-controlled states from making.
Planned Parenthood responded today by saying it will also ask a court to stop Texas from defunding clinics in January. Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Kansas are among the states where judges have denied similar efforts.
Planned Parenthood says its clinics serve nearly 11,000 women in Texas each year through Medicaid.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards responded by calling Texas “a cautionary tale for the rest of the nation.” The move comes at a time when her organization is simultaneously fighting to stop Congress from also cutting off taxpayer dollars. President-elect Donald Trump has given mixed signals about his feelings toward the group.
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No federal funds to exterminate the unwanted unborn.
ANOTHER example of prehistoric thinking by Texass !! Not a misspelling either !!
I’ve been to Austin, Houston, & College Station over the past year, and it never ceases to amaze me how backwards Texans are. I’m surprised they even wear clothes, but I do see many knuckles dragging on the ground they traverse !!!!