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Judge: Sorry, Rick Perry, You Can’t Ban Planned Parenthood From Helping Women
Rick Perry, Honorary Facebook OB/GYN, has tried with all his might to defund his state's Planned Parenthood clinics because, while they provide tens of thousands of women in his state with basic health care, they also sometimes provide abortions. He even, in a particularly baby-with-the-bathwater move, went as far as trying to ban the organization from participating in the state's Women's Health Program.
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Federal Appeals Court stops Texas from banning Planned Parenthood from state health program
Rick Perry loses, again, and Texas women win The Texas-Planned Parenthood legal roller-coaster continues. On Monday, a federal judge granted an injunction barring the state from barring Planned Parenthood from the state's health car... Read Post
Rick Perry Wants To Replace Planned Parenthood With Crisis Pregnancy Centers That Don’t Provide Health Services
When Texas Republicans cut off Planned Parenthood from the state’s Women’s Health Program — losing millions in federal funds and endangering access to health care for women in the program — Gov. Rick Perry (R) promised to keeping th... Read Post
Texas Women May Lose Access To Basic Health Services Thanks To Rick Perry
Governor Rick Perry wants to bar $35 million in federal funds from financing several women's clinics, particularly Planned Parenthood, reports the Times' Pam Belluck and Emily Ramshaw. But the vow to slash federal financing for wome... Read Post