2/25/2017

… her testimony – surpassing the time limit by several seconds to urge lawmakers to “stop playing with women’s health care as if it’s your own political puppet” – Schwertner hammered his gavel prompting a swift crack that shattered the desk top and …

Texas officially kicking Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid

After more than a year of delays , Texas is officially kicking Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Medicaid program. In a move that could affect thousands of low-income women, state health officials on Tuesday delivered a final legal notice to defund the organization from the Medicaid program through which it provides family planning and women’s health services to the poor.