Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Court Allows Texas To Cut Off Women’s Health Funding, Leaving Doctors And Low-Income Women In A Lurch

Court Allows Texas To Cut Off Women’s Health Funding, Leaving Doctors And Low-Income Women In A Lurch: Back in March, the federal government cut Texas’ Medicaid funding for the state’s Women’s Health Program (WHP) after Texas officials barred any “abortion affiliates” from the health program for low-income women. Because WHP is a joint federal-state program, states cannot to block any specific provider. By trying to force Planned Parenthood out of the system, [...]/p