Tag Archives: family planning
Texas Is Seeking Trump’s Approval of its Planned Parenthood Ban. Will Other States Follow?
A win for Texas could greenlight other states to kick the women's health provider out of Medicaid programs.
Texas is testing the Trump administration’s antagonism toward Planned Parenthood with a controversial move that could set a path for other states to defun...Read More
What Will Texas’ New Repro Health Safety Net Look Like?
Texas health officials are retooling the state family planning safety net in advance of a summer launch, and providers are hoping for expanded services....Read More
After Planned Parenthood Ouster, More Medicaid Births and Less Birth Control
A new study released Wednesday reports that after anti-abortion Texas lawmakers blocked Planned Parenthood from participating in the Texas Women’s Health Pro...Read More
Texas Tackles Reweaving a Tangled Repro Health Safety Net Without Planned Parenthood
As Texas consolidates its multi-pronged family planning programs, doctors air their concerns about meeting patients' needs with limited resources.
At Wednesday’s Women’s Health Advisory Committee meeting — the second convening of the nine-member committee assembled to help bureaucrats navigate the c...Read More
No Planned Parenthood? Get That Depo Shot at a Kids’ Clinic
Texas bureaucrats and lawmakers have continued to claim that non-Planned Parenthood providers can pick up the slack, only to have their own numbers show that fe...Read More
Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Family Planning Programs Face Cuts
In the latest politically motivated attack on Planned Parenthood, Texas is poised to lose millions in funding for teen pregnancy prevention, family planning ser...Read More
House to Debate Women’s Health Funding
The House version of the budget, which hits the floor Tuesday for what’s likely to be a spirited debate over funding for state programs, includes approximatel...Read More
Report: Thousands Fewer Women Served by Women’s Health Program Since 2011
According to a biennial report released Tuesday by the Health and Human Services Commission, the number of women served by the Texas Women’s Health Program dr...Read More
How Five Texans Have Experienced Women’s Health Policies
The Observer recently spoke with five women about how women’s health care in the Lone Star State has played a role in their lives and communities. ...Read More