Articles tagged: family planning
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
Eye On Texas: Jennifer Whitney Captures the Decline of Women’s Health Care
Jennifer Whitney documents the effects of cuts to women’s health-care and family-planning funding and access with a focus on the Rio Grande Valley....Read More
State Left Family-Planning Money Unspent While Clinics Closed
EXCLUSIVE: Texas health department had $2.3 million left over in its family-planning budget as dozens of clinics closed from lack of funds.
The Observer has learned that the state health department left unspent approximately $2.3 million in family-planning funds in the past year while score...Read More
Health Coalition Swipes Family-Planning Funds from State of Texas
Federal government bypasses state agency, awards Title X grant to Women’s Health and Family Planning Association of Texas.
Some family-planning funding in Texas will soon be under new management. ...Read More
‘Everything Is Gone’: Family-Planning Clinics Disappear From Rural Texas
State budget cuts to family planning hit hardest in rural areas, where low-income women had fewer options to begin....Read More