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Planned Parenthood officials in Texas are asking state leaders to give them more time before removing the organization entirely from the state s Medicaid program.
In a letter to health officials, Planned Parenthood asked to be allowed to continue serving people insured through the program for low-income people in light of the COVID-19 public health crisis facing Texas.
“At minimum,” the group wrote, “it is imperative that [the Texas Health and Human Services Commission] permit a brief grace period so that Planned Parenthood providers can provide continuity of care throughout the holiday season and the current crisis point of the pandemic.”
Trump to Cut Millions in Funding for Planned Parenthood, Abortion Providers
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Trump to Cut Millions in Funding for Planned Parenthood, Abortion Providers
Trump to Cut Millions in Funding for Planned Parenthood, Abortion Providers
Women stand in front of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast in Texas. | (Photo: Facebook/Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast)
Taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers under Title X, which provides $260 million annually for contraception and other family planning initiatives, will be cut under a proposed rule the Trump administration will announce on Friday.
The proposal by the Trump administration, to be filed by the Department of Health and Human Services, seeks to disentangle taxpayers from the abortion industry by requiring a clear physical and financial separation between Title X services and services that perform, support, or refer to abortion as a method of family planning according t
Court: Texas, Louisiana can end Planned Parenthood funding The ruling was handed down by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. (Source: Gray News) By Associated Press | November 24, 2020 at 5:55 AM CST - Updated November 25 at 7:24 AM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Texas and Louisiana can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics a move supported by opponents of legal abortion, but opposed by advocates who said it affects a variety of non-abortion health services for low-income women.
The ruling was handed down by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. While it expressly reversed decisions in Texas and Louisiana, it also affects Mississippi, which is under 5th Circuit jurisdiction. The issue is likely to go next to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A Planned Parenthood in Austin.
Planned Parenthood officials in Texas are asking state leaders to give them more time before removing the organization entirely from the state’s Medicaid program.
In a letter to health officials, Planned Parenthood asked to be allowed to continue serving people insured through the program for low-income people “in light of the COVID-19 public health crisis facing Texas.” At minimum, the group wrote, it is imperative that [the Texas Health and Human Services Commission] permit a brief grace period so that Planned Parenthood providers can provide continuity of care throughout the holiday season and the current crisis point of the pandemic.
KUT
Planned Parenthood officials in Texas are asking state leaders to give them more time before removing the organization entirely from the state s Medicaid program.
In a letter to health officials, Planned Parenthood asked to be allowed to continue serving people insured through the program for low-income people in light of the COVID-19 public health crisis facing Texas.
“At minimum,” the group wrote, “it is imperative that [the Texas Health and Human Services Commission] permit a brief grace period so that Planned Parenthood providers can provide continuity of care throughout the holiday season and the current crisis point of the pandemic.”