Planned Parenthood wins preliminary injunction in women’s health case (UPDATE)
Melaney A. Linton, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, said in a statement, “Today’s ruling affirms what women have known all along: politics simply doesn’t have a place in women’s...
View ArticleTexas gets stay in Planned Parenthood case (UPDATE)
The state — which quickly appealed a Monday preliminary injunction allowing Planned Parenthood to continue participating, at least temporarily, in the Women’s Health Program — has been granted a stay...
View ArticleState again barred from dropping Planned Parenthood from health program
The state is once again barred from dropping Planned Parenthood from a key women’s health program under a Friday appellate ruling. It’s the latest turn in a lawsuit filed by the organization after...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood case set for Oct. 19
A ruling affecting health care, including contraception, for some 130,000 low-income Texas women probably won’t come until late this year as Planned Parenthood and the state of Texas plan for...
View ArticleHow Texas plans to pay for the women’s health program
Texas plans to cover its cost of taking over the Women’s Health Program with funds from a crackdown on Medicaid fraud and services deemed unnecessary; a freeze in administrative positions in health and...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood awaits New Year’s Eve ruling
A judge will decide on New Year’s Eve whether to grant a temporary restraining order to allow Planned Parenthood to continue providing contraceptive and health-screening services to the low-income...
View ArticleCoalition pushes for women’s health, family planning
Doctors, hospitals, clinics, health care groups, faith organizations and family planning associations urged lawmakers Wednesday to restore funding cut from women’s health programs for contraceptives...
View ArticleSenator says “blogosphere” tipped DPS off to potential violence
Texas Senate Administration chairman Kevin Eltife said Monday the Texas Department of Public Safety learned that some groups planned to heave projectiles into the Texas Senate gallery by monitoring...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court allows abortion restriction to stay in effect
AUSTIN – A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a key Texas abortion restriction to remain in effect while it’s under legal challenge. The decision was 5-4, said Attorney General Greg Abbott’s...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court allows abortion restriction to stay in effect
Read the opinion. AUSTIN – A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a key Texas abortion restriction to remain in effect while it’s under legal challenge. The decision was 5-4, said Attorney...
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