Gov. to cut Texas women's health funds over abortion

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Gov. to cut Texas women's health funds over abortion

AUSTIN, Texas | Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:54am EDT

(Reuters) - The federal government will withdraw funding for a Texas program providing more than 100,000 poor women with birth control and other health services because Planned Parenthood clinics are not allowed to participate, a Health and Human Services spokeswoman said on Friday.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the decision in Houston on Friday, prompting a furious response from Texas Governor Rick Perry, who called it an "egregious federal overreach."

At the heart of the dispute between the administration of President Barack Obama and Texas is the divisive issue of abortion.

The Texas legislature last year voted to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood because the network of women's health clinics performs abortions. The federal government says that this violates rules of Medicaid, the health program for the poor.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/13/us-texas-abortion-idUSBRE82C04120120313

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Here ya go, (p)Rick!

When ya stir up shit, ya have no reason to complain when it splashes back on ya!