Government to cut Texas women's health funds over abortion

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Government to cut Texas women's health funds over abortion
Reuters
9:23 p.m. CDT, March 12, 2012

AUSTIN, Texas (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 U.S. Health and Human Services spokeswoman said on Friday.

Health and Human Services SecretaryKathleen 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 PresidentBarack 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 ofwomen's health clinics performs abortions. The federal government says that this violates rules of Medicaid, the health program for the poor.



Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-texas-abortionbre82c041-20120312,0,5010553.story

[freshwest]

1. Rick's just being a brat. He's all for 'keeping 'em barefoot and preggers'.

[madrchsod]

2. federal money is the only thing keeping his state alive

if he does`t want that "federal overreach" then he should use texas`s tax base to run his state

[sakabatou]

3. No federal overreach, just state overreach into your bodies.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. No funding at all for women's health services.

Yeah, that'll teach a lesson to Texas.

[cstanleytech]

6. Ya it sucks but is there any other legal option that the feds can use to goad the

state into acting in a more responsible manner?

[Ian David]

5. If the federal government doesn't enforce this rule...

... then before you know it, all that federal aid starts being disbursed to crony-owned healthcare providers who are friends with various governors.

[Eugene]

7. Reuters: Texas sues Obama administration in abortion dispute

Source: Reuters

Texas sues Obama administration in abortion dispute

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO | Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:03pm EDT

(Reuters) - The Texas attorney general on Friday sued the Obama administration to challenge its decision to shut down a women's health program over a dispute centered on the state's withholding of funds to clinics that provide abortions.

The filing of the lawsuit comes as both Republican officials in Texas and the Obama administration have expressed regret that poor women in the state who depend on the health services could be hurt by the escalating political fight.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/16/us-texas-women-lawsuit-idUSBRE82F1DF20120316

[DLCbtheGOP]

8. THe WH needs to get out front on this

because right now the meme is that Obama is taking money away from women’s health care is gaining traction with the less informed and less intelligent.