Lawmaker calls for probe of grant to anti-abortion group
AUSTIN -- The chairman of the Texas Legislature's Women's Health Caucus urged the state auditor's office to investigate the awarding of a $1.6 million state grant to an anti-abortion group Monday.
Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, said the Health and Human Services Commission's decision last week to award the Healthy Texas Women program's grant to the Round Rock-based Heidi Group funnels tax dollars to an unlicensed medical provider with a an anti-abortion agenda.
"We cannot have a biased ideology driving the health care of women in this state," said Farrar. "This type of ideology based on this type of granting of an award is detrimental to the health care of women in this state.
The Heidi Group was founded and lead by Carol Everett, a vocal opponent to abortion. The state contends the organization's grant application was one of the most "robust" applications to the commission.
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