Texas Cuts Off Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthood Based on Deceptive Videos

The Republican Party’s ongoing war on women’s health care
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott is the latest far right Republican governor to try to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood based on the deceptive “sting” videos released by the Center for Medical Progress.

Here’s the order:

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Several other GOP-ruled states have also tried to terminate Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid funding, including Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana, but these attempts are being challenged in court by the federal government — and we can expect the same to happen in Texas. The people this will really hurt are low-income women who are the main beneficiaries of Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid support, for services like breast exams and cancer screenings.

This is me, really trying hard not to conclude by saying how much the Republican Party absolutely sucks. Oops, I didn’t make it.

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