The first part in our occasional series examining the battle over family planning in Texas considers the impact of lawmakers’ orders to reduce spending on birth control and cancer screenings. 

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Thanh Tan was a multimedia reporter/producer for the Tribune from 2011 to 2012. She previously worked at Idaho Public Television, a PBS station that serves a statewide audience. While there, she was an...