Judge Gives State OK to Exclude Planned Parenthood
Updated, 9:30 a.m.:
A federal judge's ruling this morning means that the state may begin removing Planned Parenthood and other so-called abortion "affiliates" from the Women's Health Program, despite a district judge's Monday ruling to the contrary.
Health and Human Services Commission spokeswoman Stephanie Goodman said Tuesday morning that the state has been granted an emergency motion for stay after Attorney General Greg Abbott filed an appeal last night in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Goodman says this means the preliminary injunction granted to Planned Parenthood on Monday in district court will not take ...
Comments (22)
David Lee Koontz via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Of course it would be in Austin.
Deanna Michelle Jones Wollenzien via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Thank goodness. Planned Parenthood is one of the best services offered to women.
Lauren Ames via Texas Tribune on Facebook
gotta love district courts.
Kathy Kennemer Genet via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Fantastic news. Planned Parenthood is the primary medical provider to many rural Texas women. They are a willing and able provider and the state had no business excluding them from providing health care services.
Samdavis
Of course it was a judge appointed by....wait for it.....A Republican president. So can the "of course it was in Austin crap. I hope Perry and Abbott felt this all the way up to their colon.
Luisa Inez Newton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
and now dufus Abbott will waste more taxpayer money on an appeal because he doesn't think women have constitutional rights....
Glen Hill
I do not have a problem with maintaining planned parenthood as long as it does not include abortion. It seems to me that Planned Parenthood is just that...planning for and having a child not an abortion.
Rene Ocelot via Texas Tribune on Facebook
So the ruling meant nothing?
Martha Dunkelberger via Texas Tribune on Facebook
this is Texas, we don't have to listen to anyone but God and our idiot Governor.
Deirdre Cooper via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Awesome! Women deserve better than Planned Parenthood!
gypsy314 ne
Just shows we have plenty of work to do with judges it will all come out in the wash soon enough.
Anyone but democrats for office!
Martha Dunkelberger via Texas Tribune on Facebook
and how do you propose those women pay for that "better" care Deirdre?
Kathy Kennemer Genet via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Abbott and Perry and the GOP continue their dogged pursuit to disenfranchise a whole segment of our population from choosing their health care provider. This is another way to ration healthcare...
Maureen Hull via Texas Tribune on Facebook
This judge is the same one that said forced ultrasounds (including transvaginal) are constitutional.
Maureen Hull via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Note the article states that none of the clinics in the lawsuit provide abortions. This is about cutting off healthcare for low-income people.
JC DemocratofTejas
VOTE~~ Anyone but a repug.
Rene Ocelot via Texas Tribune on Facebook
sure wish the state would call me and tell me where I can go for healthcare or mail me a list, not put me on hold for an hour
Beverly Nuckols via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The TT has an interactive map http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/texas-womens-health-program-providers/ - if you're on TT facebook, you should be able to access the map.
Norman Allen
And you thought Planet of the Ape was a fictitious movie....
gypsy314 ne
Faith restored in our justice system.
Anyone but democrats!
Anya Khan
Money going to pp pays for the lighting, electricity, support personnel, buildings, building maintenince, equipment, office management, parking, landscapeing, decor, medical supplies that permit abortions...but not the abortions themselves.
Jim Arnold
Perry is an abortion.