U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison appeared on MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown to defend Planned Parenthood and urge Gov. Rick Perry to re-consider federal funding for the Women’s Health Program.
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Interactive: Mapping Women’s Reproductive Health in Texas
Texas women’s reproductive rights have drawn attention lately over the federal government’s decision to cut funding for the state’s Women’s Health Program. Use this interactive to see just how many pregnancies, births and abortions occur across the Lone Star State.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: On Retirement, Term Limits and Planned Parenthood
Will the Planned Parenthood brouhaha affect elections? Should state officeholders be able to collect retirement while they’re still on the job? And should Texas lawmakers have term limits?
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Criminal Justice
Abbott Sues Feds Over Women’s Health Program
Attorney General Greg Abbott has filed yet another lawsuit against the federal government, this one, no surprise, over the Women’s Health Program.
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Health care
Video: On Fox News, Perry Promises to Fight Feds Over Voter ID, Women’s Health
“We’re having to spend a lot of money and time protecting our right to make sovereign decisions from this administration,” Perry said during a Fox News interview.
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Health care
A States’ Rights Strategy
Gone are the deer-in-the-headlights “oops” moments, the campaign blooper reels. They’ve been replaced with the familiar Texas governor beating his drum against the federal government, this time on women’s health and voter fraud.
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Health care
Feds to Halt Funding for Women’s Health Program
Federal health officials announced Thursday what state leaders have predicted for weeks: that they are halting funding for Texas’ Women’s Health Program.
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Health care
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 123
Reeve, Emily, Julian and Jim talk about Texas’ role in the presidential primary, the future of the state’s Women’s Health Program, and the latest on Voter ID.
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Health care
Without Planned Parenthood, What’s Next for Health Program?
A state rule that forces Planned Parenthood out of Texas’ Women’s Health Program takes effect today. But the transition will take a few weeks.
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Health care
Video: Kathleen Sebelius on the Women’s Health Program
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Friday that the federal government is on the brink of cutting off funding for Texas’ Women’s Health Program over the state’s insistence on excluding Planned Parenthood.
