At this morning’s TribLive conversation, before the decision to delay implementation of the new Women’s Health Program went public, Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek talked about what the state plans to do and why.
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Video: Rick Perry on The Texas Women’s Health Program
Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that if Planned Parenthood succeeds in its legal challenges regarding the Texas Women’s Health Program, “they will kill this program.”
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Texas Women’s Health Program Will Not Launch as Planned This Week
Kyle Janek, executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, said Wednesday morning that the new state-led Women’s Health Program would be ready to start on Nov. 1. But the program will not launch until court controversy is clarified or federal funds run out.
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Judge’s Order Allows Planned Parenthood to Remain in Women’s Health Program
A district judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining allowing Planned Parenthood to stay in the Women’s Health Program, for now.
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Appeals Court Refuses to Rehear Planned Parenthood Case
A ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday gives Texas the go-ahead to cut Planned Parenthood out of the Women’s Health Program.
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Doctors in Women’s Health Program Can Discuss Abortion
In a peace offering of sorts to medical and women’s groups on Thursday, HHSC Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek announced rules for the new state-run Women’s Health Program that permit doctors to discuss abortion with their patients.
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Steinem Slams Texas Women’s Health Program
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem blasted Texas’ move to exclude Planned Parenthood from the Women’s Health Program Wednesday.
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Spirited Testimony Delivered at Women’s Health Program Hearing
The Texas Department of State Health Services got an earful Tuesday from lawmakers and women’s health advocates at a public meeting in Austin to discuss proposed rules for the Texas Women’s Health Program.
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Texas Weekly Newsreel: Conventions, Pollution, Planned Parenthood
A look at the upcoming Republican and Democratic party conventions, the state’s win in a court battle over women’s health programs, and a second win on federal cross-state pollution rules.
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Photo Essay: Women’s Health Issues Along the Border
Here’s a visual perspective of reproductive health issues in the Rio Grande Valley, one of the country’s poorest areas. This year, the issue of public financing for contraceptives and cancer screenings has often become intertwined with the controversy surrounding abortion.