Hundreds of people rallied at the Capitol on Thursday, demanding that Planned Parenthood clinics be allowed back into the Women’s Health Program.
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TribLive: Zerwas and Schwertner on Women’s Health
At Wednesday’s TribLive conversation, state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, and state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, talked to Emily Ramshaw about the state’s role in providing access to preventative health care for women.
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Health Advocates Make Case for Medicaid Expansion, Restoring Cuts
Health care advocates flocked to the Capitol on Thursday to urge the Senate Finance Committee to consider expanding Medicaid, restoring funding for family planning services and improving the state’s health care delivery system.
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State Posts Revised List of Women’s Health Providers
After complaints from lawmakers about its earlier list of Texas Women’s Health Program providers, the state health agency has replaced its list online. The new list has 965 fewer doctors and clinics.
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Newsreel: Women’s Health, Guns and the Lege
In this edition of the Newsreel: Legislative debate over women’s health funding, abortion and Planned Parenthood has started. This week is the 4oth anniversary of the Rove v. Wade ruling. Lawmakers are talking again about guns on campus.
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Two from Two Years Ago: Medicaid and Women’s Health
Debates on Texas Medicaid financing and the Texas Women’s Health Program will dominate the health care arena in the coming weeks.
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Abbott Announces “Choose Life” Advisory Committee
Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on Friday the creation of the Choose Life Advisory Committee, a group that will make recommendations for spending money generated by “Choose Life” license plates.
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TribLive: A Conversation About Family Planning
Full video of my January 22 TribLive conversation about family planning and women’s health with state Reps. Donna Howard, D-Austin, and Sarah Davis, R-West University Place.
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TribLive: Howard and Davis on the Women’s Health Program
At this morning’s TribLive conversation, state Reps. Sarah Davis, R-West University Place, and Donna Howard, D-Austin, talked about whether the new state-run Texas Women’s Health Program will have enough providers without Planned Parenthood.
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Interactive: Are There Enough Women’s Health Program Providers?
This interactive map shows the locations of Planned Parenthood clinics excluded from the new Texas Women’s Health Program, overlaid with the non-Planned Parenthood providers that have agreed to treat state-subsidized patients in those areas.