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Women’s Health Under Attack in Texas By: Iris Guerrero
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Women’s Health Under Attack in

Texas

By: Iris Guerrero

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The women’s health care program in Texas

began in 2007 and offers free family planning

services to low income women between the

ages of 18 and 44.Meghan Ashford-Grooms , The Austin American –Statesman.

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Families USA

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National Women's Law Center

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

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The well woman’s program serves an

average of 24,000 women each year that would

otherwise lack access to life-saving preventative

health servicesJordan Smith, Austin Chronicle

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Planned Parenthood et al vs. Thomas M. Suehs

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STD’s

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Health outcomes associated with untreated STD’s

include:

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

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Diabetes

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

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Hypertension

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The Mayo Clinic

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The Mayo Clinic

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The Mayo Clinic

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Cervicaland

Breast Cancer

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

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Texas cut its support statewide for women's health clinics by two-

thirds in 2011, eliminating access to

family planning services for nearly 300,000 poor

and working-class women.

Wade Goodwyn, NPR

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But Texas is going a step further, with a law that eliminates funding for

women's health clinics that either associate with abortion providers or advocate for abortion

rights.Wade Goodwyn, NPR

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None of the dozens of clinics that will lose state funds actually perform abortions. It is already

against state and federal law for clinics that perform

abortions to receive taxpayer dollars.Wade Goodwyn, NPR

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Meghan Ashford-Grooms , The Austin American –Statesman

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Women are the collateral

damage of this policy.

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Loss of funding will deprive thousands of Texas women of critical health service, especially in rural areas in which no alternative provider to the Women’s Health Program is available

Planned Parenthood et al vs. Thomas M. Suehs

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

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The massive loss in annual funding will force clinics to close and lay off staff.

Planned Parenthood et al vs. Thomas M. Suehs

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Meghan Ashford-Grooms , The Austin American –Statesman

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Hidalgo county is one of the

neediest regions of the state of

Texas.Meghan Ashford-Grooms , The Austin American –Statesman

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Meghan Ashford-Grooms , The Austin American –Statesman

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Women’s health is not about abortion

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It's about

YOU

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It's about

ME

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It's about

US

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It's about

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For more information or to become involved please visit:

• Planned Parenthood

http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/

• Woman’s Health and Family Planning Association of Texas

http://whfpt.org/

• Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition

http://www.texaswhc.org/


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