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Texas Cuts Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood

State officials told Planned Parenthood affiliates they were no longer eligible to receive Medicaid funding because of a controversial video of Planned Parenthood officials discussing fetal tissue.

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A Planned Parenthood clinic in Austin is shown in 2015.
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State officials told Planned Parenthood affiliates they were no longer eligible to receive Medicaid funding because of a controversial video of Planned Parenthood officials discussing fetal tissue. The video has gotten national headlines, although there is disagreement about what those depicted actually said. (USA Today)

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