Women's Health Care Storm Had Been Brewing
It took years of bipartisan efforts for the Women's Health Program to even begin. Today, it is the subject of a bitter political divide. No one should be surprised. Full Story
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Hutchison: Perry Should Keep Federal Funding for Women's Health Program
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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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? Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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Storify Timeline: See How Controversy Over Health Program Has Unfolded
This Storify timeline looks at how the controversy over the Texas Women's Health Program has unfolded. Full Story
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Feds Won't Renew Women's Health Program
The federal government will not renew the Women's Health Program, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in Houston on Friday. Full Story
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Anti-Abortion Advocates Counter Planned Parenthood Media Blitz
As Planned Parenthood travels the state by bus to defend its Women's Health Program funding, anti-abortion advocates gathered in Austin to blast the organization. Full Story
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Women's Clinics Retreat As Finances Are Cut
For the state's social conservatives, forgoing family planning funding is a small price to pay to send a powerful message: They want Planned Parenthood out of Texas. Full Story
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Poll: Voters Don't Want to Ban Planned Parenthood From Health Program
A new poll sponsored by Planned Parenthood found that 59 percent of likely Texas voters oppose efforts to keep the health provider's clinics out of the joint state-federal Women's Health Program. But the poll is likely to have critics. Full Story
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson and Tan interactively map women's health program providers in Texas, Galbraith talks to the state's climatologist about (what else?) the drought, Grissom with the latest on violence in youth prisons, Hamilton on why UTEP's low four-year graduation rate may not matter, Murphy's interactive comparing graduation rates and more at public universities in Texas, Ramsey on the redistricting end game (we think), Ramshaw on the state health commissioner's attack on Planned Parenthood and Root on the closing of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's storied Austin bureau: The best of our best content from February 27 to March 2, 2012. Full Story
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Planned Parenthood Laments Expected Demise of Women's Health Program
A crowd gathered Friday at the Planned Parenthood Health Center in Austin to express concerns over the expected demise of the Women's Health Program. Full Story
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Perry Blasts Obama Over Women's Health Program
Gov. Rick Perry today added his own voice to the increasingly loud controversy over the expected demise of Texas' Women's Health Program. Full Story
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Suehs: Feds' Stand on Women's Health Program Sets Dangerous Precedent
In an uncharacteristically angry letter written as the Women's Health Program circles the drain, the state health commissioner is blasting the Obama administration's argument that Texas can't exclude Planned Parenthood clinics. Full Story
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