Study: Births Among Low-Income Families Rose After Texas Cut Planned Parenthood Funding
The findings could be a sign of what's to come in other states taking similar steps with the organization.
Los Angeles Times:
After Texas Stopped Funding Planned Parenthood, Low-Income Women Had More Babies
The state of Texas’ sustained campaign against Planned Parenthood and other family planning clinics affiliated with abortion providers appears to have led to an increase in births among low-income women who lost access to affordable and effective birth control, a new study says. The researchers, from the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, say their findings offer a sneak peak of what may happen in other states that have cut funding to Planned Parenthood. Lawmakers in Arkansas, Alabama, New Hampshire, Louisiana, North Carolina and Utah have enacted policies to keep public funds out of Planned Parenthood clinics. Ohio is expected to be the next state to follow suit. (Netburn, 2/3)
The Associated Press:
Study: Texas Birth Control Fell After Planned Parenthood Cut
A study found that Texas saw a drop in women obtaining long-acting birth control after Republican leaders booted Planned Parenthood from a state women's health program in 2013, which researchers said may explain an increase in births among poor families. The research examined the effects of Texas severing taxpayer ties with the largest abortion provider in the U.S. The same year Texas barred Planned Parenthood from state family planning services, then-Gov. Rick Perry signed abortion restrictions that shuttered clinics under a sweeping law that the U.S. Supreme Court will review next month. (2/3)
Meanwhile, the two activists who were indicted after secretly filming Planned Parenthood officials go to court —
Reuters:
Anti-Abortion Activists In Covert Videos Head To Texas Court
One of two anti-abortion activists indicted for using a fake government ID to aid secret filming inside Planned Parenthood facilities appeared at a Texas court on Wednesday while the other will do so a day later, legal officials said. David Daleiden, indicted in January by a Houston-area grand jury, will appear at Harris County District Court in Houston on Thursday and then go through booking, lawyer Jared Woodfill said. Daleiden will likely seek to have charges against him thrown out, he added. (Herskovitz, 2/3)
