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Hundreds Rally For Planned Parenthood At Texas Capitol

Hundreds of activists have rallied outside the Texas Capitol for Planned Parenthood, one of the organizations most-vilified by conservative lawmakers inside the building.

2013/03/07

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Texas Clergy Call For More Women’s Health Funding

More than 370 members of the clergy asked the Texas Legislature to boost funding for women’s health programs. Leaders of Methodist, Buddhist, Presbyterian, Jewish, Baptist and Unitarian congregations lobbied lawmakers for more spending.

2013/03/04

Judge Allows Ban On Funds To Planned Parenthood

A Texas judge has ruled that the state may cut off funding to Planned Parenthood’s family planning programs for poor women.

2012/12/31

Judge To Decide On Women’s Health Program Order

A Texas judge is scheduled to decide whether Planned Parenthood may continue providing check-ups and birth control under the Women’s Health Program.

2012/12/31

Judge Rules Against Texas In Women’s Care Dispute

Texas’ request to force the U.S. Health and Human Services to continue funding its Women’s Health Program was denied Friday, as a judge sided with federal authorities who say the state’s exclusion of Planned Parenthood violates HHS guidelines.

2012/12/21

Texas Women’s Health Program Dispute Back In Court

A federal judge is set to hear arguments on whether the federal Health and Human Services should be allowed to cut off funding to Texas’ Women’s Health Program in a battle over abortion.

2012/12/21

Judge Continues Planned Parenthood Injunction

Texas District Judge Steve Yelenosky has issued an injunction that will keep Planned Parenthood in the Women’s Health Program pending resolution of their lawsuit.

2012/11/08

Judge Considering Planned Parenthood Injunction

Planned Parenthood will ask a state judge to extend an injunction against Texas banning its clinics from the Women’s Health Program.

2012/11/08

Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks to delegates at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference on April 9, 2010 in New Orleans. (credit: Cheryl Gerber/Getty Images)

Perry To Speak About Women’s Health Program

Governor Rick Perry on Wednesday plans to promote the state’s new Women’s Health Program that excludes Planned Parenthood and starts on Thursday.

2012/10/31

Family Planning Cut Having Negative Impact

Cynthia Wilson of Dallas didn’t walk through the doors of a Planned Parenthood clinic looking for contraception

2012/09/27

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Texas Hearing On New Women’s Health Program

Texas is holding a public hearing on what its Women’s Health Program may look like after the federal government pulls funding amid a battle over Planned Parenthood.

2012/09/04

Court Reviews Texas Planned Parenthood Funding Ban

An attorney for the state argued Thursday that a federal judge improperly barred Texas from enforcing a new rule excluding Planned Parenthood clinics from participating in a taxpayer-funded women’s health program.

2012/06/07