A federal appeals court on Tuesday lifted a temporary injunction and ruled that Texas can remove Planned Parenthood from the Women’s Health Program.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission responded swiftly to the decision.
“We appreciate the court’s ruling and will move to enforce state law banning abortion providers and affiliates from the Women’s Health Program as quickly as possible,” commission spokeswoman Stephanie Goodman wrote in an emailed statement.
Republican Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said the appeals court’s unanimous ruling “rightfully recognized that the taxpayer-funded Women’s Health Program is not required to subsidize organizations that advocate for elective abortion. We are encouraged by today’s decision and will continue to defend the Women’s Health Program in court.”
August 22, 2012 at 3:11 pm
This is what is called good news, so rare these days.
August 22, 2012 at 3:12 pm
This is what is called good news, so rare these days.
August 22, 2012 at 5:56 pm
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.—-Thomas Jefferson. FREEDOM
August 23, 2012 at 6:24 am
Get ready for the leftist, progressivist, culture of death backlash on this. The media thugs will be out in force.