New Texas law restricts Latina’s access to health care, say groups
In Texas, some women’s health clinics such as Planned Parenthood are no longer approved to provide services for thousands of women. (Photo/Getty Images)
Starting today, low-income women in Texas enrolled in the state’s Women’s Health Program cannot use Planned Parenthood clinics for medical care. Under a new law passed by the Texas legislature, any clinic which may have ties to abortion services or providers is excluded from the network of state-approved clinics, even if by law these centers do not use government money for these services. Texas lawmakers also cut 70 million dollars in women’s health care funding last year during budget reductions.
“This is politics, but do they really know what is happening to women and their families?” says Lucy Félix, who works in the Rio Grande as coordinator of the Texas Latina Advocacy Network.
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