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September 5, 2012

Planned Parenthood Seeks Reversal of Texas Ban 
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Tuesday's protest outside the Democratic National Convention coincided
with a challenge by Planned Parenthood in federal court seeking a
reversal of a ruling that upheld Texas’ effort to defund Planned
Parenthood and exclude it from a government-funded health program for
low-income women simply because they also provide abortions. The Texas
program offers cancer and health screenings as well as birth control
services to some 130,000 low-income women, about 40 percent of whom are
served through Planned Parenthood. In a new court filing, Planned
Parenthood says the ban violates the group's First Amendment rights.
Dozens of supporters of Planned Parenthood also packed a public hearing
in Texas on Tuesday to denounce the state ban.

 

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