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Family Planning Battle Continues: Planned Parenthood Sues State & City Council Approves New Funding

(Emily Ramshaw and Thanh Tan, Texas Tribune) Planned Parenthood branches in Texas have filed a federal lawsuit in an effort to block their exclusion from the state’s Women’s Health Program. After Texas’ Republican leaders indicated their intent to start enforcing a state rule that bans “affiliates” of abortion providers from participating in the Medicaid-funded contraception …

Family Planning Battle Continues: Planned Parenthood Sues State & City Council Approves New Funding”