Texas just doesn't step up to the plate for it's womenfolk.  The state has an awful record on women's health issues and it's about to get worse.

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Planned Parenthood seems to be a political football these days because it's an emotional topic that politicians think they can use to get you to vote, or to ignore bigger picture issues.   Now Texas is now using a series of completely discredited videos as an excuse to take away medicare funds from Planned Parenthood. This is going to set up a huge court fight that the politicians can ride for votes.

Let's look at some real facts here (even though I know some of you won't let facts get int he way of a good story).

Health Magazine lists Texas LAST among women getting first trimester care for pregnancy and LAST among women with medical coverage. Texas also ranks third in cases of chlamydia infections.  The magazine placed Texas in it's "Top Ten of the Worst States For Women's Health".

So now Texas is going to put additional pressure on areas that were already performing not just poorly, but dismally. There is no doubt that this will lead to more disease and babies born with serious medical issues (if they survive birth at all).  This is awful political ugliness that hurts women.  The "define Planned Parenthood" types represent knee-jerk politics by not offering any solutions, and only serving to make the problem worse. It's hateful and ugly and our state should be better than this.

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