Women’s Health Under Attack in

Texas

By: Iris Guerrero

The women’s health care program in Texas

began in 2007 and offers free family planning

services to low income women between the

ages of 18 and 44.Meghan Ashford-Grooms , The Austin American –Statesman.

Families USA

National Women's Law Center

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

The well woman’s program serves an

average of 24,000 women each year that would

otherwise lack access to life-saving preventative

health servicesJordan Smith, Austin Chronicle

Planned Parenthood et al vs. Thomas M. Suehs

STD’s

Health outcomes associated with untreated STD’s

include:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

Diabetes

The Mayo Clinic

Hypertension

The Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic

Cervical and

Breast Cancer

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

Texas cut its support statewide for women's health clinics by

two-thirds in 2011, eliminating access to family planning

services for nearly 300,000 poor and working-class women.

Wade Goodwyn, NPR

But Texas is going a step further, with a law that eliminates funding for

women's health clinics that either associate with abortion providers or advocate for abortion

rights.Wade Goodwyn, NPR

None of the dozens of clinics that will lose state funds actually perform abortions. It is already

against state and federal law for clinics that perform

abortions to receive taxpayer dollars.Wade Goodwyn, NPR

Meghan Ashford-Grooms , The Austin American –Statesman

Women are the collateral

damage of this policy.

Loss of funding will deprive thousands of Texas women of critical health service, especially in rural areas in which no alternative provider to the Women’s Health Program is available

Planned Parenthood et al vs. Thomas M. Suehs

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

The massive loss in annual funding will force clinics to close and lay off staff.

Planned Parenthood et al vs. Thomas M. Suehs

Meghan Ashford-Grooms , The Austin American –Statesman

Hidalgo county is one of the

neediest regions of the state of

Texas.Meghan Ashford-Grooms , The Austin American –Statesman

Meghan Ashford-Grooms , The Austin American –Statesman

Women’s health is not about abortion

It's about

YOU

It's about

ME

It's about

US

It's about

LIFE!

For more information or to become involved please visit:

• Planned Parenthoodhttp://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/

• Woman’s Health and Family Planning Association of Texas http://whfpt.org/

• Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition http://www.texaswhc.org/