Texas won another battle against Planned Parenthood this week.
A federal appeals court,
on Thursday, refused to grant another hearing to the organization, a
decision that stops the organization's fight against Texas' effort to
ban state funding for Planned Parenthood affiliates.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry applauded the decision, by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
"Today's ruling affirms
yet again that in Texas the Women's Health Program has no obligation to
fund Planned Parenthood and other organizations that perform or promote
abortion. In Texas we choose life, and we will immediately begin
defunding all abortion affiliates to honor and uphold that choice,"
Perry said.
The decision continues a legal struggle that has been going on for months.
The Texas Women's Health
Program provides about 130,000 low-income women with family planning
exams, related health screenings and contraception.
Texas opposed government funding for Planned Parenthood clinics because the organization provides abortions.
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