{"id":13759,"date":"2011-04-04T22:32:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T03:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=13759"},"modified":"2011-04-05T02:08:02","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T07:08:02","slug":"texas-lawmakers-send-family-planning-money-to-pro-life-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/04\/04\/texas-lawmakers-send-family-planning-money-to-pro-life-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas lawmakers send family planning money to pro-life centers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas lawmakers send family planning money to pro-life centers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Written by EDITORIAL STAFF
\nApril 4, 2011<\/p>\n

Texas lawmakers passed a series of amendments to the biennial state budget
\nthat would move nearly $70 million in funding for family planning to
\norganizations that provide alternatives to abortion and other health
\nservices.<\/p>\n

The 2012-13 budget passed 98-49, largely along party lines, in the Texas
\nHouse late Sunday night, and Democrats were seen voting \u201cpresent\u201d instead of
\nrejecting amendments providing extra funding for mental health services for
\nchildren, trauma care, and funding for the deaf and the blind, according to
\nthe Texas Tribune.<\/p>\n

In a 100-44 vote Friday, the House passed an amendment by Republican Rep.
\nRandy Weber that transfers almost $7.4 million from family planning funding
\nto crisis pregnancy centers, which provide alternatives to abortions.<\/p>\n

Abortion giant Planned Parenthood responded on Twitter, saying, \u201cOutrageous!
\nTX House just voted to take $8.3 million from family planning to give to
\nunregulated crisis pregnancy centers for the next 2 yrs.\u201d<\/p>\n

House GOP then started diverting family planning funding to other health
\nservices, causing Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner to claim the amendments
\nwere causing the lawmakers to choose between funding \u201cchild one or child
\ntwo.\u201d He then urged Democrats to to abstain from voting on the amendments,
\nwhich as many as 44 members did.<\/p>\n

Democrats shied away from talking about the abortions provided by family
\nplanning services, but instead focused on how the cuts would affect the
\nscreenings for diabetes, breast and cervical cancer testings, and other
\nmedical screenings provided by the services.<\/p>\n

But Holly Whitehead, executive director of Pregnancy Resources of Abilene,
\nTexas, said that there are a number of non-profit organizations, including
\nAlliance for Women and Children and the local health department, that also
\nprovide medical examinations for women at a low cost without providing
\nabortions. She also stressed that these organizations do not have the
\nprofit component of Planned Parenthood and other family planning
\norganizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that putting money into human services that are helpful to women
\nand families is a good thing,\u201d she said, noting that with the extra money,
\nthose organizations will be able to expand their services.<\/p>\n

House Republicans also passed amendments that diverted family planning
\nfunding to other health services, causing Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner
\nto claim the amendments were causing the lawmakers to choose between funding
\n\u201cchild one or child two.\u201d He then urged Democrats to to abstain from voting
\non the amendments, which as many as 44 members did.<\/p>\n

One amendment would add $6.6 million to pay for services for children with
\nautism, while another moved $1 million to mental health services for
\nchildren. Also in the bill were amendments to move money to trauma care,
\nearly childhood intervention and the Department of Aging and Disability
\nServices, and care for the deaf and the blind. All of the amendments were
\nadopted.<\/p>\n

Republican Rep. Wayne Christian, who proposed the amendment moving money
\nfrom family planning to autism said, \u201cWe don\u2019t choose between good and bad,
\nwe choose between necessary and necessary,\u201d according to the Texas Tribune.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/online.worldmag.com\/2011\/04\/04\/texas-lawmakers-send-family-planning-money-to-pro-life-centers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Texas lawmakers send family planning money to pro-life centers Written by EDITORIAL STAFF April 4, 2011 Texas lawmakers passed a series of amendments to the biennial state budget that would move nearly $70 million in funding for family planning to…<\/p>\n

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