Planned Parenthood /tags/planned-parenthood-1 Planned Parenthood en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:58:36 GMT Cecile Richards, former leader of Planned Parenthood, dies from brain cancer at 67 /texas/2025-01-20/former-head-of-planned-parenthood-cecile-richards-has-died Cecile Richards was a longtime activist for women's rights and the daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:58:36 GMT /texas/2025-01-20/former-head-of-planned-parenthood-cecile-richards-has-died Sarah McCammon After a decade of state-led attacks, Texas seeks to bankrupt Planned Parenthood /health/2023-09-14/after-a-decade-of-state-led-attacks-texas-seeks-to-bankrupt-planned-parenthood Texas officials sued the organization last year in federal court for more than $1.8 billion, claiming it committed Medicaid fraud when it filed reimbursements at a time when the state was seeking to expel it from the program. Thu, 14 Sep 2023 16:01:09 GMT /health/2023-09-14/after-a-decade-of-state-led-attacks-texas-seeks-to-bankrupt-planned-parenthood Mary Tuma, Public Health Watch Abortion clinics in neighboring states see more Texans than locals /health/2023-06-23/abortion-clinics-in-neighboring-states-see-more-texans-than-locals In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision, Texans have flooded into surrounding states to seek abortion. But experts believe thousands have not been able to access the procedure. Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:03:00 GMT /health/2023-06-23/abortion-clinics-in-neighboring-states-see-more-texans-than-locals Olivia Aldridge Texas Officials Temporarily Blocked From Kicking Planned Parenthood Out Of Medicaid /health/2021-02-03/texas-officials-temporarily-blocked-from-kicking-planned-parenthood-out-of-medicaid Affiliates filed an emergency lawsuit in an effort to stop the state from blocking 8,000 low-income Texans on Medicaid from receiving care at the health clinics. The state's effort to block them from the program was set to go effect Thursday. Wed, 03 Feb 2021 23:43:55 GMT /health/2021-02-03/texas-officials-temporarily-blocked-from-kicking-planned-parenthood-out-of-medicaid Ashley Lopez Texas Gives Medicaid Recipients Using Planned Parenthood 30 Days To Find A New Provider /health/2021-01-06/texas-gives-medicaid-recipients-using-planned-parenthood-30-days-to-find-a-new-provider Planned Parenthood officials say patients will have a hard time finding new providers in a short window of time during a pandemic. Thu, 07 Jan 2021 00:24:14 GMT /health/2021-01-06/texas-gives-medicaid-recipients-using-planned-parenthood-30-days-to-find-a-new-provider Ashley Lopez Planned Parenthood Asks Texas Officials To Delay Kicking It Out Of Medicaid During The Pandemic /health/2020-12-18/planned-parenthood-asks-texas-officials-to-delay-kicking-it-out-of-medicaid-during-the-pandemic Officials with the chain of family-planning clinics say the removal could affect 8,000 people already facing barriers to health care. Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:01:05 GMT /health/2020-12-18/planned-parenthood-asks-texas-officials-to-delay-kicking-it-out-of-medicaid-during-the-pandemic Ashley Lopez Federal Appeals Court Allows Texas To Kick Planned Parenthood Out Of Its Medicaid Program /health/2020-11-23/federal-appeals-court-allows-texas-to-kick-planned-parenthood-out-of-its-medicaid-program The court ruled legal precedent disqualifies Medicaid beneficiaries from taking issue with how a state determines which providers are qualified to be in the health care program. Mon, 23 Nov 2020 23:51:03 GMT /health/2020-11-23/federal-appeals-court-allows-texas-to-kick-planned-parenthood-out-of-its-medicaid-program Ashley Lopez