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Tag: federal-state
Posted inLocal & State

Judge rules Texas can’t kick Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid

by Defender News Service

BY MARISSA EVANS U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks ruled Tuesday afternoon that Texas clinics affiliated with Planned Parenthood can continue to care for patients under the state’s Medicaid program, a phew-worthy victory for reproductive rights advocates and a loss for the state’s GOP leaders. In a 42-page ruling, Sparks wrote that the state’s arguments in the case were “the […]