February 8, 2021 | Austin, Texas | Press Release | Appointment Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Cecile Young as the Executive Commissioner for the Texas
8,000 Medicaid patients in limbo as Texas boots Planned Parenthood from program
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Planned Parenthood of South Texas office manger, Twila Aguilera, looks at the number of patient intakes and services provided at the San Pedro clinic location on Thursday, Aug. 22nd, 2019.Carlos Javier Sanchez | ContributorShow MoreShow Less
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The Planned Parenthood building at 4600 Gulf Freeway Friday, April 19, 2019, in Houston.Godofredo A Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Planned Parenthood is urging Texas health officials to give it six months to help Medicaid recipients who use its clinics for non-abortion services to find other providers after a decisive court loss that could cut off care to thousands of vulnerable Texans, many of them women of color.