Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas that do not provide abortion services filed a federal complaint on April 11, seeking a court order to prevent the Texas Health and Human Services Commission from barring them from participating in the Texas Women’s Health Program (WHP). The WHP provides funding for preventative health and family planning services for low-income women.
The Planned Parenthood affiliates bring federal constitutional challenges, and they challenge state statutory authority under 1 Texas Administrative Code §§354.1361-64 to bar them from participating in the WHP “because they publicly advocate to protect access to safe and legal abortion and/or affiliate with legally separate entities that engage in that advocacy and/or are affiliated with legally separate entities that provide and advertise abortions.”
