Plutocrat and former third party presidential candidate Ross Perot donated $1 million to Planned Parenthood of Texas, to help fill the gap left by the state’s defunding of the Women’s Health Program.
“For nearly
100 years Planned Parenthood has helped to educate men and women
regarding family planning and general family health,” said Margot Perot,
speaking for the Perot Foundation of Dallas. “Our family has supported
this nonprofit for many years because we are impressed with the work
they do—providing birth control; scientifically based education; breast
health exams; and basic, life-saving healthcare for women who cannot
afford services otherwise.”
In 2012,
Texas passed a law denying funds from the Woman’s Health Program, a
Medicaid program that services many underprivileged women in the state,
to clinics that provide abortions. But while the Hyde Amendment
already prohibits government money from being used for abortions,
federal law also does not allow states to refuse money to clinics that
perform the service. When Texas Governor Rick Perry
refused to back down on the issue, the federal government yanked its
(massive) share of the funding to the WHP, stopping an estimated $40
million to women’s health clinics in the state.
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