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In pushing a replacement for the Affordable Care Act that cuts off funds for Planned Parenthood, Republicans are out to reassure women who rely on the major health care organisation that other clinics will step up to provide their low-cost breast exams, contraception and cancer screenings.
Texas is already trying to prove it. But one big bet is quietly sputtering, and in danger of teaching the opposite lesson conservatives are after.
Last summer, Texas gave $1.6 million to an anti-abortion organisation called the Heidi Group to help strengthen small clinics that specialise in women's health like Planned Parenthood but don't offer abortions. The goal was to help the clinics boost their patient rolls and show there would be no gap in services if the nation's largest abortion provider had to scale back.
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But eight months later, the Heidi Group has little to show for its work. An Associated Press review found the non-profit has done little of the outreach it promised, such as helping clinics promote their services on Facebook, or airing public service announcements. It hasn't made good on plans to establish a 1-800 number to help women find providers or ensure that all clinics have updated websites.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-planned-parenthood-anti-abortion-heidi-group-womens-clinic-pro-life-choice-state-a7628556.html
MagickMuffin
(15,942 posts)I couldn't resist the temptation!
Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)riding off into the sunset with Texas tax dollars?
dalton99a
(81,486 posts)nycbos
(6,034 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,195 posts)erpowers
(9,350 posts)However, it's not as easy as it looks because we are not Planned Parenthood. We are working with private physicians and providers, Everett said after leaving a committee hearing this week at the Texas Capitol. She said the clinics she is working with are busy seeing 40 to 50 women a day. They don't have time to go out and do some of the things that we would really like to help them do. But we're there if they want to. And we're there when the need it. And we're in their offices and we're helping them.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-planned-parenthood-anti-abortion-heidi-group-womens-clinic-pro-life-choice-state-a7628556.html