Contraception use fell and Medicaid births rose after Texas defunded Planned Parenthood.

[Nithavela]

Texas lawmakers' decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood clinics has yielded some predictably adverse results: The state saw an uptick in births, and women stopped using the most effective contraceptives.

Those findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, come from a team or researchers at the University of Texas–Austin. The analysis shows that the "exclusion of Planned Parenthood affiliates from a state-funded replacement for a Medicaid fee-for-service program in Texas was associated with adverse changes in the provision of contraception," the researchers write. More specifically, the number of claims for long-acting contraception dropped by more than one-third, while births paid for by Medicaid rose 27 percent.

http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/this-map-helps-explain-texas-planned-parenthood-blunder

 

[Aryeh Jay]

But on the flip side, there are now zero abortions in Texas, 0, not a single abortion, nope, nada, zilch.

 

[cow451]

http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/this-map-helps-explain-texas-planned-parenthood-blunder

To be followed by the wailing and gnashing of teeth by conservatives over the number of people on welfare, follwed by legislation to limited funding for these lazy kids. They need to get jobs and get off the dole!

 

[KCfromNC]

Remember, though, Planned Parenthood isn't needed since other clinics exist. Or at least that's the spin we've heard from people opposing PP.
At least there will be a glut of babies to adopt from all the anti-abortion people who want to do everything they can to aid helpless babies. I'm sure they're all jumping in their cars right now to go and pick them up.

 

[cow451]

Remember, though, Planned Parenthood isn't needed since other clinics exist. Or at least that's the spin we've heard from people opposing PP.
At least there will be a glut of babies to adopt from all the anti-abortion people who want to do everything they can to aid helpless babies. I'm sure they're all jumping in their cars right now to go and pick them up.

 

[Nithavela]

Hallelujah!

 

[Larniavc]

http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/this-map-helps-explain-texas-planned-parenthood-blunder

Sometimes I think America hates itself.

 

[Edmond Smith]

Sometimes I think America hates itself.

It does if it keeps allowing people to kill children. The small amount of births since Texas defunded PP. Doesn't scratch the surface on how many children have been killed due to abortion.

And there are other places to get contraceptives. Many women's hospitals do prescribe them. Many clinics prescribe them. And guys can get them over the counter. If a woman gets pregnant, it isn't Texas' fault they didn't go get their contraceptive. it's their fault. Time to take personal responsibility for your actions and quit blaming others.

 

[Nithavela]

It does if it keeps allowing people to kill children. The small amount of births since Texas defunded PP. Doesn't scratch the surface on how many children have been killed due to abortion.

And there are other places to get contraceptives. Many women's hospitals do prescribe them. Many clinics prescribe them. And guys can get them over the counter. If a woman gets pregnant, it isn't Texas' fault they didn't go get their contraceptive. it's their fault. Time to take personal responsibility for your actions and quit blaming others.

Yes, how dare these women fornicate! They shall deal with the consequences of their scandalous behaviour post haste!

 

[stamperben]

It does if it keeps allowing people to kill children. The small amount of births since Texas defunded PP. Doesn't scratch the surface on how many children have been killed due to abortion.

And there are other places to get contraceptives. Many women's hospitals do prescribe them. Many clinics prescribe them. And guys can get them over the counter. If a woman gets pregnant, it isn't Texas' fault they didn't go get their contraceptive. it's their fault. Time to take personal responsibility for your actions and quit blaming others.

Please good sir, I live here in Texas. Do list all those women's hospitals and clinics that are giving out those contraceptives to women. The entire list if you please.

 

[AirPo]

It does if it keeps allowing people to kill children. The small amount of births since Texas defunded PP. Doesn't scratch the surface on how many children have been killed due to abortion.

And there are other places to get contraceptives. Many women's hospitals do prescribe them. Many clinics prescribe them. And guys can get them over the counter. If a woman gets pregnant, it isn't Texas' fault they didn't go get their contraceptive. it's their fault. Time to take personal responsibility for your actions and quit blaming others.

Get a grip, abortion does not "kill children."

 

[cow451]

It does if it keeps allowing people to kill children. The small amount of births since Texas defunded PP. Doesn't scratch the surface on how many children have been killed due to abortion.

And there are other places to get contraceptives. Many women's hospitals do prescribe them. Many clinics prescribe them.

Wouldn't it be a great ministry to provide contraception to those in need?

And guys can get them over the counter.

Females can't buy condoms in Texas?

If a woman gets pregnant, it isn't Texas' fault they didn't go get their contraceptive. it's their fault. Time to take personal responsibility for your actions and quit blaming others.

Thanks for confirming the so-called "Right to Life" concern for children after they are born.

 

[AirPo]

Please good sir, I live here in Texas. Do list all those women's hospitals and clinics that are giving out those contraceptives to women. The entire list if you please.

Texas has "woman's hospitals?"

 

[stamperben]

Texas has "woman's hospitals?"

That's what Mr. Edmond Smith said up above here.

 

[AirPo]

That's what Mr. Edmond Smith said up above here.

So just woman patients?
I guess that would mean staff too.
Does that mean there has to be woman's ambulances?
Oh, I get it, it's a burka free zone for medical.
How progressive of Texas!

 

[Hetta]

Hmmm. A few years ago, we were thinking about adopting, and the homes at that time were full to overflowing with kids waiting for someone to adopt them. They weren't babies though, you see, and they all want babies. Forget those annoying 5, and 8, and 12 year olds who also would love to have parents.

 

[Nithavela]

Hmmm. A few years ago, we were thinking about adopting, and the homes at that time were full to overflowing with kids waiting for someone to adopt them. They weren't babies though, you see, and they all want babies. Forget those annoying 5, and 8, and 12 year olds who also would love to have parents.

Adoptive parents don't want children who are not "theirs", and if they can't or don't want to have them themselves, they settle for the next best thing, a baby that is a blank slate.

Some adoptive parents even go as far as withholding the knowledge of their childs adoptions from them for several decades.

 

[Hetta]

Adoptive parents don't want children who are not "theirs", and if they can't or don't want to have them themselves, they settle for the next best thing, a baby that is a blank slate.

Some adoptive parents even go as far as withholding the knowledge of their childs adoptions from them for several decades.

We would have actually quite willingly taken an older child, in fact the last thing we would have wanted was another baby. But yes. Older kids, and young kids or babies with any kind of "issues" are left until they age out of the system.

 

[Edmond Smith]

Yes, how dare these women fornicate! They shall deal with the consequences of their scandalous behaviour post haste!

Fornication is a sin. And there are consequences for the male and the female. Your right, they aught not do that. Learn to know each other, love each other and getting more informed of the one you love is much more important that having sex. Sex is a gift of God given to us through marriage. It's sacred and should be treated so.

 

[keith99]

I have a problem seeing the defunding of Planed Parenthood as causing an increase of births.

PP was defunded in mid October 2015, it is now mid February 2016.

The only way that could account for an increase in births paid for by Medicaid is through a huge decrease in late term abortions, a large enough increase that I suspect it would be over 100% of such performed before the cut.