Two state health researchers in Texas are under
fire for co-authoring a Planned Parenthood (PP) study that has already been
debunked. The study – published just
weeks ago in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine – suggested that
since Texas cut PP out of Medicaid funds, impoverished women have been denied
contraceptives and other services, and the state has seen an increase in
births. Now, the revelation of the researchers’
connections has raised the hackles of conservatives in the state legislature.
According to Emily Horne of Texas Right to Life,
ever since the defunding occurred PP has tried to prove that Texas needs them. “But in fact, even the Houston Chronicle independently did a data request to find out how
many women Planned Parenthood was actually serving under the Medicaid program –
and it was miniscule,” Horne reports. “It
was just like one to five percent – numbers that can clearly be absorbed by any
pro-life or life-affirming health centers that do more comprehensive care.” The pro-life activist says further
examination suggests the source of the study and the researchers who did it are
pro-abortion and pro-Planned Parenthood. “So it debunks itself by the time you look
just even at a surface level of who is doing the research,” she concludes.
According to The
Associated Press, the research was funded by the Susan T. Buffet
Foundation, a major supporter of Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion groups.
After learning the two state researchers were
involved, Republican State Senator Jane Nelson called the findings “deeply
flawed” and “highly political.” A
spokesman for the Texas Department of State Health Services agrees.
Rev. Dr.
Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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