{"id":77656,"date":"2015-10-20T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T21:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=77656"},"modified":"2015-10-20T17:37:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T21:37:16","slug":"ted-cruz-urges-states-follow-texas-lead-defunding-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ted-cruz-urges-states-follow-texas-lead-defunding-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz urges states to follow Texas&#8217; lead in defunding Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Following Texas&#8217; recent move to defund Planned Parenthood, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Senator Ted Cruz released the following\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2015\/10\/19\/ted-cruz-urges-states-follow-texas-lead-ending-planned-parenthoods-medicaid-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Today, my home state of Texas proved that states can make a real difference in the fight to block taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood. I\u2019m proud of Texas for leading the way in affirming the sanctity of life, and I thank Gov. Abbott for his principled commitment to protecting the lives of unborn children.<\/p>\n<p>I encourage every state to follow Texas\u2019 lead in stopping taxpayer funds from going to Planned Parenthood,\u00a0and I will continue to lead the fight in the United States Senate to defund Planned Parenthood at the federal level.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more-->As Live Action News\u00a0<a href=\"\/news\/texas-terminates-funding-for-planned-parenthood-in-light-of-numerous-scandals\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>\u00a0Monday, the state of Texas has\u00a0informed Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast of its plan to terminate Medicaid funding to all Planned Parenthood affiliates in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Due to video evidence of Planned Parenthood officials engaging in illegal actions as well as past instances\u00a0of fraud, the state of Texas &#8220;determined that&#8230; Planned Parenthood affiliates are no longer capable of performing medical services in a professionally competent, safe, legal and ethical manner,&#8221; according to Inspector General <a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/politics\/texas\/article\/State-to-drop-Planned-Parenthood-from-Medicaid-6577380.php?t=a313f4e721438d9cbb&amp;cmpid=twitter-premium\" target=\"_blank\">Stuart Bowen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Along with several of his competitors in a crowded race for the Republican Presidential nomination, Ted Cruz has been an active and consistent voice in calling out Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of our personal voting plans, we can all hope that more states take note and answer Cruz&#8217;s call to action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Texas&#8217; recent move to defund Planned Parenthood, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Senator Ted Cruz released the following\u00a0statement: Today, my home state of Texas proved that states can make a real difference in the fight to block taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood. I\u2019m proud of Texas for leading the way in affirming the sanctity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":70603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[4243,3245,14,4540,3740,3908],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ted Cruz urges states to follow Texas&#039; lead in defunding Planned Parenthood<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Today, my home state of Texas proved that states can make a real difference in the fight to block taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood. &quot; ~Sen. 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