In what is certainly a victory for life, the innocent unborn and women, twelve Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas have closed after the legislature cut off funding. Life News has the story:
A new confirmed total of 12 Planned Parenthood facilities have been shut down in Texas since the end of the 82ndlegislative special session, which dealt the abortion industry a $64.2 million blow.Without government funding, Planned Parenthood facilities are withering on the vine. New funding priorities set by the legislature detail that any facility associated with the abortion industry is given the lowest priority for family planning funds. As a result, three Planned Parenthood affiliates have been forced to close several of their facilities in order to reduce operating costs.
Each closing is a victory for women and for the unborn.
Thank goodness for federalism. In spite of the federal Democratic majority’s refusal to protect the unborn, many states are acting in the interest of life. Mississippi is set to vote on their definition of ‘personhood’ tomorrow. A vote that would define a person as, “every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof.” If the personhood measure passes, and withstands the inevitable legal tests, we may see many more reports like this one from Texas.