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Planned Parenthood sues after Texas excludes group from state’s Women’s Health Program

AUSTIN, Texas — Eight Planned Parenthood organizations sued Texas on Wednesday for excluding them from participating in a program that provides contraception and check-ups to women, saying the new rule violates their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and association. 

The groups, none of which provide abortions, contend in the federal lawsuit that a new state law banning organizations affiliated with abortion providers from participating in the Women’s Health Program has nothing to do with providing medical care and is simply intended to silence individuals or groups who support abortion rights. Texas law already requires that groups receiving federal or state funding be legally and financially separate from clinics that perform abortions.

“The government cannot condition your participation in the health services on giving up your free speech,” said Pete Shenkken, the plaintiffs’ attorney, citing past U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

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Court papers list witnesses for Planned Parenthood case

Planned Parenthood faces criminal charges in Johnson County.

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Society has ZERO LAWFUL "INTEREST" in fetuses, other than supporting a woman's (citizen's) choice. Fetuses are not property of the state, not property with any ownership rights by society.  A fetus is not "born" and has no natural born social civil rights. A fetus is not a citizen -- it is a part of a woman's body whom has sole jurisdiction over the fetus.

The FALSE and BLASPHEMOUS DOCTRINE that a superior being imbues souls into fetus bodies has UNCONSTITUTIONALLY been imposed into law in violation of the absolute wall between Church & State. The state has no business enshrining the superstitions of one cult into laws and oppressing non-believers with coercive religious beliefs.

Compulsory motherhood is unconstitutional. Women are not slave breeders for the state. It is UNAMERICAN to force American citizens to be breeders of state-owned and state-controlled human beings as property of the state.