Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Spoken Like a Texan

Just hours after a federal court issued an injunction against Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s plan to revoke public funding for Planned Parenthood, a judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans knocked that ruling down and permitted the state to proceed — at least for now.

Judge Jerry Smith, appointed by President George W. Bush, granted the state’s request for an emergency stay. Democrats were quick to point out that it’s not the first time Smith has weighed in on partisan politics, having recently corrected some of the president’s rhetoric on the authority of the judiciary.

Smith’s ruling gave Planned Parenthood until 5 p.m. on Tuesday to respond to the state’s appeal. It’s not clear if he’ll change his mind but, if he does not, Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer funding in Texas will have officially gone dry, throwing needed health care for over 130,000 lower income women into question — a dire situation that could last for months as the case makes its way through federal courts.

  Raw Story
Lower income women don't have any power, least of all here in Texas.  And they cant join the Occupy movement because they have to work.  Two jobs.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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