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1) you’re not making a provable argument. You need to make a coherent argument and back it up before we go further. The idea a woman not seeking an abortion is not welcome at a clinic not supplying abortions is illogical.
2) no planned parenthood is not the only provider. I can think of 5 hospitals closer to me.
3) well I guess the moral utilitarians can be sent to forced labor camps and the profit put into the foster system. If an 800,000 person a year genocide is moral then that surely is better
1) Sure, here ya go. This is just an excerpt, the rest is very interesting reading:
"The decision to remove high-volume providers such as Planned Parenthood from the state’s women’s health network has led to a 41 percent decline in the number of women accessing contraception in Texas from 2011 to 2015. | Getty
"Texas effort to replace Planned Parenthood falls short of goal
By RENUKA RAYASAM
08/21/2017 02:34 PM EDT
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"AUSTIN, Texas — Texas last year embarked on a risky experiment as part of an effort to increase access to family planning services without Planned Parenthood and other high-volume clinics that perform abortions. The state handed anti-abortion activist Carol Everett nearly $7 million in contracts to rebuild a network of clinics and medical practices decimated by budget cuts and a ban on state funds for abortion providers.
Earlier this year, the state concluded the experiment didn’t work.
"Though the Texas health department hasn’t released data on the number of clients receiving care in Everett’s network, state site visits revealed that her plan fell far short of its goal to serve roughly 70,000 patients last year.
"Now the state is clawing back more than $4 million that Everett’s nonprofit, a crisis pregnancy center called The Heidi Group that counsels women against having abortions, received for Texas’ family planning program — the largest adjustment the state has ever made to such contracts. According to documents shared with POLITICO on Thursday, the money will be redistributed to public health departments and community health centers throughout Texas. The department still hasn't announced contract renewals for 2018."
(My emphasis - more @ https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/21/texas-planned-parenthood-replace-241869)
I believe the methodology used was hopes & prayers. Apparently insufficient.