Obama Steps to Texas, To Be Blamed for Lack of Women's Clinics in 3 ... 2 ... 1

Texas has been havin' itself a little fun this week the way it usually likes to have fun: by dragging Planned Parenthood behind its pickup truck, until it is dead. But whoops, it seems their new law outlawing Texas Medicaid's Women's Health Program participation in any women's clinic that is tied to abortion is against the Law, just like so many other new Texas laws are against the law, because Big Brother! That goldang federal gubmint is always telling the poor old states what they can and cannot do with federal money. HOW IS THAT EVEN FAIR?

After Texas blocked abortion providers’ participation in its Medicaid Women’s Health Program, the White House officially notified the state Thursday afternoon that it will pull all funds from the program, which totalled about $39 million last year.

Twenty-nine states participate in the Medicaid’s Women Health Program, which extends Medicaid coverage for reproductive health services to lower-income women who do not qualify for the rest of the entitlement program’s benefits. In Texas, the program served about 130,000 women, with the federal government footing 90 percent of the bill. About half of the clinics participating in the program would have been disqualified by the new legislation.

Rick Perry will blame the White House for endangering women's lives right about ... now.

[ WaPo Wonkblog, via ThinkProgress ]