Are the GOP attacking the world's most prcecious resource: women?

Why are the GOP attacking the world's most precious resource - women?  This should be a lesson to us all: getting involved in politics is something we can't do passively; we must be actively involved in the political process, because ALL politics is local.  Here is another example on where our country is headed if we continue to sit back and allow the GOP to treat women in this manner.  Check out what the Root reported on...

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced that the federal government will phase out funding for a Texas health program that serves low-income women, according to the Associated Press.

Funding for the Women's Health Program, which serves 130,000 low-income women in the state and gets 90 percent of its dollars from the federal government, will be phased out between May and November because of a state law that bars abortion-affiliated clinics from getting public money. Sibelius says that the state law violates federal Medicaid rules requiring that women have a choice in medical care.

The program joins a long list of other programs nationwide that are being cut because of their affiliation with Planned Parenthood or other abortion-related groups. The Women's Health Program provides cancer screenings, family planning and other women's health services. About 44 percent of women in the Texas program go to Planned Parenthood clinics.

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