Two million Texas women need publicly funded family planning.
Ensuring all Texans have access to family planning services so they can plan the timing and size of their families is critical to building equal economic and social opportunity. In addition, family planning helps women prepare for healthy pregnancies, improving the well-being of both women and their babies.
Texas has a large unmet need for affordable family planning services: roughly 2 million Texas women need publicly funded family planning, and in 2019, our key state family planning programs served 291,000 Texans.
Texas made several ill-advised and politically motivated decisions that have reduced access to critical services. The family planning safety net in Texas is still diminished and recovering from:
Every Texan appreciates the opportunity to provide written recommendations to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) regarding the agency’s development of the Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR) for 2026-2027.
All Texas moms, no matter our race, income, or hometown, deserve the healthiest pregnancy and birth possible so that we can thrive and help our families do the same. Underlying
View this testimony as a PDF here. Every Texan (formerly CPPP) appreciates the opportunity to express support for HB 12 by Representative Rose. The Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas, founded
View this fact sheet as a PDF here. Every Texan supports legislation to include more lawfully present immigrants in Texas Medicaid. Texas excludes most lawfully present adult immigrants from Medicaid.
