The Texas Tribune reports that state health officials have adopted Republican guidelines that disallow abortion-affiliated groups from running abstinence-education programs in the state. New language Health and Human Services materials would prohibit entities even loosely affiliated with abortion providers from receiving any funding to teach abstinence.
The new language appears to be aimed at Planned Parenthood. The change to the rules came after Executive Commissioner Chris Traylor took over the leadership role at Planned Parenthood.
The move comes on the heels of another ruling, earlier this year, that prohibits clinics affiliated with abortion providers from participating in the joint state-federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Services program, which provides cancer screenings for poor, uninsured women in Texas.