How did Ken Paxton vote on women’s health and family planning?
- Voted to bar clinics affiliated with abortion providers from the Women’s Health Program
- Voted for the budget that cut state family-planning funding by $73.6 million
- Voted twice to move money out of family-planning services
3 Voted yea
The votes
| Session | Bill | Measure | Position | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82nd, 1st Called (2011) | SB 7 | Voted to bar clinics affiliated with abortion providers from the Women’s Health Program SB 7: Health and human services omnibus, including Women’s Health Program restrictions. Omnibus Medicaid bill that barred Women’s Health Program funds from going to providers that perform or promote elective abortions or are affiliated with them. | Yea | Passed; conference report adopted 96–48. | House Journal, 82nd Leg. 1st C.S., June 27, 2011, p. 559, Record 128 |
| 82nd (2011) | HB 1 | Voted for the budget that cut state family-planning funding by $73.6 million HB 1: General Appropriations Act, 2012–13 state budget. The 2012–13 budget, which cut state family planning funding by $73.6 million, from $111.5 million to $37.9 million per biennium, according to the Texas Tribune. | Yea | Passed; conference report adopted 97–53. | House Journal, 82nd Leg., May 28, 2011, p. 6442, Record 1664 |
| 82nd (2011) | HB 1, Amendments 49 and 54 | Voted twice to move money out of family-planning services HB 1, Amendments 49 and 54: Budget amendments moving money out of family planning. Amendment 49 moved $7.2 million a year from family planning services to children’s mental health. Amendment 54, as amended, moved $10.6 million a year from family planning, mainly to Early Childhood Intervention. | Yea | Both adopted (96–6 and 104–37). | House Journal, 82nd Leg., April 1, 2011, Records 224 and 228 |
What these measures did
- Voted to bar clinics affiliated with abortion providers from the Women’s Health ProgramOmnibus Medicaid bill that barred Women’s Health Program funds from going to providers that perform or promote elective abortions or are affiliated with them.He voted for it. Passed; conference report adopted 96–48.
- Voted for the budget that cut state family-planning funding by $73.6 millionThe 2012–13 budget, which cut state family planning funding by $73.6 million, from $111.5 million to $37.9 million per biennium, according to the Texas Tribune.He voted for it. Passed; conference report adopted 97–53.
- Voted twice to move money out of family-planning servicesAmendment 49 moved $7.2 million a year from family planning services to children’s mental health. Amendment 54, as amended, moved $10.6 million a year from family planning, mainly to Early Childhood Intervention.He voted for it. Both adopted (96–6 and 104–37).