In October, Texas announced that they would stop funding any care for poor women at Planned Parenthood clinics after the release of a series of videos showing Planned Parenthood staff discussing about fetal tissue sales and price negotiations after abortion procedures, and Planned Parenthood sues Texas over plans to cut off Medicaid funding.

 I strongly disagree with the idea of Texas state's decision.

 First of all, Planned Parenthood offers not only cancer screenings for underprivileged women but also family planning services. I believe that many women at Planned Parenthood clinics could identify abnormal growth and prevent it from developing into cancer. If the state cuts off Medicaid funding, thousands of other women could lose access to similar services, such as pregnancy tests, contraception and cancer screenings.

 Also, state officials argue that they cannot support illegal abortion practices and handling of fetal tissues. However, only a few Planned Parenthood clinics provide abortions, and the proportion of abortion cases isonly 3.0 percent, which means 97 percent of their services are for family planning services and cancer screenings for poor women.

 I think that Texas state should not cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. In my opinion, it does not make sense to cut off those services for poor women just because of a small minority of the cases which are not even clear if they were illegal or not. On top of that, I believe that it would cause more problems related to STDs, STIs or cancers if those women have no access to screen diseases.