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Sun Mar 11, 2012, 12:44 PM Mar 2012

Women's Health Program rally protests loss of services for poor women

The rally came a day after Gov. Rick Perry directed state officials to begin looking for money to keep program, but people at the Don't Mess with Texas Women rally were not comforted.

Posted: March 9, 2012 - 3:25pm | Updated: March 10, 2012 - 12:50am
By BRITTANY HOOVER



AVALANCHE-JOURNAL


A coalition of Lubbock-area health care advocates and community members gathered Friday at Planned Parenthood to call on Gov. Rick Perry and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to restore the Medicaid Women’s Health Program.

The rally came a day after Perry directed state officials to begin looking for money to keep the program, but people at the Don’t Mess with Texas Women rally were not comforted.

http://lubbockonline.com/health/2012-03-09/womens-health-program-rally-protests-loss-services-poor-women
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Women's Health Program rally protests loss of services for poor women (Original Post) white cloud Mar 2012 OP
I wouldn't be comforted either sonias Mar 2012 #1
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