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Alternative Priorities

S THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE CRUCIAL NEED for health services, you might think state officials would work to reduce barriers to access. Instead, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) proposed cutting funding for women’s health—a perennial target for Republicans—while leaving untouched an anti-abortion program that has offered few to no actual health services. It was only after months of public outcry that HHSC backtracked on