The western part of Texas will be getting two new Planned Parenthood clinics, thanks in part to a generous anonymous donor shelling out $9 million to the provider’s Texas affiliate. This marks the return of Planned Parenthood to the region after leaving in 2013 when Texas passed a strict anti-abortion law meant to crack down on the number of abortion providers.
There’s no word on whether the clinics will offer abortion services. If they do, they’ll be the only abortion clinics in the region.
This is just the beginning of fundraising efforts to return to the region, The Dallas Morning News reports:
The CEO of the Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, Ken Lambrecht, announced the donation from a long-time supporter and the plans for the new West Texas centers during a recent luncheon in Dallas for which the keynote speaker was Cynthia Nixon, an award-winning Sex and the City star now running for New York governor. That event, to benefit the Dallas chapter, raised $1.15 million.
A separate donor also pledged to contribute $800,000.