‘Jane Does’ Ask Court to Keep Planned Parenthood in Medicaid

“Jane Doe 8,” as she’s identified in the court documents detailing her story, finally called Planned Parenthood in Houston after several other doctors told her they wouldn’t accept her Medicaid insurance.

The 24-year-old single mother, living in a small town in Montgomery County, wanted the Depo-Provera birth control shot, but her list of doctors, provided by Medicaid, was just a list of dead ends, according to a statement she submitted to a federal in Austin.

Until she found Planned Parenthood. There, she was able to walk in and get an appointment right away.

“With two small children at home, if I can’t see a doctor quickly, I may not be able to see one at all,” the woman wrote as part of a lawsuit challenging Texas’ latest attempt to eliminate Planned Parenthood from the Medicaid program.

Read more: http://www.texasobserver.org/jane-doe-statements-planned-parenthood-medicaid-lawsuit/