The Texas Medicaid Women's Program is designed to help women with low income. Each woman is provided with one family planning exam each year, family planning counseling and education, as well as a form of birth control for those planning abstinence. Texas Senator Kirk Watson and Texas State Representative Mark Strama are both on board with a renewal of this program. As it is set to expire this year, both filed the Prevention Works Act. In 2008, the program saved Texas $21.4 million dollars in general revenue. According to Kirk Watson, a year's worth of family planning services costs a single woman $203 dollars and birth costs $9,012 dollars paid via Medicaid.
This article suggests that the renewal of this program would have highly beneficial outcome. I absolutely agree. I believe our schools definitely need a push for further sex education that involves the parents. The health program offers women with education regarding family planning and the Prevention Works Act proposes further education within our schools. With that said, I completely agree with Kirk Watson's statement.
"The surest way to prevent termination of an unwanted pregnancy is to prevent an unwanted pregnancy".---Sen. Kirk Watson
The Austin American Statesman
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