<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="center">Texas health officials put Planned Parenthood on notice that the state plans to defund the organization within the next 30 days.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The state&rsquo;s move will block $3 million in Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood and this could affect nearly 11,000 low-income people, according to a legal document obtained Wednesday.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However, the organization is planning to fight in court and attempt to get the halt in funding blocked.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&#8220;Planned Parenthood continues to serve Medicaid patients and will seek a preliminary injunction in an ongoing lawsuit filed in November 2015, following the state&rsquo;s original threats to take action against Planned Parenthood&#8217;s patients,&rdquo; said the organization to The <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Texas Texas Tribune. </em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Texas started to make a major push to remove Planned Parenthood from the state&rsquo;s Medicaid program since October of 2015. This is when the organization was exposed of selling the body parts from aborted babies in a series of videos.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of the videos was particularly cringe-worthy, where President of the Planned Parenthood Medical Director&#8217;s Council, Mary Gatter discusses the &ldquo;less crunchy&rdquo; techniques to remove the fetuses to keep them better intact for selling.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the notice sent, Texas identified the disturbing videos as the basis of the funding block.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The organization continues to argue that the videos were heavily edited and they do not profit from selling fetal tissue.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Planned Parenthood has somehow not been charged, even though there have been 13 investigations in different states on the issue.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood Action Fund&#8217;s president was quick to respond stating that defunding the organization is a reckless move by Texas.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&#8220;Texas is a cautionary tale for the rest of the nation,&#8221; said Richards in a statement. &#8220;With this action, the state is doubling down on reckless policies that have been absolutely devastating for women.&#8221;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Texas has led the way, but 14 other states have taken steps to halt the funding for Planned Parenthood. The organization gets $500 million annually a year in federal funds.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It seems as though President-elect Donald Trump agrees with Texas as he has formerly pledged on his campaign trail to defund Planned Parenthood.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&#8220;Governor Abbott has made clear that Texas will not subsidize an organization that admits a willingness to alter an abortion procedure in order to profit off the harvesting of baby body parts,&#8221; ;according to a statement from his office.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Texas announced a plan earlier this year, that burials and cremation of aborted fetal tissue should be conducted.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But then the U.S. Supreme Court blocked an anti-abortion law in Texas that would only allow 10 abortion clinics to remain open.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However, with Obama exiting office in a month, Texas will finally be able to move in a conservative direction and will hopefully see less opposition from the federal government on pro-life legislation.</p>