--- description: "This change is worrisome" title: Here's What Happened When Texas Cut Off Planned Parenthood image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteecbb435d9fa2155/69887c1ae20a870867a8f5d0/ap_388299906426.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Health Care](/tag/health-care/) ## Health Care Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Contraception Fell and Births Went Up When Texas Defunded Planned Parenthood by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 4, 2016 7:54 AM CUT  A Planned Parenthood in Houston, Oct. 22, 2015 A Planned Parenthood in Houston, Oct. 22, 2015Melissa Phillip—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 4, 2016 7:54 AM CUT Women stopped using the most effective types of contraception and more babies were born on the government’s tab after Texas [cut off funding ](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-removes-planned-parenthood-medicaid-program-n447516 "undefined")from Planned Parenthood clinics, a team of Texas researchers said Wednesday. The number of claims for long-acting contraception plummeted by more than a third and births paid for by Medicaid rose 27 percent, the team at the University of Texas at Austin reported. “This change is worrisome, since increased access to long-acting, reversible contraception methods is a priority of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists…” [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/contraception-fell-medicaid-births-went-when-texas-defunded-planned-parenthood-n510736?cid=par-time%5F20160204 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4207543/contraception-medicaid-births-texas-defunded-planned-parenthood/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4207543/contraception-medicaid-births-texas-defunded-planned-parenthood/"},"headline":"Contraception Fell and Births Went Up When Texas Defunded Planned Parenthood","datePublished":"2016-02-04T07:54:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:45:09.695Z","description":"\"This change is worrisome\"","url":"https://time.com/4207543/contraception-medicaid-births-texas-defunded-planned-parenthood/","keywords":["Health Care"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteecbb435d9fa2155/69887c1ae20a870867a8f5d0/ap_388299906426.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteecbb435d9fa2155/69887c1ae20a870867a8f5d0/ap_388299906426.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Planned Parenthood","caption":"Planned Parenthood","creditText":"Melissa Phillip—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/health-care/","name":"Health Care"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4207543/contraception-medicaid-births-texas-defunded-planned-parenthood/","name":"Contraception Fell and Births Went Up When Texas Defunded Planned Parenthood"}}]}] ```