Texas has recently made headlines for its decision to block Planned Parenthood funding by Medicaid starting next month. This highly controversial move has been in the works since 2015, but the state had yet to act on their plan.

This all changed Tuesday, December 20, (according to Rebecca Hersher of NPR) when Texas Health and Human Services Inspector General Stuart Bowen wrote a note to Planned Parenthood notifying the organization that it had 15 days to request a hearing with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission or else they would lose their funding in 30 days.

Planned Parenthood is frequently associated with only abortions, one of the main reasons people protest the organization and want to remove funding. However, according to Wade Goodwyn of NPR, it is already against state and federal law for taxpayer dollars to go to clinics that perform abortions, meaning none of the clinics threatened to lose their funding provide this service.

So exactly what services will the elderly, low-income, child-caring, under 18 or uninsured women of Texas (which has an uninsured rate 1.75 times the national average) that qualify for Medicaid be missing out on if the state is successful in blocking Planned Parenthood’s funding? According to Planned Parenthood's website, the organization offers:

1. STD/STI testing and treatment

2. Contraception

Including the pill, devices like IUDs, female sterilization, vasectomies (yes even men can benefit from Planned Parenthood!) and emergency contraception.

3. Cancer screening and prevention

4. Prenatal care

5. Adoption referrals

6. General women's health services

Like the treatment of diseases and infections that are not STD/STIs and help with menstruation and menopause.)

7. Family practice services

In fact, in 2012, only three percent (327,166) of the 10,933,675 total services provided by all Planned Parenthood clinics were abortions.

Due to the very small number of abortion procedures (that are not even performed at the clinics whose funding is in question), both women and men could lose access to vital health services, potentially threatening their lives and the lives of their children.