Texas Sues Obama Administration Over Women's Health Care Funding

Reuters: Texas sues Obama administration in abortion dispute, by Jim Forsyth:

(Reuters) - The Texas attorney general on Friday sued the Obama administration to challenge its decision to shut down a women's health program over a dispute centered on the state's withholding of funds to clinics that provide abortions.

The filing of the lawsuit comes as both Republican officials in Texas and the Obama administration have expressed regret that poor women in the state who depend on the health services could be hurt by the escalating political fight. . . .