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Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas said it will make a decision soon regarding the availability of abortion services in Lubbock. On Saturday, Lubbock voters approved an ordinance to make Lubbock a Sanctuary City for the Unborn. The ordinance seeks to make it illegal to perform an abortion inside city limits. Planned Parenthood released the following statement on Monday in response to the ordinance: “Since opening the Planned Parenthood Lubbock health center last year, hundreds of patients have received affordable, expert rep...
LUBBOCK — The Planned Parenthood Health Center in Lubbock started offering abortion services on Thursday. Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas says patients seeking an abortion can access abortion services at the Lubbock clinic, in addition to the services already being offered. Those services include annual wellness exams, breast and cervical cancer screenings, birth control, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to prevent HIV transmission, and other reproductive healthcare. When Planned Parenthood a...
Just as New Mexico’s COVID-19 cases are decreasing - no deaths were reported Sunday or Monday — the Lubbock Health Department is reporting good news. No Lubbock County deaths were linked to the virus from March 23 through Monday. Just as much as they’re being credited for keeping the case count low, vaccines are being credited for preventing long-term illnesses and death for the increasingly few people who do still test positive. “These vaccines protect us from getting COVID, and more importantly, if we were to get it by s...
LUBBOCK — The Lubbock Chamber, in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is encouraging businesses across the city to continue operating safely, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues despite the state’s latest executive order. The Lubbock Chamber is encouraging businesses to join the Rally for Recovery Commitment, an effort for employers to continue to do their part to help protect employees, customers and communities, to reignite the economy, and to defeat the pandemic, according to a news release. “Last week’s announc...
