Defunding Planned Parenthood led to both a lower birth rate and lower abortions in Texas

Washington Examiner:

The recent undercover videos by the Center for Medical Progress showing Planned Parenthood physicians discussing the sale of fetal body parts have sent the mainstream media spin machine into overdrive. As Congress debated legislation to defund Planned Parenthood, there has been a concerted effort by many media outlets to change the subject.

Some commentators have emphasized the health care services provided by various Planned Parenthood affiliates. Another defense offered by pundits, most notably Dana Milbank in The Washington Post, is that cutting off federal funding for Planned Parenthood's contraceptive programs would result in more unintended pregnancies and more abortions.

But state level data demonstrate that this particular set of arguments is without merit. Consider Texas. Starting in 2012 Texas excluded Planned Parenthood clinics from the state family planning program. Instead, state health funding went to other facilities that did not perform abortions. Much has been made of a Texas Health and Human Services Commission report that found a 54 percent decline in claims submitted for contraceptives between 2011 and 2013.

However, the most important metric is not contraceptive claims, but rather unintended pregnancies. And in Texas, both the birth rate and the abortion rate have declined since 2011. In short, even after the state of Texas defunded Planned Parenthood, there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that the unintended pregnancy rate increased.
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The media has tried to suppress news of the horrors depicted in the undercover videos at the same time they have tried to argue the case for Planned Parenthood services.  The Texas example refutes their argument.  Planned Parenthood settled a federal lawsuit in Texas for $4.3 million alleging it had submitted fraudulent billings to Medicaid for women's health services.  The videos could possibly lead to future litigation against the organization.  There is an on going investigation in Texas and possibly in other states.