Letter: Lone Star Shift? A Daughter of Texas Speaks Out

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In "Lone Star Blues" (Op-Ed, Feb. 20), Richard Parker writes that "turning Texas blue — or even purple — is going to be a lot harder than most folks imagine." He points out that Democratic Party leaders are hanging their Stetsons on the increase in Hispanic voters in the state. But there is another critical element for anyone seeking electoral success in Texas: women. They are fed up with the backward policies coming out of Austin — and by the way, women make up a majority of the growing population of Hispanic voters in Texas.

Gov. Rick Perry and his party have given priority to anti-women's health policies, first slashing money for the state's family planning program and then creating a costly health program that denies women access to Planned Parenthood's preventive health care services. This strategy is out of touch with what Texans want.

A new poll confirms that the majority of Texans — including 77 percent of Hispanics — support state-financed family planning, including access to birth control.

Texas has benefited from this powerful coalition before — as Mr. Parker rightly points out, my mother, Gov. Ann W. Richards, built a similar one and brought great prosperity to the state — and it can be done again with the right strategy, one that includes women.

CECILE RICHARDS
President, Planned Parenthood
Action Fund
New York, Feb. 22, 2013

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