This lawsuit is part of a decades-long coordinated effort to eliminate affordable health care for Texans and patients across the country. It's based on a false claim that Planned Parenthood broke the law by getting reimbursed for birth control, cancer screenings, and other basic health care services that it provided legally.

If the state of Texas gets its way, it would be that much harder for patients to get care, and Planned Parenthood health centers could be forced to close their doors for good — with devastating consequences for people's lives — especially women, people with low incomes, and other communities who have historically faced barriers to care due to discrimination and racism.

This attack could put affordable sexual and reproductive health care out of reach for a vast number of people. Eventually, this case will be tried in front of Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas.