Texas House Ethics Chair Probes Anti-Abortion Group Contract
AUSTIN (AP) — The head of the Texas House ethics committee says she wants answers about an anti-abortion group that received $1.6 million to bolster women’s health clinics after The Associated Press found that promises have come up short.
Republican state Rep. Sarah Davis on Thursday grilled top state officials over The Heidi Group, which received taxpayer funds last summer as part of a broader effort by conservative lawmakers to give women alternatives to Planned Parenthood. The AP reported this week that eight months into a contract to help clinics attract more patients, The Heidi Group has done little of the sweeping outreach it promised.
Davis, who chairs the House General Investigations and Ethics Commission, hinted that a closer look will be taken as to how The Heidi Group received funding in the first place.
“It’s just not looking very good. It’s not looking promising for this provider,” Davis told state officials testifying before her committee in the Texas Capitol. “And we’re going to be back here, and talking about contracting and procurement issues with this. I’m just predicting that.”
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