Along with part or all of the Affordable Care Act, Planned Parenthood is in serious danger of being defunded. Here’s Vox with an explainer on the crusade to defund Planned Parenthood.

+ What happens when reproductive health care is defunded? Let’s visit Texas to find out. From The Guardian: Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world, study finds.

+ The abortion battle is raging at the state level. From Vice: At least 46 anti-abortion bills have been introduced or are pending in 14 states as of Thursday morning.