Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, directing the state's Health and Human Services Commission to investigate Mission Regional Medical Center in Mission, Texas, after social media posts surfaced showing the facility had run Spanish-language advertisements listing the cost of delivering a baby at the hospital. The letter came days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to eliminate birthright citizenship and as some Texas Republicans called for the state to deny birth certificates to children of noncitizens and for Abbott to convene a special legislative session. The hospital said it stopped using the advertising material to eliminate any "unintended misunderstanding" and pledged to cooperate with state officials. (The Dallas Morning News)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, directing the state's Health and Human Services Commission to investigate Mission Regional Medical Center in Mission, Texas, after social media posts surfaced showing the facility had run Spanish-language advertisements listing the cost of delivering a baby at the hospital. The letter came days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to eliminate birthright citizenship and as some Texas Republicans called for the state to deny birth certificates to children of noncitizens and for Abbott to convene a special legislative session. The hospital said it stopped using the advertising material to eliminate any "unintended misunderstanding" and pledged to cooperate with state officials. (The Dallas Morning News)