DALLAS — She loves her two young daughters, really she does, says Obdulia Yanez, but there cannot be another baby anytime soon.

‘I want another one, but not right now,’ said the 29-year-old Allen woman. ‘We don’t have the money for a new baby.’

So Yanez goes to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Plano for a prescription for birth control pills. And for the first time, she must pay $60 for the visit, instead of making a modest contribution.

It’s a lot of money for someone who works a minimum-wage job as a cashier.

‘It could have helped me get new tires or take my mother out to dinner on Mother’s Day,’ she said.

But these are tough times for Texas women who rely on low-cost birth control, said Kelly Hart, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of North Texas.

As the state prepares to terminate its popular Women’s Health Program at the end of the month, more than 130,000 low-income women will be paying for their own family planning services — or simply going without.

Since 2006, the program has provided cancer screening, diabetes testing and contraceptive services for women ages 18 to 45 who met certain income requirements and showed proof of U.S. citizenship.

‘A lot of […]