Planned Parenthood is suing the state of Texas for barring them from a government-funded health program for low-income women simply because they also provide abortions. The suit alleges Texas has violated the group’s constitutional rights to free speech by banning contracts between the state health commission and entities that are affiliated with abortion providers. The program offers cancer and health screenings as well as birth control services to some 130,000 low-income women, about 40 percent of whom are served through Planned Parenthood. The Obama administration cut off federal funding for the Texas program because of the state ban.