A group of Texas family planning clinics has announced they are severing all ties with the nation’s largest abortion provider.

The group previously known as “Planned Parenthood Assocation of Hidalgo County” has changed their name to “Access Esperanza Clinics” and said the move was done to obtain funding for services.

“Changing our name and affiliation allows our agency to apply for state health programs and make low-cost services more available for thousands of our low-income women, men and teens,” Patricio C. Gonzales, CEO of Access Esperanza, said in a web letter.  “We hope to be approved for the state’s Texas Women’s Health Program services by October 2014 and plan to apply for other programs to expand our range of primary care services.”

Planned Parenthood acknowledged they had been cut out of the group.

Access Esperanza does not list abortion as one of the procedures they offer to the public.

The funding to the group had been curtailed because of Senate Bill 7 passed in 2011.  The bill revoked government funding of Planned Parenthood affiliated groups.