n. 1  1. Abnormally high alkalinity of the blood and body tissues caused by an excess of bicarbonates, as from an increase in alkali intake, or by or a deficiency of acids other than carbonic acid, as from vomiting. Also called metabolic alkalosis.
In the period before the exclusion, there were 82 closures of family-planning clinics in Texas,5 and the decrease in the number of family-planning clinics was greater in counties without Planned Parenthood affiliates than in those with such affiliates.
This effectively excluded Planned Parenthood, which until then had cared for more than 40 percent of the programâs clients. Over the two-year period following the funding cuts and exclusion from the Womenâs Health Program, 31 of Planned Parenthoodâs 74 Texas family planning clinics closed.