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.
For every Planned Parenthood, there are 20 federal community health centers. Theyâre vastly bigger in network, there are so many more of them, and they provide these kinds of services without all of the controversy surrounding this issue [abortion]..