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.
That, too, should be a short investigation, since Planned Parenthood does not even perform abortions in Louisiana. Authorities there are aware of this, judging from the letter Jindalâs Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Kathy Kliebert sent to the organization in the course of the investigation.