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Basically, we are their doctors. And for many of them, this is a way to help them get out of poverty.

Patricio Gonzales, a former social worker and current CEO of the Planned Parenthood Association of Hidalgo County, Texas, which is home to one of the country's fastest-growing but poorest populations.

Patricio Gonzales, a former social worker and current CEO of the Planned Parenthood Association of Hidalgo County, Texas, which is home to one of the country's fastest-growing but poorest populations.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.