2/17/2006

Conservative Wisconsin Groups Prefers Pregnant Teens Over Taxes

A joint Senate-Assembly committee is holding a public hearing Tuesday afternoon on legislation that would block minor children's access to the Medicaid Family Planning Demonstration Project, a state/federal family planning program.

The legislation in question would terminate the Medicaid Waiver that provides low-income women with contraceptive counseling, cervical cancer screens, venereal disease testing and treatment, and annual health exams, said the Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health.

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