{"id":8955,"date":"2006-03-16T14:21:11","date_gmt":"2006-03-16T21:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/03\/16\/because-if-we-dont-fund-it-it-wont-be-a-problem.html"},"modified":"2006-03-16T14:21:11","modified_gmt":"2006-03-16T21:21:11","slug":"because_if_we_d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/03\/16\/because_if_we_d.html","title":{"rendered":"Because if we don’t fund it, it won’t be a problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Missouri continues its race<\/a> to out-Kansas Kansas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Missouri House voted Wednesday to ban state funding of contraceptives for low-income women and to prohibit state-funded programs from referring those women to other programs.<\/p>\n

Critics jumped on the proposal, saying it would lead to more abortions and more unwanted children on welfare. But the proposal\u2019s sponsor, Republican Rep. Susan Phillips of Kansas City, said contraceptive services were an inappropriate use of tax dollars. \u201cIf doctors want to give contraception privately or personally, they can,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cBut we don\u2019t need to pay for contraception with taxpayer funds.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Because, of course, it will be cheaper for the state to pay for the unwanted pregnancies and child care down the road, right? <\/p>\n

The contraceptive services banned were an effort to jump-start a family-planning program that had been cut in 2003 because of the state\u2019s severe budget crunch.<\/p>\n

Rep. Rachel Storch, a St. Louis Democrat, pointed to a study that found the teenage birth rate in Missouri dropped 32 percent from 1991 to 2002. The drop was attributed to wider availability of contraceptives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, but why should the taxpayers be interested in that?<\/p>\n

(via J-Walk<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Missouri continues its race to out-Kansas Kansas. The Missouri House voted Wednesday to ban state funding of contraceptives for low-income women and to prohibit state-funded programs from referring those women…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,9,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-politics-law","category-zt-pc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25614,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/20\/near-universal-contraception-coverage-its-a-good-thing.html","url_meta":{"origin":8955,"position":0},"title":"Near-Universal Contraception Coverage – It's a Good Thing","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 20-Jan-12 10:47am","format":false,"excerpt":"The Obama Administration has, surprisingly, not backed down to a looser requirement, and will mandate most employers cover contraception in their health plans, with no co-pay\/deductible. 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