ACTION NEEDED:
Should you be taxed by state government to give contraceptives to anyone who asks for them? (Including unmarried sexual partners and minors without parental consent!)
Last week the Missouri House of Representatives passed a series of budget bills comprising the 2007 Missouri State Budget.
Included in this 21 Billion dollar budget is over nine and a quarter million dollars for county health departments ($9,227,000).
HB 1010 establishes the line items for the Department of Health, including this program. However, during the committee markup
of HB 1010, Rep. Margaret Donnelly (D - St. Louis) managed to add language to the bill requiring what activities and services these funds would be used to provide. Rep. Donnelly's amendment included mandatory "family planning" services and "fertility treatments".
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