Walker’s elimination of family planning funds could jeopardize federal dollars, close clinics
Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal to eliminate all state funding for family planning services for low-income residents could also jeopardize federal dollars for pregnancy prevention.
“We just don’t know yet how that would work,” says Beth Kaplan, a spokeswoman with the state Department of Health Services.
In the last two years, the state has spent $1.9 million annually on federal planning services at