Fla. budget would cut family planning, keep anti-abortion funding intact

Florida’s $70 billion budget will strip about $4.4 million in family planning dollars from the state’s Medicaid budget. The state’s funding for controversial crisis pregnancy centers, however, remains intact.

Florida House moves to decline child-abuse-prevention grant due to health-care act opposition

Florida legislator wants to make January a celebration of anti-abortion pregnancy centers

Florida lawmakers address ‘pill mills’ but cut resources for drug-addicted women, babies

Hospitals seeking a reduction in medically unnecessary C-sections

The Detroit Free Press More… reports that hospitals in Michigan are taking on a project that helps reduce the number of medically unnecessary C-sections in the state.

Poll: Majority of Americans want U.S. to invest in public health

A new poll conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health found a majority of Americans prefer that the federal government invest in public health. More…

Florida health department suggests cuts to crisis pregnancy funding

The department presented a report on what it sees as possible areas of budget reduction to legislators in the Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, as they prepare to

Florida Gov. Scott says state to see deeper cuts this year

Gov. Rick Scott recently said on a radio show that the state is going to suffer deeper cuts to its budget this year. More…