family planning

The money funds birth control, STI testing and other non-abortion reproductive health care for low-income patients.

A House budget panel is recommending lawmakers cut $840,000 in annual funding that currently provides no-cost contraception, STI testing and other reproductive and sexual health care for more than 2,000 people.

The organization says cuts to family planning grants in New Hampshire have contributed to the deficit.

The three organizations with rejected contracts would have served nearly 5,381 low-income individuals over the next two fiscal years, according to state health officials.

The state health department is near certain to encounter continued opposition from the council’s Republican members.

In a 4-1 vote, the four Republicans on the New Hampshire Executive Council blocked funding for services like STD testing, cancer screenings, and contraception to over 16,000 low-income Granite Staters.

The proposed money can be used for basic reproductive health care, such as cancer screenings, STD testing and treatment, birth control, annual exams, and education on abstinence and safer sex.

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Two executive councilors say they voted down the contracts because of insufficient information

New Hampshire's family planning centers often provide care for women in rural or low-income areas who don't qualify for Medicaid or insurance from their employers