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NASHVILLE - Shelby County officials expect Planned Parenthood of Memphis to continue delivering nonabortion family planning and health services on a month-by-month basis until the county Health Department can take over the services or find new providers. Reversing an earlier position, Shelby County Health Department Director Yvonne Madlock has notified the state that the county will accept the full $1.345 million in federal family planning funding allocated to it for the fiscal year that starts July 1, but only if allowed to subcontract some of the work to other providers if needed, including Planned Parenthood.
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S. Sen. Joe Manchin proposed online disclosure Thursday as a way to preserve federal funding for family planning and related health services. The West Virginia Democrat has sponsored what he called the Title X Transparency and Verification Act, to require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to post independent audits of groups that receive that federal funding.
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Senator [Hillary Rodham Clinton] has been a tireless champion of expanding access to women's health care, ensuring all women have access to contraception and reducing unintended pregnancies. As First Lady, Senator Clinton helped create the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, which has helped reduce the teen birth rate by nearly a third since the early 1990s. She also worked to prevent restrictions on access to Title X family planning services from becoming law and helped lead the Clinton Administration's successful effort to increase Title X funding. Her leadership and advocacy has continued in the Senate. Senators [Harry Reid] and Clinton are original co-sponsors of the Prevention First Act, a comprehensive bill aimed at reducing unintended pregnancies, preventing abortions an...
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The Shelby County Commission deadlocked 5-5 Wednesday on a proposal to give Christ Community Health Services a contract to provide family planning services to poor people. The tie vote in committee leaves in doubt the outcome of Monday's scheduled final vote before the full commission.
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Madison -- Family planning services available through state health programs will be offered to men, under a provision in the two- year budget signed by Gov. Jim Doyle last week that included a handful of changes to family planning policies. The budget also requires that pharmacies have someone available to dispense contraceptives and that health insurance plans include contraceptive coverage.
