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01 Jul: Weinberg, Stender, Legislators & Advocates Urge Action On Women’s Healthcare Funding

TRENTON – Sen. Loretta Weinberg, Assemblywoman Linda Stender, representatives of women’s health organizations and legislators who support access to women’s health programs called on Gov. Chris Christie Thursday to act on legislation to restore $7.5 million in cuts for women’s health programs in the recently enacted FY 2011 state budget.

“Today, we’re calling on Gov. Christie to do the right thing and restore funding for women’s health programs,” said Weinberg (D-Bergen), chair of the Senate Health Committee. “The bill which passed both legislative houses is budget neutral, and preserves our commitment to provide access to basic health care for women who have nowhere else to turn. We hope that the governor can put women’s health and safety ahead of political ideology, but we stand ready to work to overturn his veto, just in case.”

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30 Jun: MEDIA ADVISORY – Lawmakers, Women’s Health Organizations To Hold News Conference Urging Governor To Act On Women’s Health Funding

TRENTON – State Senator Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen and Assemblywoman Linda Stender, D-Union, along with representatives of women’s health organizations and legislators who support access to women’s health programs, will hold a news conference tomorrow, Thursday, July 1, to urge Governor Christie to act on legislation to restore the $7.5 million in cuts for women’s health programs in the recently enacted FY 2011 State Budget.

The lawmakers noted that the bill, S-2139 and A-3019, would reverse the Governor’s $7.5 million cut to family planning and women’s health services in New Jersey. The funding in question was used for basic women’s health services, including cancer and gynecological screening, prenatal and postnatal care, pregnancy detection, HIV testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. None of the funds were to be used to fund abortions.

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28 Jun: Weinberg-Vitale Bill To Reverse Cuts To Women’s Health, Family Planning Services Approved In Senate By Veto-Proof Majority

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senators Loretta Weinberg and Joseph Vitale which would reverse nearly $7.5 million in cuts in the Governor’s proposed FY 2011 Budget for women’s health and family planning services, and would require the State to apply to the federal government for a Medicaid expansion to make family planning services available to more low-income individuals was approved by the Senate today by a vote of 30-10. The Senate needs 27 votes in the affirmative in order to override a Governor’s veto.

“The people of New Jersey have a right to question whether the Governor’s decisions in the FY 2011 Budget are about fiscal realities or political ideology,” said Senator Weinberg, D-Bergen, and Chair of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. “Governor Christie likes to point out that he was elected to represent all the people – including the thousands of women who depend on affordable, accessible health care through family planning clinics. Hopefully, he will recognize the impact of his cuts to family planning and women’s health services, and reverse course on proposed cuts which will put women at risk.”

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24 Jun: Weinberg-Vitale Bill To Reverse Cuts To Women’s Health, Family Planning Services Advances

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senators Loretta Weinberg and Joseph Vitale which would reverse nearly $7.5 million in cuts in the Governor’s proposed FY 2011 Budget for women’s health and family planning services, and would require the State to apply to the federal government for a Medicaid expansion to make family planning services available to more low-income individuals was approved by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee today by a vote of 8-3, with two abstentions.

“It is absolutely unconscionable that Governor Christie would consider balancing his budget by putting women’s health at risk,” said Senator Weinberg, D-Bergen, and Chair of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. “He’s putting conservative values and principles ahead of the needs of women on limited incomes, who have nowhere else to turn for the most basic reproductive health services. New Jersey’s women deserve better than to be in the crosshairs of a conservative governor looking to use the budget process to enforce his own political ideology.”

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