As the Florida House and Senate discussed their budget proposals yesterday, Democrats in both houses introduced amendments that would have cut funding for so-called crisis pregnancy centers , which counsel women against abortions, into family planning services provided by country health departments.
“„National studies find that for every dollar spent on family planning, we save $24 in health care costs. These estimates of savings do not include longer term savings such as fewer exceptional need school age children due to fewer low-birth weight babies or lower rates of child abuse. Child abuse is more likely in low-birth weight babies or babies from unplanned and unwanted pregnancies. #