Lawton, Dems Slam GOP Budget
Dem lawmakers and Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton yesterday slammed the Assembly Republican version of the budget as bad for women, singling out proposed cuts to breast cancer and cervical cancer preventative care and reproductive health.
Lawton said the Republican version of the budget would result in the state losing $35 million in federal aid that would go to women's health care. She also complained the budget would deprive low-income women of a way to get birth control.
Gov. Jim Doyle and other Dems have held a series of news conferences recently to hammer at the Assembly budget and call on lawmakers to finish their work on an agreement.
Listen to the Lawton press conference here.



