Laura Bassett: But now that Republicans control both the House and Senate, far-right members are pursuing their goal with renewed vigor, according to MSNBC. Laura Bassett reported yesterday for the *Huffington Post*: The House Appropriations Labor-HHS Subcommittee released a budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2016 on Tuesday that zeroes out funding for the Title X family planning program, the only federal grant program that provides contraceptive and other preventive health services to poor and uninsured individuals who would otherwise lack access to that kind of care. Not surprisingly, the efforts faced massive Democratic resistance. The program subsidizes 4,100 health clinics nationwide and provides no- or low-cost family planning services to individuals who earn less than about $25,000 a year. Those who said the so-called Republican war on women is over may want to re-think their thesis. The largest demographic the program serves is reproductive-aged women between 20 and 29 years old.
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