Planned Parenthood loses $130,000 state contract in Wisconsin

Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin has come under fire for cutting Planned Parenthood from a $130,000 state program that provides women with free cancer screenings.  The local Planned Parenthood affiliate, which provides referrals to Medicaid patients for cancer screenings, expressed outrage after it was told by state officials the contract would end. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin president Teri Huyck in an open letter to the Walker administration demanded an answer as to how the “health and lives of women in these counties” would be protected after the change. Walker, an abortion opponent, has responded that Planned Parenthood was cut because of its controversial nature, and that many other clinics can provide the same services.