Letter from the League of Women Voters of New Jersey

Dear Assemblyman Green,

On behalf of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey, I would like to thank you for your support of a bill to restore funding for family planning services. The League of Women Voters of New Jersey believes that family planning and health care are crucial supportive services and must be funded.

I applaud you for recognizing that this legislation is both good public policy and fiscally responsible. New Jersey's family planning agencies provide reproductive and other health care services to over 136,000 women and men. These agencies are often the gateway to primary health care services for low income and working families who would otherwise not seek traditional preventative health care. Additionally, it is widely eccepted that family planning programs save the state $4 for every $1 spent.

The League of Women Voters of New Jersey commends you on your vote for the budget-neutral bill that will save the state money in health care costs, bring in federal dollars, and provide critical care to NJ women and men. I hope you will support it again if a gubernatorial veto makes another vote necessary. Your support is appreciated by the League of Women Voters of New Jersey and the thousands of people who need access to health centers in NJ every day.

Sincerely,

Anne Maiese
President