5 (1 votes) The Wisconsin Assembly-approved state budget would reduce access to cancer screening and birth control because it eliminates state funding for privately owned family planning clinics, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton (D) and several Assembly Democrats said at a news conference on Tuesday, the AP/Appleton Post-Crescent reports. The budget approved by the Democratic-controlled Senate would allow the clinics to continue receiving state funds. A committee meeting to resolve differences in the budget approved by the Senate and the Republican-controlled Assembly has not considered yet the family planning differences. According to Chris Taylor, public policy director for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, the elimination of funding for private family planning clinics would force...