Wisconsin Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Birth Control for Minors

CNSNews.com - On this Valentine's Day, a group of Wisconsin parents is telling the state not to fund birth control for their children.Parents from across Wisconsin are gathering in the State Capitol Tuesday to voice their support for legislation that would make 15-, 16- and 17-year-old girls ineligible to receive free, taxpayer-funded birth control, Pro-Life Wisconsin said.A joint Senate-Assembly committee is holding a public hearing Tuesday afternoon on legislation that would block minor children's access to the Medicaid Family Planning Demonstration Project, a state/federal family planning program.The Project currently allows minor girls to receive birth control and other family planning and health services without charge -- and without the knowledge or consent of a parent.