The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. For the week ending 5/24/2011: Why all women need a financial plan.
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Here’s this week’s news:
• Emma Sapong writes in the Buffalo News that it is critical for women to have a financial plan that is separate from their husband’s; the death of a spouse or a divorce can leave women with children in dire circumstances that can often lead to poverty.
• The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports that contrary to the claim of some Indiana House Republicans that other clinics in surrounding areas will be able to cover women’s healthcare, reproductive education, and family planning services currently provided by Planned Parenthood, these clinics do not actually offer these services.
• The Pennsylvania State House approved a controversial bill that would impose strict inspection and operating regulations on abortion clinics, a move that Representative Dan Frankel said could make it more difficult for low-income women to afford the procedure, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
• The News Journal publishes an overview of the 2011 Kids Count Fact Book, which found that an increasing number of Delaware’s children are living in poverty and that more than one third of children lives in single-parent families.
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