CSPAN Capitol Hill Hearings March 1, 2013
One, sequestration will cut essential initiatives, including 8 million from the breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program and 24 million for Reproductive Health services in title x. Two, the National Institutes of health will cut 1. 56 billion, cutting back research in areas such as alzheimers, environMental Health, links to Breast Cancer and Mental Health services. Sequestration hurts mothers. While the United States lags behind other industrialized nations in preventing maternal and infant mortality, sequestration cuts 4 million from the safe motherhood initiative, 50 million from the mat...