On Wednesday, Assembly Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg issued a statement blasting Republican Assemblywomen Caroline Casagrande and Mary Pat Angelini for claims they made about efforts to fight Governor Chris Christie to restore women’s health funding.
Casagrande and Angelini, however, claim that Weinberg only cares “about funding Planned Parenthood” and has ignored other efforts made on their behalf to increase women’s health funding without also funding the controversial organization.
In 2012, Casagrande wrote and Angelini sponsored Budget Resolution #3003. The resolution would have increased women’s and children’s health funding by $7.5 million.
Angelini and Casagrande will be facing democrats Eric Houghtaling and Joann Downey for the LD11 state assembly seats in November.