Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) on Monday said she would back a bill requiring state Medicaid programs to cover family planning services and supplies, and she and Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) announced that they plan to introduce a resolution this week expressing congressional support for family planning services, the White Plains Journal News reports (Anderson, White Plains Journal News, 5/16). The Medicaid bill, which Clinton plans to introduce with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), would extend the family planning coverage to women who are eligible for Medicaid prenatal, labor, delivery and postpartum services. According to a Rodham Clinton release, the resolution "asks that Congress officially go on record in support of programs and policies that make it easier for all women at all income levels to obtain contraceptives and use them consistently and correctly over time" (Rodham Clinton release, 5/15). Lowey during a news conference with Rodham Clinton at the Open Door Family Medical Center in Port Chester, N.Y., said, "There's no excuse for anyone who really wants to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies not to sign onto this resolution" (White Plains Journal News, 5/16). Rodham Clinton in an e-mail to supporters of her reelection campaign wrote, "There's a quiet war going on in America -- against the most basic rights of Americans to make their own personal decisions about family planning," adding, "This war against contraception endangers basic American values." Republican National Committee spokesperson Tracy Schmitt said, "Once again, Hillary Clinton demonstrates that her top priority is increasing both the size and scope of the government" (Barrett, AP/Long Island Newsday, 5/17).