Lon Newman, MS
2004
Lon Newman, MS, champions the cause of accessible, affordable family planning for all—including the poor and the uninsured. His agency serves about 10,000 women a year, offering reproductive health care, contraceptive services and education, and the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program at eight clinics. Newman is the executive director of Family Planning Health Services, Inc., in Wausau, Wisconsin.
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