FrankRep
09-25-2010, 07:04 AM
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
Southern New Jersey’s Courier-Post newspaper reported on September 21 that the state Senate had failed by a four-vote margin the previous day to override Governor Chris Christie’s veto of a $7.5 million appropriation for so-called family planning clinics. The report noted that seven Republicans who had backed the bill in June changed their positions and voted against it. by Warren Mass
Christie Veto Defunds NJ State Dollars for Abortion (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/4687-christie-veto-defunds-nj-state-dollars-for-abortion)
Warren Mass | The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/)
24 September 2010
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Governor Christie has been lionized by pro-life forces and maligned by the champions of abortion for his veto, but an article in the Washington Examiner on September 23 indicates that Christie’s motivation may have been exactly what he said it was, a fiscal matter — no more, no less.
The Examiner article noted, in part:
Planned Parenthood is closing doors at its Cherry Hill center in Southern New Jersey as the result of Gov. Chris Christie’s line-item veto, which cut off $7.5 million in state taxpayer funding of the organization, according to LifeNews.com. However, the governor’s office has confirmed to The Examiner that state-funded abortions will continue to be provided, contrary to claims by Planned Parenthood....
When Christie first proposed the cuts he did so citing “unprecedented financial difficulties,” and then went so far as to assure citizens that “reproductive health care services will continue to be available in each of New Jersey’s 21 counties, including Planned Parenthood clinics, local health department clinics, standing free clinics, and hospital-based clinics.”
Christie’s deputy press secretary Kevin Roberts told the Examiner, “From the beginning when we had to veto the $7.5 million funding restoration, it was purely on fiscal grounds. We just don’t have the money.”
Asked whether this cut meant no more state funds for abortions outside of Planned Parenthood, Roberts said it would not. “Women’s reproductive services, including abortions, will continue to be funded by a mix of state and federal funding.”
While it is almost impossible to guess the motivations of any politician, this writer does give Governor Christie kudos for exhibiting a characteristic that was once typical of New Jerseyans: scrappiness. In fact, watching a video (http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100924/el_yblog_upshot/chris-christie-smacks-down-heckler) of Christie chivalrously defending California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman against a heckler gave me a sense of déjà vu, as if Christie were my own New Jersey born-and-raised father (who spent years in the construction business) come back to life! It was the stuff Garden Staters were once known for and — thanks to Christie — may still be. It is refreshing for this native New Jerseyan, therefore, to see a real man rather than an effete limousine-liberal in the Governor's residence in Trenton for a change.
SOURCE:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/4687-christie-veto-defunds-nj-state-dollars-for-abortion
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
Southern New Jersey’s Courier-Post newspaper reported on September 21 that the state Senate had failed by a four-vote margin the previous day to override Governor Chris Christie’s veto of a $7.5 million appropriation for so-called family planning clinics. The report noted that seven Republicans who had backed the bill in June changed their positions and voted against it. by Warren Mass
Christie Veto Defunds NJ State Dollars for Abortion (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/4687-christie-veto-defunds-nj-state-dollars-for-abortion)
Warren Mass | The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/)
24 September 2010
Quote:
Governor Christie has been lionized by pro-life forces and maligned by the champions of abortion for his veto, but an article in the Washington Examiner on September 23 indicates that Christie’s motivation may have been exactly what he said it was, a fiscal matter — no more, no less.
The Examiner article noted, in part:
Planned Parenthood is closing doors at its Cherry Hill center in Southern New Jersey as the result of Gov. Chris Christie’s line-item veto, which cut off $7.5 million in state taxpayer funding of the organization, according to LifeNews.com. However, the governor’s office has confirmed to The Examiner that state-funded abortions will continue to be provided, contrary to claims by Planned Parenthood....
When Christie first proposed the cuts he did so citing “unprecedented financial difficulties,” and then went so far as to assure citizens that “reproductive health care services will continue to be available in each of New Jersey’s 21 counties, including Planned Parenthood clinics, local health department clinics, standing free clinics, and hospital-based clinics.”
Christie’s deputy press secretary Kevin Roberts told the Examiner, “From the beginning when we had to veto the $7.5 million funding restoration, it was purely on fiscal grounds. We just don’t have the money.”
Asked whether this cut meant no more state funds for abortions outside of Planned Parenthood, Roberts said it would not. “Women’s reproductive services, including abortions, will continue to be funded by a mix of state and federal funding.”
While it is almost impossible to guess the motivations of any politician, this writer does give Governor Christie kudos for exhibiting a characteristic that was once typical of New Jerseyans: scrappiness. In fact, watching a video (http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100924/el_yblog_upshot/chris-christie-smacks-down-heckler) of Christie chivalrously defending California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman against a heckler gave me a sense of déjà vu, as if Christie were my own New Jersey born-and-raised father (who spent years in the construction business) come back to life! It was the stuff Garden Staters were once known for and — thanks to Christie — may still be. It is refreshing for this native New Jerseyan, therefore, to see a real man rather than an effete limousine-liberal in the Governor's residence in Trenton for a change.
SOURCE:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/4687-christie-veto-defunds-nj-state-dollars-for-abortion