North Carolina GOP Overrides Veto, Axes Planned Parenthood Funding

[ProfessionalLeftist]

Republican state representatives in North Carolina voted to override Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue's veto of the state budget Wednesday morning, ensuring that a provision to strip all federal and state money from Planned Parenthood will take effect on July 1. North Carolina is now the third state, after Indiana and Kansas, to defund the family planning provider because it also provides abortions.

Planned Parenthood of North Carolina (PPNC), which has nine clinics across the state, provides affordable birth control, preventative health care and family planning services to over 25,000 men and women. Without the $434,000 a year it usually receives in state and federal funds, Planned Parenthood says it will now have to axe its teen pregnancy prevention and adolescent parenting programs and force its low-income patients to pay out of pocket.

"The biggest impact is gonna be on the men and women we serve," said Melissa Reed, vice president of public policy for Planned Parenthood Health Systems. "There are 12- to 14-week waits for women to get into the health department for birth control or breast cancer screenings, but we can see patients the very same week. The health department relies on Planned Parenthood to fill that gap, and now we will be prohibited from serving as that essential safety net provider."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/15/north-carolina-planned-parenthood_n_877462.html

[WorseBeforeBetter]

1. It's getting really ugly in this state.

For those DUers who are so certain NC is turning blue and that it's in-the-bag for Obama in 2012 -- think again:

They want to make voter harder?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/opinion/06mon1.html?_r=2&hp

"Mr. Obama won North Carolina, for example, by less than 15,000 votes. That state has had early voting since 2000, and in 2008, more ballots were cast before Election Day than on it. Mr. Obama won those early votes by a comfortable margin. So it is no coincidence that the North Carolina House passed a measure — along party lines — that would cut the early voting period by a week, reducing it to a week and a half before the election. The Senate is preparing a similar bill, which we hope Gov. Beverly Perdue, a Democrat, will veto if it reaches her."

Perdue vetoed, but the veto was overridden by the House, thanks to five DINOs, and the Senate:

Highlights of NC state government budget law
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Highlights-of-NC-state-government-budget-law-1426083.php

"Highlights," my ass.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

2. The DINOS have got to go.

Their fake asses need to be kicked out.

[CRK7376]

3. I'm glad the Governor

vetoed the bill. Unfortunately she was overridden. My district and my state are way to RED for my liking. It's painful to see where NC is headed. Such little compassion for others and those less fortunate, it's shameful.