Posted on 12/12/2011 8:12:59 PM PST by hocndoc
When you take money from a Chicago street thug, you have to play by the Chicago street thug’s rules.
We didn’t target or name PP in our law this year. We prioritized where the money for Family Planning and screening for breast and cervical cancer should go: to County Health, other clinics and hospitals that offer continuing comprehensive care.
We’ve had the law for years requiring recipients to not refer or perform abortions, but the enforcement about those referrals and business arrangements got stricter and we have new law that prohibits county and city health from receiving Texas Taxpayer money if they perform abortions otherwise, using other funds. (Austin/Travis County performed nearly 400 abortions a year, using tax money, but changed their policy in response to the new law — that doesn’t have the “rape and incest” exception.)
I’m hoping that the fact that we didn’t name any specific abortionists, and only said which agencies *could* receive Medicaid funds will work to make our State the one that gets to defund PP.
Tenth amendment baby
Zero needs to re-establish his boundaries ... this one is outside of his ... just like Obamacare and his distaste for Arizona ... this one is another that will take a chunk out o his azz
This clown can’t be gone soon enough
TT
It’s so frustrating that we chip away, try new ways, and the abortionists sue, get stays and delays, and now, we have an administration that refuses any of our money if we insist on where the money is to go.
Medicaid comes from Texas taxpayers’ who actually pay their taxes. It’s time to stop sending our money to blackmailers who use it against us.
Too bad Hussein’s parents didn’t “plan” their parenthood a little better.
It would be an answer to prayer if states would more often reject the interference by the Obama network.
The problem with the US is the compliant nature of her people. There is very little real push back, and the continuing compliance of states and taxpayers encourages more interference, more regulation and more usurpement. November, 2012 can not come soon enough.
Texas should simply decline all the funds and tell the feds to make sure to send a man to every gas pump to collect their federal gas tax too
This is simple.
It makes me wonder what the point of the article could possibly be
this guy really thinks he is a god doesn’t he.......
Oddly enough, Obama could be providing a way for Perry to get back into competition. While I really find it difficult to support Governor Perry, if he handles this well, I would certainly vote for him over Newt or Mitt. This is also assuming the other low enders that might be better are gone by the time my state votes.
Oddly enough, Obama could be providing a way for Perry to get back into competition. While I really find it difficult to support Governor Perry, if he handles this well, I would certainly vote for him over Newt or Mitt. This is also assuming the other low enders that might be better are gone by the time my state votes.
Same here. I voted with my feet in favor, and Perry has my full support in defunding planned parenthood.
I will not and will never support public funding of any abortions.
Who are we to keep family planning services from low-income women that worship at the shrine of Oprah? s/
I’m all for taxpayer funded abortion ONLY if it can be mandatory for left wing a$$holes. And hopefully retroactive.
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