North Carolina Governor Vetoes Planned Parenthood Defunding

by Robin Marty 

RH Reality Check
Reproductive & Sexual Health and Justice News, Analysis & Commentary

June 13, 2011

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2011/06/13/north-carolina-governor-vetoes-planned-parenthood-defunding

Governor Bev Perdue vetoed legislation that would have
banned Planned Parenthood from receiving funding, a move
that will now force the legislature to either sustain or
override her veto.

Planned Parenthood responded:

    "Planned Parenthood applauds Governor Perdue's
    courageous decision to veto this budget. The budget
    proposal she rightly rejected today is bad for North
    Carolina's women and families.  Slashing funding for
    vital healthcare services for low-income citizens and
    explicitly barring state funding for Planned
    Parenthood's preventive healthcare and education
    programs undermines women's health and lives and is
    unacceptable.

    Generations of women have relied on Planned Parenthood
    for birth control and cancer screenings. In fact, one
    woman in five has turned to our health centers for care
    at some point in her life. Attacking a respected
    provider of basic reproductive healthcare is bad policy
    and bad politics. 57% of North Carolinians support
    continued state funding for Planned Parenthood.  In
    recent weeks, over 17,000 North Carolinians have voiced
    their support of Planned Parenthood and have soundly
    rejected these extreme attacks.  Legislators should
    listen, and vote to sustain the Governor's veto."

Still, the battle is not over.  The legislature needs 72
votes to override the Governor, and the bill passed with 73.
If the governor cannot convince at least two legislators to
change their votes, the ban will be enacted anyway.

[Robin Marty is a freelance writer and editor from
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Formerly, she worked as the Director
of Special Projects for the Center for Independent Media, a
progressive online news organization with sites across the
country. Previously hired on as the state coordinator for
Minnesota Monitor (now the Minnesota Independent), Robin
assisted in the opening of multiple CIM states and has been
heavily involved in the recruiting and mentoring of new
state coordinators. Robin has been blogging since 2004, when
she started The Power Liberal, and currently runs WoMN
Focus, a site dedicated to tracking news on female
candidates in Minnesota. ]

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