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Re: State abortion fund could face final cut

tangoz — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:19:43 -0500

Isaac what happened at the World Trade Towers on 9/11? Have you forgoten already? How sad.

Re: State abortion fund could face final cut

tangoz — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:18:30 -0500

EWOL you need to back up you statements with actual facts. Can you go back let's say 3 years and give us every "POOR" woman raped and a victime of pedophilia. But why just restrict this funding to poor women. What about middle class women with no health insurance.

I don't think she'll go along with this proposal.

James_Protzman — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:21:26 -0500

I certainly wouldn't recommend it.

PS This is my first ever public prediction!

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wwf165 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:20:49 -0500

I totally, totally agree. I'd bet $50k could be saved by having the governor drive to a few meetings rather than fly a helicopter or jet. I sure hope she will override this cut.

Re: State abortion fund could face final cut

Isaac136 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:18:49 -0500

Forcing taxpayers to pay for what some believe to be immoral is what we do everyday when we send men and women to kill and die in war.

Re: State abortion fund could face final cut

wwf165 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:13:19 -0500

Well I guess technically you are right that Governor Perdue hasn't recently taken a stance on the state abortion fund - but one could argue she took a stance against it in 1995 as one of the NC Senate’s chief budget writers when she helped cut funding for the state abortion fund from $1.2 million to $50,000.

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Ewol_Smith — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:31:10 -0500

The 50K is like spitting in the ocean. When many poor women are victims of rape and pedophilia, getting pregnant is an assault. These women and young girls deserve AT LEAST an abortion, if they don't want to parent. In the long run, this would be cheaper than dealing with the results of unwanted parenthood.

Re: State abortion fund could face final cut

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:41:49 -0500

Just to be clear: Perdue has not taken a stance on the state abortion fund. These proposals were given to her by agency heads.

— RTB

Re: State abortion fund could face final cut

ThoughtCrimes — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:41:35 -0500

Kudos to you Bev! Civilized people can disagree about allowing abortions, but forcing taxpayers to pay for what some believe to be immoral is clearly wrong.

Re: State abortion fund could face final cut

queen41 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:30:42 -0500

She should be ashamed but that's what you get for voting for her.

State abortion fund could face final cut

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:30:23 -0500

Gov. Beverly Perdue's pro-choice promise will soon face its first test.

While speaking to a feminist group at a fundraiser breakfast in Raleigh this morning, Perdue pledged to be strongly pro-choice.

At the same time, she released a list of proposed cuts given to her by different agency officials that includes eliminating the state's fund to help poor women afford abortions.

The move would save about $50,000 a year.

The state abortion fund used to be much larger. But during the 1995 budget session, then state Sen. Perdue, one of the chief budget writers, helped slash it from $1.2 million to $50,000 — a 96 percent reduction.

During the Democratic gubernatorial primary, then-Treasurer Richard Moore criticized Perdue for the cut, even creating a YouTube clip of an uncomfortable interview on the subject, while Perdue defended her record on abortion.

Though NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina remained neutral in the primary, Perdue was endorsed by EMILY's List, which backs pro-choice Democratic women, and received the support of the Central North Carolina chapter of Planned Parenthood in the general election.

Update: Perdue was also endorsed by the N.C. Women's Political Caucus, the state chapter of a bipartisan group that endorses pro-choice women candidates.

Correction: An earlier version may have given the impression that Perdue had taken a stance on the specific cuts. She has not.