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Re: Tagoz to defend most moronic post ever

Gosh — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:10:05 -0500

I think it is ironic that Senator Hagan is a devout church goer and has a unquestionable belief in God. Yet she supports abortion.

I think it's ironic you aren't a Centurion in the Roman Catholic Empire, yet make such arguments as if they pertain to America.

Bet you support the Death Penalty though. Kind of like your kind did to Jesus on the Cross, huh?

HOW IRONIC!

Re: NARAL to defend abortion fund

tangoz — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:34:04 -0500

I think it is ironic that Senator Hagan is a devout church goer and has a unquestionable belief in God. Yet she supports abortion.

NARAL to defend abortion fund

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:45:36 -0500

Pro-choice groups are ready to defend the State Abortion Fund.

Sean Kosofsky, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina, said that his group will work to prevent the state fund designed to help poor women pay for abortions from being stripped from the budget, as was suggested by a state budget official last week.

Restrictions on the use of the fund have kept it unused since 1995, but Kosofsky said NARAL's long-term goal is to lessen the restrictions and increase the funding — tasks that would be more difficult if the program is cut entirely.

He also said it would be a pointless to end the program.

"If the money is not used, it will be available anyway," he said. "We think it's important to leave that money in place to send a message that this is a state that cares about women's reproductive health."

"This is not just symbolic," he added. "We're hoping to peel back these restrictions someday."