If it saves just one baby it will be worth it.
Posted on 01/12/2016 8:08:35 PM PST by Morgana
In a State of the State address Tuesday, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced the state will block Planned Parenthood from receiving public funding through the state’s Medicaid program.
In a speech before a joint session of the state’s Legislature, Brownback encouraged lawmakers to make the mandate state law.
“The time has come to finish the job,†the governor urged.
Brownback has ordered the state’s Department of Health and Environment to ensure “not a single dollar of taxpayer money goes to Planned Parenthood,†making Kansas the eighth state to defund the abortion giant.
“We must keep working to protect our most innocent Kansans, the unborn,†Brownback said. “We have become the shining city on the hill and the champions of life.â€
The move comes in the aftermath of undercover videos by the Center for Medical Progress exposing Planned Parenthood’s baby parts harvesting trade. Brownback, a longtime advocate for the preborn, affirmed that Planned Parenthood should not receive taxpayer funding in light of its gruesome fetal parts harvesting practices.
“Planned Parenthood’s trafficking of baby body parts is antithetical to our belief in human dignity,†Brownback said.
A handful of states have taken action to eliminate the group’s public subsidies and to shift funding to comprehensive health care clinics.
Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Casey Mattox praised the governor’s decision.
“Not one more penny should go to Planned Parenthood, a scandal-plagued abortion business that does not provide comprehensive health care services for women,†Mattox wrote in a statement. “Gov. Brownback’s directive will terminate funding for Planned Parenthood, freeing up money for more widely available and more comprehensive low-cost healthcare options for women and families in Kansas.â€
In 2011, Brownback signed a law to block Planned Parenthood from receiving federal family planning money through the state’s health department.
This will bring the haters out, as if they were not out already.
Go, Sam. You are a great American & true Conservative.
I guess we’ll be seeing one of the DemocRATS’ black robed tyrants swinging into action to stop this.
Brownback walks the talk.
What states should do is opt out of all federal health care mandates, funding, and programs altogether.
Yes, and he gets brutalized for it.
What do you expect from someone (U.S. Supreme Court Justice) that doesn’t make 1/10 of what Judge Judy makes? ;-)
Yup. But he keeps on walking. I met him at the March for Life maybe 12 years ago. Nice guy.
Good job, Governor Brownback.
Yay.... I’ve been praying for this.
Nice. My governor. Thanks for posting.
Brownback is also pushing back on the Kansas Supreme Court, encouraging that they not be retained in the coming elections. They are mostly libs and hold overs from Sebelius.
Hospitals should unite and stop accepting meicaid/medicare until the government starts reimbursing more fairly.
If it saves just one baby it will be worth it.
Gov Sam has always been willing to stand tall in opposition to the mass murder of our young.
Yes he will be fought vigorously by a biased judiciary and opponents.
Thank you Governor.
Good job Sam! I love the idea of refunneling the monies to comprehensive health care clinics.
They all were at the Gov's mansion when Sebelius through a "birthday bash" for Tiller!
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