Gov. Charlie Crist vetoes abortion bill

ap / Tampabay.com ^ | June 11, 2010 | AP

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TALLAHASSEE — As he positions himself to the center in the U.S. Senate race, Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday vetoed a measure requiring most women to pay for an ultrasound and hear a description of the fetus before they can have an abortion.

"This bill places an inappropriate burden on woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy," Crist said in his veto message.

Anti-abortion advocates and Crist's Republican critics in the Legislature immediately pounced on the decision. John Stemberger, head of the Florida Family Policy Council, called the veto "profoundly disappointing" and said it's now "crystal clear that he's pro-abortion."

Crist's move marks the third veto of a high-priority bill passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature. While lawmakers were still in session and he was still a Republican, Crist vetoed a campaign finance bill that he said would reinstate legislative "slush funds." He also vetoed a controversial teacher tenure bill that earned him wide acclaim among educators.

"Individuals hold strong personal views on the issue of life, as do I," Crist wrote. "However, personal views should not result in laws that unwisely expand the role of government and coerce people to obtain medical tests or procedures that are not medically necessary."

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Thanks. I bring it up just because it amuses me and exerices my mind. I don't expect anything to come from it. Social conservatives are nanny staters. The end justifies the means.

If conservatism is a 3-legged stool the only leg that is for limited government is the fiscal leg, and wouldn't you know it, guess which leg never gets anything but lip service from our politicos?

The social conservatives represent the anti-saloon league of yesteryear. The defense hawks represent Wilsonian foreign policy. And the deficit hawks? Well, we can see how well that's worked out.