That's the way!!
Posted on 03/12/2009 2:05:37 AM PDT by GonzoII
The Orange County Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously to rescind a contract with Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties because of the organization’s links to abortion. “I don’t believe the county should be funding abortion, and I don’t believe the county really should be involved in funding an organization who performs about 35 percent of the abortions in the country,” said Supervisor Chris Norby, the Orange County Register reported.
The 5-0 vote came on Tuesday, March 10, following a lengthy debate and many comments from the public. Supervisors directed county staff to end funding to Planned Parenthood within 30 days under a $7.5 million contract with the Orange County Coalition of Community Clinics. County health officials should find another member of the community clinics coalition that could use Planned Parenthood’s share of the contract money, supervisors decided.
Altogether, Planned Parenthood had been slated to receive $341,788 under two contracts through the Coalition of Community Clinics – one for $50,000 to provide immunizations and a second for $291,788 to provide teens and pre-teens with sex education, including information on birth control and sexually transmitted diseases.
It was the larger of the two contracts that received the ax from the supervisors. The board also voted to ask county attorneys to look into the legality of their decision and to report back to the supervisors before it takes effect after opponents of the action raised the issue during discussions of the funding cut, the Register said.
(Excerpt) Read more at calcatholic.com ...
That's the way!!
Good for them!
Now sadly the fattened up Feds will step in and fund them with the Porkulus bill monies.
Perhaps some in California are finally seeing the light.
yep!!!!!!!
brick by brick! Good for them. Who woulda thunk it would be CA after the prop 8 mess! Good job folks, keep up the fight to protect the most innocent among us. Maybe they can put that money toward crisis pregnancy.....
bttt
This is the best news I’ve heard in a long time!
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