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BREAKING: Indiana first state to cut off Planned Parenthood funding as Gov. signs bill
Life Site News ^ | May 10, 2011 | KATHLEEN GILBERT

Posted on 05/10/2011 3:31:23 PM PDT by NYer

INDIANAPOLIS, May 10, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Indiana has become the first state to cut off Planned Parenthood from taxpayer assistance because of its role in the abortion business.

Governor Mitch Daniels, a potential contender for the 2012 GOP presidential ticket, signed on Tuesday a measure to block public funds from going to organizations that perform abortions, depriving Planned Parenthood of an estimated $3 million in both state and federal funds.

According to the Associated Press, Planned Parenthood of Indiana has promised to take to federal court to seek a temporary restraining order and injunction Tuesday against the new law.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: indiana; mitchdaniels; moralabsolutes; plannedparenthood; pp; prolife; voterepublican
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To: NYer

“Planned Parenthood of Indiana has promised to take to federal court to seek a temporary restraining order and injunction Tuesday against the new law”

The notion that cutting off funding for an organization is some sort of ‘extra judicial punishment’ as was found with ACORN funding - is about the most disgusting development in American jurisprudence in the last hundred years - and that is really saying something.

They have no “right” to be funded by tax money such that refusal to fund is “punishment”.


81 posted on 05/11/2011 5:55:14 AM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: technically right
I can tell you this, when he ran for his first term he laid out exactly what he was going to do. And by God, he did it. And he pissed a whole bunch of folks off, including Mayors, county commissioners and school boards, both Dems AND Repubs, when he pushed for a cap on property taxes.

I think a lot of this comes from the fact that he was an executive at Eli Lilly for years before he was a politician. He develops a strategic plan reflecting what the thinks is critical, he focuses on it and makes it happen. In his first term, he succeeded with a split legislative branch. Daniels is a marked contrast to most politicians. He won't say just anything to make whomever he is speaking to happy. If it's not on his critical list, he treats it as a distraction, much like he did the right to work legislation in the recently concluded session. It was off the table in the past session, but Daniels does support right to work and I'd be surprised if it is not on the agenda next session.

82 posted on 05/11/2011 6:02:20 AM PDT by IamConservative (The Bin Laden Cocktail: 2 shots and splash.)
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To: IamConservative

On the first day of his first term Daniels issued an EO that cancelled state workers’ priveledge of collective bargaining....six years before Wisconsin.


83 posted on 05/11/2011 6:04:45 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: Gondring
Didn't Sarah Palin do this? (cut off funding for PP)

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No, but she did appoint a former PP director to Alaska's Supreme Court.

Not quite the same thing, is it?

84 posted on 05/11/2011 6:11:18 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: NYer
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-and-regional/indiana/article_212cf0ff-f79f-5066-8ca7-4ec50defc2a9.html

Planned Parenthood of Indiana asks judge to stop funding cut

INDIANAPOLIS | Planned Parenthood has asked a federal judge to stop Indiana from becoming the first state to cut off all funding to the agency.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt is expected to rule Wednesday on the request filed by Planned Parenthood of Indiana shortly after Gov. Mitch Daniels signed the bill into law Tuesday.

The measure is part of a bill that tightens abortion restrictions and could help Daniels' image among social conservatives as he weighs a 2012 run for president.

Planned Parenthood of Indiana says the bill is unconstitutional and could leave thousands of patients without access to Pap tests, birth control and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.

The bill also puts Indiana at risk of losing $4 million a year in federal family planning grants.
85 posted on 05/11/2011 6:14:34 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: wtc911
On the first day of his first term Daniels issued an EO that cancelled state workers’ priveledge of collective bargaining....six years before Wisconsin.

Yep. Evan Bayh implemented state worker collective bargaining by EO, Daniels erased it. Membership in the state teachers union (ISTA)dropped 70% virtually overnight; for anyone still wondering who benefits from unions.

The right to work legislation which was tabled last session was for private industry. The Chamber of Commerce lobbied for it because of the high number of business opportunities the state has missed out on because businesses are choosing not to do business in states where unionism is forced. (Witness recent Boeing kerfuffle with the NLRB.)

I'd surprised if it doesn't surface next session.

86 posted on 05/11/2011 6:18:31 AM PDT by IamConservative (The Bin Laden Cocktail: 2 shots and splash.)
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To: Huck

I like him as a governor. He’s been good for the state and believe me, he’s caught a lot of crap for things he’s done. The I-69 road project caused a real bruhaha in the north east part of the state, but he got it done. Now the southern I-69 section is getting done. Yeah, he sold it to an outsider, so what. They charge a toll, so what. If you use it you should be willing to pay for it. I personally won’t use it often, maybe once in a while if I go to Indy, but I’d be willing to pay a toll if I used it. He’s balanced our budget and got us fiscally sound. Can’t say that for other states. He doesn’t care what the naysayers crab about, he just does the job that needs to be done.


87 posted on 05/11/2011 7:08:29 AM PDT by southernindymom
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To: NYer
Actions, not words tell the story.

Mitch Daniels is much more apt to get my vote with this signature.

88 posted on 05/11/2011 7:58:15 AM PDT by Darren McCarty (I am not lead by any politician. I am my own leader.)
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To: Mr. Lucky

Of course, Barry has been very “exciting” and look how badly we are doing! People have to drop the hunt for somebody who is charismatic (which Barry is not, by the way) and find somebody with sense!


89 posted on 05/11/2011 9:24:42 AM PDT by juliej
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To: NYer; dixiechick2000

Here is more info on how this unholy alliance works:

(do not know what Fresno thinks about this site...do not know the site but the article seemed ok)

http://patdollard.com/2011/04/several-states-take-up-fight-to-de-fund-planned-parenthood/


90 posted on 05/11/2011 9:35:35 AM PDT by wardaddy (ok...Trump beating on Obama---Sarah----Michelle.....any of them are ok for now---tain't picky)
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To: NYer

Excellent. This is a good start. Now we need 49 other states and the feds to get on board for this too (unfortunately this is unlikely any time soon — I hope I am wrong on this).


91 posted on 05/11/2011 9:52:58 AM PDT by kevinm13 (Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
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To: Longbow1969

Bush’s problem in part, was his not fighting back and he can thank Karl Rove for that brilliant advice. That is why I do not take Rove very seriously.


92 posted on 05/11/2011 10:00:49 AM PDT by juliej
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To: Hoodat

Praise the Lord. I guess I will have to rethink about Mitch Daniels running for the GOP nomination.


93 posted on 05/11/2011 11:32:22 AM PDT by Maryhere ("HE comes to rule the earth")
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To: NYer

Federal judge won’t block Planned Parenthood’s defunding -

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/27854692/detail.html

Poor little libs are upset the courts didn’t back them this time.


94 posted on 05/11/2011 11:39:08 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: NYer

Awesome! I can hear heads exploding!


95 posted on 05/11/2011 3:46:37 PM PDT by arderkrag (Georgia is God's Country.----------In the same way Rush is balance, I am consensus.)
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To: toddausauras
Whoever runs against Obama must be an attack dog

Actually, attack dogs seldom, if ever, win general elections.

A low-key guy like Daniels who can calmly but effectively make the case for conservative policies is exactly what we need.

96 posted on 05/11/2011 4:01:18 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: Longbow1969
We need someone who can communicate conservative policy and thinking to the masses, who can persuade a generation to begin moving away from the welfare state.

What makes you think Daniels can't do that? Have you actually heard him speak on substantive policy issues? I've emailed links of his talks to middle-of-the road friends I have, and they all find him very convincing.

His speach at CPAC is exactly the kind of thing we need to convince people in the middle to support conservative ideas.

Don't confuse rhetorical bomb-throwing with effective communication.

97 posted on 05/11/2011 4:04:59 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: C. Edmund Wright
Please tell me when you think Daniels "went McCain."
98 posted on 05/11/2011 4:07:01 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: tcrlaf
In fact, most here want a bomb-thrower

Exactly, and I can't for the life of me understand why. Bomb throwers, while they may be fun to listen to, seldom win elections.

Furthermore, even when rhetorical bomb-throwers do get elected, they very seldom get anything done.

We don't need a bomb thrower. We need someone who can clamly, politely, and intelligently make a persuasive case for conservative policy solutions to the mushy middle. Daniels fits that bill better than any other candidate.

99 posted on 05/11/2011 4:14:53 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: curiosity
Exactly, and I can't for the life of me understand why. Bomb throwers, while they may be fun to listen to, seldom win election

People want "Attack dogs"and "bomb throwers"? What unbelievable stawman fallacies you set up.

When it comes to oratory, simple articulation of support from the Governor would be nice as the legislators and the people of Indiana fight for legislation.

100 posted on 05/11/2011 4:44:33 PM PDT by FreeReign
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