Posted on 02/21/2016 4:38:22 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed a bill Sunday prohibiting the state from contracting for health services with any organization that performs or promotes abortions, blocking government funds to Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood isn't explicitly named in the legislation, but the law will prevent more than $1 million in funding from the state health department from going to the nonprofit to fund programs such as HIV testing, health screenings and prevention of violence against women.
Kasich, who's tried to project a more moderate image as a Republican presidential candidate on some issues, had been expected to sign the measure. A spokesman for the governor said earlier this month that he intended to sign the bill when it reached his desk. He did so Sunday, a day after finishing a distant fifth in South Carolina's primary.
The bill was swiftly denounced by Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards.
"This legislation will have devastating consequences for women across Ohio," Richards said in a statement. "John Kasich is proudly eliminating care for expectant mothers and newborns; he is leaving thousands without vital STD and HIV testing, slashing a program to fight domestic violence, and cutting access to essential, basic health care."
On the campaign trail Kasich frequently talks about the importance of funding for expecting mothers and newborn babies. A spokesman for Kasich's gubernatorial office, Joe Andrews, said in a statement the new Ohio law is consistent with those views.
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Ive been reading some consultant/RINO twitter feeds.
Rubio needs to win Florida and Ohio.
IMO Trump wins Ohio with Porridge man John Kasich in the race.
Not buying you’re a conservative, Kasich. Nope. Good that you defund PP, but that’s not nearly enough.
Kasich is the most annoying pretender ever.
Congrats, you both figured out his election-year posturing.
Good job.
I thought Obamacare took care of EVERYTHING.
Ooh! Kasich defunded the “good” part of Planned Parenthood, too, Trump is going to be mad as hell.
Women will be dying in the streets and unable to get health care (according to Trump).
Trump will too when he is president....
oh wait. never mind
Same with all those babies scheduled to wake up dead. They will have to plan for that life they would otherwise be spared...of...
I am so thoroughly sick of the death cult i.e. the Democrat Party and all others for whom every live birth is a cosmic failure!!!
He was saying this morning on tv that he doesn’t understand why he’s not doing better in these primaries since everywhere he goes, democrats come up to him and tell him how much they like him.
So does this mean that Kasich is a right-wing extremist, but in drag?
RE: Not buying you’re a conservative, Kasich. Nope. Good that you defund PP, but that’s not nearly enough.
Well, this still goes to show that ANY of these Republicans would be better than the alternative.
RE: Kasich is the most annoying pretender ever.
Regardless, I give him credit for doing the right thing. A Democrat would not have done what he did.
Whether a President Trump would do this given the chance at the federal level remains to be seen.
It does not show me that. I understand that argument and that each person’s own conscience must lead them to the right decision. I’m not a lesser of two evils person. I know no one is perfect. At the same time that argument is used to repeatedly promote weakness. At some point you have to draw lines and make a stand.
RE: Congrats, you both figured out his election-year posturing.
Posturing or not HE DID IT. That’s the most important thing.
Whether a President Trump will do the same thing at the federal level remains to be seen.
RE: It does not show me that.
We have to part ways in this regard. We have to ask ourselves, which is better, funding PP with tax dollars or not?
Clearly the latter is better.
If the choice is between a flawed Republican who will do the right thing more often and a Democrat who won’t do any right thing, the choice is clear.
Liberals will just sue to restore the funding. You watch. Without fundamental wins, without restoring the republic, there is no real win.
This sounds like the only thing he’s done that makes sense.
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