Virginia governor vetoes bill defunding Planned Parenthood

http://www.reuters.com ^ | Feb 21, 2017 | Ian Simpson

[Beowulf9]

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have blocked funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortions and other health services.

The bill passed by the Republican-controlled legislature would have barred the state from providing funds to clinics that perform abortions not covered by Medicaid, the federal healthcare program for the poor.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

But, of course!

I cannot WAIT for this guy to meet Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates.

The blood of CHILDREN is on YOUR hands, Jack! Good Luck with THAT!

[Newbomb Turk]

No surprise. Terry McAuliffe is a member of the Clinton Criminal Enterprise.

[Blood of Tyrants]

In Virginia all that is needed to override a veto is a simple majority in both houses.

Overriding a Veto
If the Legislature is still in session when the governor vetoes a bill, a simple majority vote of the members of both legislative bodies is necessary to override the veto. In cases when a budget bill or supplemental appropriation bill is vetoed, a two-thirds vote of the members of both houses is needed to override the veto.

[Emmett McCarthy]

His vetoes are overridden quite often, I think.

[allendale]

To be a Democrat, one must acquiesce to the unrestricted killing of pre born human life. Otherwise you cannot be a Democrat.

[mylife]

Terry “The Punk”

[USMCPOP]

Nut job, bought and paid for.

[SirFishalot]

My cousin when to school with him at Syracuse, says he always thought the guy was a pompous ass and jerk.

[Cheerio]

Abortion is the holy sacrament of the Marxist RAT party.

The great Democrat JFK would more than likely be booted from the RAT party in 2016.

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Every wonder why you never hear about U. S. President John F.Kennedy's position on abortion?

There's a good reason why not: there is no public record of any statement by him on the subject. Isn't that astounding. One of the greatest leaders of the 20th century and no record of him speaking on one of the most controversial issues of our time!

The reason, in turn, for this is that abortion was not an issue before the late 1960's. Before that no major political, social, or religious group advocated legal abortion. For most it was an unspeakable crime of murder. You didn't hear stories about illegal, "back alley" abortions.

Isn't it ironic that in the past 35 years - as abortion has gone from totally illegal in the U. S. to totally available (even to the extent of allowing children to be directly killed as they are half-born) - that, during that same time, advances in science (such as ultrasound technology) have shown clearly that the unborn child is indeed a person and not a "blob of tissue".

[mylife]

JFK would be considered part of the VRWC today

[Clutch Martin]

Brought to you by... blue saturated metro areas of Virginia. The rest of the state has to suffer through yet another damn Yankee in charge. He is every loathsome thing demon-crats stand for.

[x1stcav]

A soulless ghoul.

[clintonh8r]

Too bad Terrible’s mother made the wrong choice...l

[IronJack]

“Planned Parenthood ... provides abortion and other health services.”

Abortion is a “health service???”. I would guess the baby would disagree.

[17th Miss Regt]

To be a Democrat, one must acquiesce to the unrestricted killing of pre born human life. Otherwise you cannot be a Democrat.

But almost half of them are black! Aborting black children is really what it is all about. The Democrat's hatred towards blacks overwhelms any other human sentiments about the value of human life.

[kearnyirish2]

Abortion was one of the crimes against humanity specifically named at Nuremberg.

[kearnyirish2]

I’m not surprised because he is a “Catholic” politician (and I’m Catholic); why isn’t Francis weighing in on this? Terry also supports “gay marriage”...

[mylife]

Foot washing Baptist here

[elpadre]

Are there enough votes to overturn the veto??