A big kudos to New Hampshire’s executive council for acting so quickly to defund Planned Parenthood. It’s definitely the right thing to do:
WASHINGTON TIMES – The New Hampshire executive council ended Wednesday state funding of Planned Parenthood, the latest move to defund the organization in the wake of graphic undercover videos accusing the organization of profiting from fetal-tissue sales.
A majority of the state executive council — councilors Chris Sununu, David Wheeler and Joe Kenney — voted to terminate the state’s contract with Planned Parenthood of Northern New England over the objections of Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan.
Ms. Hassan blasted the move in a Wednesday statement, saying, “I am incredibly disappointed in the outcome of today’s vote.”
New Hampshire Republican State Committee chair Jennifer Horn called on the governor move forward and work to “identify alternative health care providers to cover the services that were included in this contract.”
“This isn’t a matter of being pro-choice or pro-life. It’s about ensuring that public dollars are not being given to a company that may be engaged in criminal activity,” said Ms. Horn in a statement. “We applaud Councilors Sununu, Wheeler and Kenney for standing up for taxpayers by refusing to fund Planned Parenthood and calling for an official investigation of its practices.”
Now 48 more to go.