Amid abortion battle, DeSantis vetoes birth-control funding – again

[Resnic]

‘When Gov. Ron DeSantis slashed $3 billion from the state’s budget Thursday, one ill-fated item sounded familiar: Just as he did last year, DeSantis vetoed $2 million meant to help low-income people access long-acting birth control.

It was again Senate President Wilton Simpson, a Pasco County Republican, who included it in the $110 billion budget. Unlike last year, though, this veto landed amid a national reckoning on reproductive rights. It came weeks after a leaked Supreme Court opinion suggested the Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, and less than a month before Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban goes into effect.

Stephanie Fraim, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida — which includes the organization’s Tampa Bay-area clinics — questioned the rationale for the veto.

“Funding for this sensible investment in the health of our communities enjoys rare bipartisan support,” she said in an emailed statement. “And, thanks to President Biden, the Legislature was able to pass a balanced budget with plenty of money left in reserves. To take away health care from vulnerable people is just another example of his ongoing cruelty to Floridians.”’

Amid abortion battle, DeSantis vetoes birth-control funding — again

When Gov. Ron DeSantis slashed $3 billion from the state’s budget Thursday, one ill-fated item sounded familiar: Just as he did last year, DeSantis vetoed $2 million meant to help low-income people access long-acting birth control. It was again Senate President Wilton Simpson, a Pasco County...

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DeSantis is not alone among Republicans capable of such cruelty.

LONG LASTING.

That means like IUDs which are expensive and not something every woman can use. It does not include birth control such as estrogen/progesteon pills that are quite common.

Besides, anyone can get condoms mailed to them for free.

Which States Offer Free Condoms, and How Do I Get Them? - GoodRx

Many states offer free condoms. These are often available at clinics and health centers, though, in some cases, free condoms can be shipped discreetly by mail.

www.goodrx.com

Florida is on that list.

Or

Condom Distribution – Positive Impact Health Center

www.positiveimpacthealthcenters.org

Try as you might, he isn't "cruel". You just want to believe he is because you're a contrarian and will ignore details and facts so you can feel justified in your irrational hatred.

 

[surada]

Why on earth should taxpayers pay millions of dollars to enable immoral unmarried women to have sex without consequences?
THANK YOU, Governor DeSantis!.

You sure are preoccupied with other people's sex lives.

 

[Mashmont]

You know, there is a man involved in this also, else the birth control would not be needed. Why does he get ignored by you sexist idiots?

Sexist? I'm not the one that wants to see poor single women as sexual receptacles, uncommited to, and objectified.

 

[Mr Natural]

Two million dollars spread out over 20 million people is like 10 cents each.

 

[surada]

Sexist? I'm not the one that wants to see poor single women as sexual receptacles, uncommited to, and objectified.

Did anyone ever tell you that women also like sex? God made us that way.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Sexist? I'm not the one that wants to see poor single women as sexual receptacles, uncommited to, and objectified.

yes, sexist and even a tad misogynistic. You totally leave the man out of the equation and you assume that any sex poor women have is only because men view them as sexual receptacles....which seems to just be projection on your part

 

[surada]

yes, sexist and even a tad misogynistic. You totally leave the man out of the equation and you assume that any sex poor women have is only because men view them as sexual receptacles....which seems to just be projection on your part

Yep.

 

[BlackSand]

My goal is to stop abortions. By noting my argument was "partisan" shows where your concerns lie.

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Yeah ... I am concerned about spending, and executives in charge of spending choosing what they need to include or cut from a budget
in order to balance their budget because Florida has a Balanced Budget Amendment ... It's the fucking law and the Governor's job.

If the Legislature keeps adding stuff to the budget with no regard for the law ...
and then bitches about the Governor because he follows the law where they failed ... So be it.
He just made the cuts the Legislature refused to ... And the cut in question pales in comparison to total amount cut.

You can sing along with Planned Parenthood in the article and pretend that means something different if you need to ...

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[Harpy Eagle]

Two million dollars spread out over 20 million people is like 10 cents each.

which is further evidence is has never been about less abortions for these people

 

[pknopp]

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Yeah ... I am concerned about spending, and executives in charge of spending choosing what they need to include or cut from a budget
in order to balance their budget because Florida has a Balanced Budget Amendment ... It's the fucking law and the Governor's job.

You can sing along with Planned Parenthood in the article and pretend that suggests you are against abortion if you need to ...

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Contraceptive coverage is far less expensive than covering the needs of many born into poverty.

 

[surada]

Contraceptive coverage is far less expensive than covering the needs of many born into poverty.

What are Desantis' priorities?

Ron DeSantis’ warped ‘big tech’ priority puts politics ahead of Floridians | Editorial

Florida’s No. 1 issue for the Legislature isn’t overhauling the unemployment system that created so much misery last year. It’s not controlling the pandemic or getting the economy…

www.orlandosentinel.com

 

[Harpy Eagle]

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Yeah ... I am concerned about spending, and executives in charge of spending choosing what they need to include or cut from a budget
in order to balance their budget because Florida has a Balanced Budget Amendment ... It's the fucking law and the Governor's job.

If the Legislature keeps adding stuff to the budget with no regard for the law ...
and then bitches about the Governor because he follows the law where they failed ... So be it.
He just made the cuts the Legislature refused to ... And the cut in question pales in comparison to total amount cut.

You can sing along with Planned Parenthood in the article and pretend that means something different if you need to ...

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Maybe instead of cutting the thing that will lead to less abortions he could have made the gas tax holiday only be 198 million vice 200.

Maybe instead of cutting the thing that will lead to less abortions he could have made the Freedom Week tax holiday on boating supplies only be 68 million vice 70.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

What are Desantis' priorities?

Ron DeSantis’ warped ‘big tech’ priority puts politics ahead of Floridians | Editorial

Florida’s No. 1 issue for the Legislature isn’t overhauling the unemployment system that created so much misery last year. It’s not controlling the pandemic or getting the economy…

www.orlandosentinel.com

Giving rich people a tax break on their boating supplies is more important than having less abortions

 

[BlackSand]

Contraceptive coverage is far less expensive than covering the needs of many born into poverty.

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When you are the executive in charge of following the Law in your state ... Then that may make a difference.
You are not the Governor of Florida, and Florida's budget is not your responsibility.

You can have whatever stupid ideas you want in the vacuum of your lack in possessing either the power or the responsibility necessary
for what you think to even make the slightest amount of difference.

You don't even know the depth and details of all the cuts made or anything left untouched ...
You're just sitting there crying about Planned Parenthood not getting their $2 million.

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[pknopp]

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When you are the executive in charge of following the Law in your state ... Then that may make a difference.
You are not the Governor of Florida, and Florida's budget is not your responsibility.

You can have whatever stupid ideas you want in the vacuum of your lack in possessing either the power or the responsibility necessary
for what you think to even make the slightest amount of difference.

You don't even know the depth and details of all the cuts made or anything left untouched ...
You're just sitting their crying about Planned Parenthood not getting their $2 million.

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Fancy way of avoiding my point.

 

[BlackSand]

Fancy way of avoiding my point.

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Your point is irrelevant until you are in charge of balancing Florida's Budget.
That is a more than fair assessment of how obsolete your point actually is.

If you want to cry with Planned Parenthood and think it makes a difference ... Knock yourself out.

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[Harpy Eagle]

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Your point is irrelevant until you are in charge of balancing Florida's Budget.
That is a more than fair assessment of how obsolete your point actually is.

If you want to cry with Planned Parenthood and think it makes a difference ... Knock yourself out.

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So, any complaints about the president's decisions are irrelevant till someone is the president?

 

[BlackSand]

Maybe instead of cutting the thing that will lead to less abortions he could have made the gas tax holiday only be 198 million vice 200.

Maybe instead of cutting the thing that will lead to less abortions he could have made the Freedom Week tax holiday on boating supplies only be 68 million vice 70.

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The Governor doesn't write the budget ... The Legislature does.
The Governor can strike a proposed expenditure but doesn't necessarily have the same latitude in adjusting the amount of a particular item.

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[BlackSand]

So, any complaints about the president's decisions are irrelevant till someone is the president?

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Not at all ... But take your complaint to the bank and see of that will pay your bills and keep you out of jail.

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[Harpy Eagle]

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The Governor doesn't write the budget ... The Legislature does.
The Governor can strike a proposed expenditure but doesn't necessarily have the same latitude in adjusting the amount of a particular item.

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The Governor can say "change this or I will not sign it".

But instead he kept the full holiday on boating supplies and got rid of the thing that would lead to less abortions.

At least we know where his priorities lie