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TexasTowelie

(112,108 posts)
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 09:33 PM Oct 2017

Guadagno, 'advocate for women,' won't defend their health care

It's one of the least-discussed issues in this campaign - no doubt a strategic choice by Republican Kim Guadagno - but also the most personal.

At stake in New Jersey's next choice of governor: The health care of tens of thousands of women.

The candidate we elect Nov. 7th will not only determine whether to restore the $7.5 million in state funding that Gov. Christie cut for family planning. Also on the line is crucial federal money.

President Trump recently signed a law that allows states to block federal grants to any clinic that also provides abortions.

Read more: http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/10/guadagno_advocate_for_women_wont_defend_their_heal.html

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