New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) "is no longer posing as a moderate voice on abortion rights" and "is now championing the antiabortion cause," a Newark Star-Ledgereditorial states. According to the editorial, Christie favored reproductive rights as a young lawmaker but changed his mind when his daughter was born. The editorial states, "This change of heart can happen to men and women when they become parents. What's unsettling is that the governor would impose his spiritual conversion on the rest of us." The editorial calls it "disturbing" that Christie "kept these sentiments hidden during the 2009 campaign," even suggesting to the Star-Ledger during his 2009 campaign that he supported what he deemed as mild restrictions on abortion, such as a 24-hour waiting period and parental notification, but not consent.
While the governor has not yet proposed specific restrictions, "we should be worried," the editorial states, noting that in an antiabortion-rights rally at the New Jersey statehouse on Monday, Christie said that abortion is "an issue whose time has come." Last year, Christie cut state spending on family planning and women's health services to save $7.5 million and blocked Democrats' attempts to find a way to continue the services by using federal money. The governor's comments on Monday "also underscore the vital importance of blocking his attempt to pack the state Supreme Court with his ideological soul mates."
Christie's remarks on abortion "will no doubt improve his national standing on the right, and boost his odds of becoming a candidate for vice president in 2012," the editorial states, adding, "His national ambitions, again, have proved costly for New Jersey" (New Jersey Star-Ledger, 1/26).
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Christie's remarks on abortion "will no doubt improve his national standing on the right, and boost his odds of becoming a candidate for vice president in 2012," the editorial states, adding, "His national ambitions, again, have proved costly for New Jersey" (New Jersey Star-Ledger, 1/26).
Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.nationalpartnership.org. You can view the entire Daily Women's Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email deliveryhere. The Daily Women's Health Policy Report is a free service of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
© 2010 National Partnership for Women & Families. All rights reserved.
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