New Hampshire Executive Council May Reconsider Planned Parenthood Defunding

by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

July 12, 2011 - 4:05pm (Print)

The New Hampshire executive council must have gotten a lot of blowback on their comments that women who want to "have a good time" should have to "pay for it."  It appears that they may be reversing their decision to cut off a contract with the state's Planned Parenthood organization -- a contract that was the sole source of free or subsidized birth control for many women in the state.

Blog for Choice reports:

The Executive Council will meet again tomorrow, and could reconsider its vote to defund Planned Parenthood. If you live in New Hampshire, take action through our affiliate.

And not a moment too soon: Nick Toumpas, New Hampshire's commissioner of health and human services, said that cuts to family-planning funding put the state at risk of losing federal dollars.

So tomorrow will be a test of how far these politicians want to take their attacks on women's health care.

Let's see if the public outcry will be enough to sway them.