Dirty Penguin
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Michigan's New Budget Funnels $800,000 To Anti-Abortion Programs That Lie To Women | ThinkProgress
So is Michigan really broke?
So is Michigan really broke?
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You;re Not Broke.....!
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Michiganistan is required by law to have a balanced budget.
So it's not broke. Detroit is another matter though.
Regarding ThinkProgress's claims, I've no idea if they're accurate.
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Spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote childbirth inside and billions to kill people and steal their oil overseas.
The right certainly has its priorities straight, eh?
The right certainly has its priorities straight, eh?
Dirty Penguin
Master Of Ceremony
But 800K of taxpayer money to an anti-abortion agency on a no bid contract..?
Wouldn't that qualify as "crony capitalism" in your book?
Could be. I'm unfamiliar with this matter, & don't believe that ThinkProgress
editorializing is worth reading....it's right up (down?) there with Fox & Alternet.
But since I'm on the extreme end of pro-choice, I disapprove on several levels.
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swamplizard
Human
Take it all, I don't care as long as I've got enough to buy a harry rag.
Dirty Penguin
Master Of Ceremony
It's all good. They actually cited the local paper on the matter that carried the story as well as some other sources. I would have used Breitbart but they don't seem to be carrying this news on their site. ....
dust1n
Zindīq
"The Michigan Legislature won’t fix the roads. It hasn’t shown much interest in the state’s shockingly high rate of unplanned pregnancy, and infant and maternal death, especially in Detroit.
Yet this month, it approved an $800,000 contract in the 2014-15 budget “to promote childbirth,” alternatives to abortion and abstinence education at crisis pregnancy centers.
The no-bid contract goes solely to Real Alternatives Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit that helps anti-abortion, mostly faith-based centers comply with separation of church and state regulations and receive government funding.
The firm seeks out Michigan pregnancy centers that oppose abortion and the use of birth control pills and that counsel women to choose adoption or birth in unplanned pregnancies. Theoretically, state dollars will pass through Real Alternatives to reimburse the Michigan centers for diapers, baby furniture and counseling services.
That didn’t happen last year, however. Real Alternatives failed to see a single client or sign up one Michigan provider during the first eight months of the $700,000 contract, according to the Michigan Department of Community Health. Although Real Alternatives says it recently signed three providers, MDCH is unaware of them. The state has so far paid Real Alternatives less than $40,000 for expenses out of the $700,000 contract ending Sept. 30.
“Because they’ve had difficulty getting providers on board, we do have concerns about the effectiveness of this program. We are looking at ways we can improve the reports we receive from them,” said Angela Minicuci, MDCH spokeswoman.
Kevin Bagatta, Real Alternatives’ executive director since 1994, did not return calls for comment. A staffer said he was on vacation and could not be reached."
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140623/POLITICS02/306230019/1348/Legislature-OKs-$800K-for-abortion-alternatives-in-new-budget
Yet this month, it approved an $800,000 contract in the 2014-15 budget “to promote childbirth,” alternatives to abortion and abstinence education at crisis pregnancy centers.
The no-bid contract goes solely to Real Alternatives Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit that helps anti-abortion, mostly faith-based centers comply with separation of church and state regulations and receive government funding.
The firm seeks out Michigan pregnancy centers that oppose abortion and the use of birth control pills and that counsel women to choose adoption or birth in unplanned pregnancies. Theoretically, state dollars will pass through Real Alternatives to reimburse the Michigan centers for diapers, baby furniture and counseling services.
That didn’t happen last year, however. Real Alternatives failed to see a single client or sign up one Michigan provider during the first eight months of the $700,000 contract, according to the Michigan Department of Community Health. Although Real Alternatives says it recently signed three providers, MDCH is unaware of them. The state has so far paid Real Alternatives less than $40,000 for expenses out of the $700,000 contract ending Sept. 30.
“Because they’ve had difficulty getting providers on board, we do have concerns about the effectiveness of this program. We are looking at ways we can improve the reports we receive from them,” said Angela Minicuci, MDCH spokeswoman.
Kevin Bagatta, Real Alternatives’ executive director since 1994, did not return calls for comment. A staffer said he was on vacation and could not be reached."
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140623/POLITICS02/306230019/1348/Legislature-OKs-$800K-for-abortion-alternatives-in-new-budget
With Breitbart too, one must be careful not to trust that the article will match the headlines.It's all good. They actually cited the local paper on the matter that carried the story as well as some other sources. I would have used Breitbart but they don't seem to be carrying this news on their site. ....