The Latest: Kasich Gets Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

The Latest on an Ohio proposal that seeks to strip government funding away from Planned Parenthood (all times local):

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2:35 p.m.

An Ohio bill that seeks to divert government money away from Planned Parenthood is headed to Republican Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) for his expected signature.

The GOP-led state House cleared the legislation Wednesday as Kasich, a Republican presidential contender, campaigned for the coming GOP primary in South Carolina. Signing the bill might help Kasich with conservatives who dominate the state's Feb. 20 primary.

Final passage of the Ohio bill comes a day after the New Hampshire primary, where a tough stance against Planned Parenthood might have been received with less enthusiasm by its many moderate Republican voters.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-kasich-bill-defund-planned-parenthood-36841390

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Feb 10, 2016, 2:39 PM ET

[elljay]

1. This is the "Moderate" Republican

Or so the media would have us believe. In reality, he is just a nicer version of extremist.

[wolfie001]

4. You beat my post by seconds

darn

[elljay]

13. Extra Strong Coffee

It was the caffeine!

[William Seger]

6. He's probably worse than those who are only pandering to the far right (n/t)

[wolfie001]

2. What a reasonable moderate!!!!

[PufPuf23]

3. So much for the idea that Kasich at least was somewhat sane.

Planned Parenthood is a good and rightfully anenduring USA institution.

The GOP issue about PP is political pandering and hate (of minority, poor, and women) at its worse.

[brooklynite]

5. I was at a Kasich Town Hall on Sunday...

...he was emphatic that he would NEVER support funding for PP.

[old guy]

7. I suspect it may help him in the primary,

but would be a big negative in the general.

[thesquanderer]

9. OTOH, if PP is a big issue for you, you're likely voting Dem in November regardless.

So really, maybe not a big risk for him.

[vkkv]

8. Can't wait to see if he signs it! Don't do it Johnny!

[CTyankee]

10. no, no, no! Do it! Drive another nail in the coffin of your campaign...

one in five women in the U.S. have been to Planned Parenthood for a variety of reasons. So lots of them are in your state. Do this and your state's Dem party will let it be known to all.

[vkkv]

11. Yeah, I know, he'll sign it, women will suffer for it though.. Repukes have all gone insane

from believing their own lies.

[CTyankee]

12. We are all entering hell in these place here in the U.S. It is a tragic play in which

women's lives are at stake. How long before women in red states wake up and vote for their own best interests...?