As Governor, I will direct my Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services not to distribute federal taxpayer dollars from that department to Planned Parenthood clinics.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think the governors would all agree that what we don't want from the federal government is unfunded mandates.
I've laid down my set of principles, so I will not force government-run health care on anyone.
When I have people like Planned Parenthood intentionally not following the law, that's where the state will be involved.
I do not support legislation that would ban birth control.
We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care.
I don't want to continue to fund Obamacare.
Someday, somehow, the leadership of Planned Parenthood will have to answer for their callous disregard of the sanctity of human life. In the meantime, I am relieved that the Bryan abortion facility has gone out of business.
I don't want to shut down the government.
I recognize that as governor, my job is to sit on the other side of the table from the public sector unions and negotiate effectively on behalf of all the taxpayers of the state, including all of you.
I don't go to the federal government and say, 'Fund my program.'