Murphy Promises More Money for Planned Parenthood
Phil Murphy picked up an endorsement from Planned Parenthood on Thursday, pledging not only to restore reproductive health care funding cut by Gov. Chris Christie but to increase it.
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund endorsed Murphy, the Democratic nominee for governor, and legislative candidates at a rally on the steps of the Trenton War Memorial. With the state house as a back drop, speakers criticized Christie for cutting the state’s yearly appropriation to Planned Parenthood since 2010. Murphy said he would restore and potentially increase the $7.5 million per year if elected.
“We not only stand and stand proudly that we will reinstate the $7.5 million, but I want to shoot higher,” he said. “I want to do better than that. Particularly, in the face of a hostile federal administration. So it’s not just about getting things back to par and getting things back to where they were. It’s about reaching beyond that.”
After the rally, Murphy said he didn’t have an exact figure of how much he’d like to see spent on Planned Parenthood. But he noted restoring the $7.5 million would make up a modest sum in the state budget, which is $34.6 billion this year.
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(New Jersey Observer)