Alaska Gov. Slashes Court’s Budget by $334,700 after Pro-Abortion Funding Decision
The pro-life governor of Alaska has found a creative way to pay for court-mandated abortion funding: take it out of the judicial branch’s budget.
Alaska Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy, a Republican, issued a line-item veto Friday removing $334,700 from the budget of the Alaska Supreme Court and the state appeals courts – four months after the Alaska Supreme Court ruled the state could not prohibit taxpayer funding of abortion.
“The Legislative and Executive Branch are opposed to State-funded elective abortions; the only branch of government that insists on State-funded elective abortions is the Supreme Court,” Dunleavy wrote in a veto message. “The annual cost of elective abortions is reflected by this reduction.”...
Dr. Mark Allison | 1/20/2013
