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Jubelirer Says Lawsuit Challenging Vetoes Is Justified;
Affirms Commitment to Women's Health Services
HARRISBURG -- Statement
by Sen. Robert C. Jubelirer (R-Blair):
The lawsuit filed
challenging Governor Rendell's veto of language in the 2005-2006 state budget is
defending some very important principles of policy and governance, and we intend
to see it through.
The power of the General
Assembly to define appropriate uses of funding is a critical element in
achieving passage of a state budget.
The critics misstate the
purposes of the lawsuit, and seem to misunderstand the long-term implications of
letting the Governor's vetoes go unchallenged.
The lawsuit is not in any
way an attempt to deny women's health services badly needed funding. I have
been instrumental in adding state funding to provide essential services such as
cervical cancer screening, and my commitment to these services has not changed.
A central fact not to be
ignored in this debate is that Pennsylvanians overwhelmingly oppose the use of
tax dollars to support abortions. The restrictions that Governor Rendell vetoed
in July had been contained in a series of state budgets, and had not imperiled
women's health services.
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