May 2024

Planned Parenthood Reaps Taxpayer Financed Windfall

The last three days of the legislative session was consumed by an effort to meet the financial needs of many nonprofits struggling to survive. Through good fortune, Governor Ned Lamont and legislative leaders decided to use $480 million in federal COVID relief funding under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

These funds were not subject to the normal state budget debate or votes. Leaders disbursed these funds to the University of Connecticut, towns, various local capital projects, and numerous nonprofit organizations. Some of those local projects included pickleball courts and an elevator for a public library. Sadly, legislators approved $3 million in no strings attached funding to Planned Parenthood of Southern New England (PPSNE). This allocation was squirreled away in a voluminous document (HB 5523) and voted upon hours later in the House and the next day in the Senate.

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England is Financially Strong - Endowment Fund Grew by 72 % from 2019 to 2023  

At our State Capitol: These debates would have never happened several hears ago.

Legislators debate the term "pregnant person"

Gender-Identity Ideology debated in Judiciary Committee

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NPR Issues Correction, Admits There Is Evidence Proving Male Athletes Have Advantage over Females

Internationally: Nations pull away from gender-affirming care.

British Pediatric Expert Warns ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Groups in U.S. Are ‘Misleading the Public’

Germany Joins Nations Skeptical of Gender Transition Procedures for Minors as Evidence of Harms Mounts