{"id":85006,"date":"2016-01-11T12:42:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T17:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=85006"},"modified":"2016-01-11T12:42:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T17:42:44","slug":"chris-christie-under-fire-donate-planned-parenthood-1994","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/chris-christie-under-fire-donate-planned-parenthood-1994\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie under fire for allegedly donating to Planned Parenthood in 1994"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is under fire from one of his Republican presidential competitors, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, for allegedly donating to Planned Parenthood in the past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chris Christie personally contributed to Planned Parenthood,&#8221; Rubio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/rubio-unloads-on-christie-over-guns-planned-parenthood-updated\/article\/2000458\">said<\/a> last week on Fox Business Network. &#8220;I just don&#8217;t think this country can afford to elect a president that will not stand up and undo the damage Barack Obama has done to this country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Christie adamantly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/christie-i-never-donated-to-planned-parenthood\/article\/2000507\">denied<\/a> the charge Sunday on CBS: &#8220;I never donated to Planned Parenthood, so that&#8217;s wrong. For him to be trying to characterize my conservative record in that way is contrary to what Marco himself said. Marco himself has said that I was a conservative reformer in New Jersey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The accusation stems from Bob Ingle&#8217;s 2012 biography of Christie, which quotes him as citing his own personal financial support for the abortion giant as a reason it did not require taxpayer funding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I support Planned Parenthood privately with my personal contribution and that should be the goal of any agency, to find private donations,&#8221; he reportedly said in 1994. &#8220;I would consider all groups looking for funding, but there is a limit and we have to pick and choose. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Weekly Standard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/christie-i-never-donated-to-planned-parenthood\/article\/2000507\">attempted<\/a> to follow up with Christie&#8217;s campaign, which reiterated the declaration that &#8220;he never donated per his comments this morning,&#8221; but refused to comment on the biography quote.<\/p>\n<p>Christie has been open about the broader issue of his being a convert to the pro-life cause, having been convinced by the ultrasound of his preborn daughter: &#8220;And I heard that heartbeat. That&#8217;s a life. And it\u2014it led to me having a real reflection on my position. And when I took time to reflect on it, I just said, you know what, I&#8217;m not comfortable with that anymore. That was back in 1995, and I&#8217;ve been pro-life ever since.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is under fire from one of his Republican presidential competitors, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, for allegedly donating to Planned Parenthood in the past. &#8220;Chris Christie personally contributed to Planned Parenthood,&#8221; Rubio said last week on Fox Business Network. &#8220;I just don&#8217;t think this country can afford to elect a president [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":85013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[3581,19,3904,131,4165,14,4865,615],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chris Christie under fire for allegedly donating to Planned Parenthood in 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