Fulton County Georgia has defeated a measure that would have given $300,000 of taxpayer dollars to a radical pro-abortion group that facilitates abortions.
Commissioner Dana Barrett wanted to spend the tax money funding Access Reproductive Care Southeast, a misnamed organization that doesn’t support reproductive care but actually pushes women into abortions and fund the destruction of their unborn children and costs associated with it.
Georgia has a heartbeat law that protect unborn babies from most all abortions but instead of helping women find positive alternatives, Barrett and leftists just fund abortions and abortion travel.
According to a local news report, “The measure failed with three votes in favor and two against, because of the county rule that a majority of the 7-member commission must vote in favor of items for passage”
Among the opponents was former State Rep. Alveda King, who now heads the anti-abortion group Speak For Life.
Commissioner Bridget Thorne cited her own faith in opposing the resolution, but also said the county can’t afford the donation, that the money should be redirected to senior services, and that Barrett previously opposed starting any new programs.
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Thorne said the county funds many social programs but those require an application process. Recipients only get a fraction of what Barrett proposed for ARC Southeast, but ARC Southeast would not have similar accountability for how the money is spent, Thorne said.
She said the main purpose of Barrett’s resolution was “driving wedges between us as commissioners.”
In the final vote, Barrett was supported by commissioners Hall and Marvin Arrington Jr. Commissioners Abdur-Rahman and Bob Ellis were opposed. Chairman Robb Pitts did not vote and Thorne had left her seat by the time the vote was taken.
