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Nassau's Executive Unveils Plan to Reduce the Number of Abortions [1]

['Bruce Lambert']

Date: 2006-02-08

GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Feb. 7 - Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi announced a plan on Tuesday intended to reduce abortions, calling the proposal a "politically risky" step as he contemplates running for governor this year. Even as he was speaking, an abortion rights group issued a statement criticizing the plan.

Mr. Suozzi's proposal would give nearly $1 million in county grants to groups including Planned Parenthood and Catholic Charities to promote birth control, adoption, housing for unwed mothers and abstinence. He proposes spending similar amounts in each of the next two years.

But Naral Pro-Choice New York countered in an e-mail message to the news media that "President Bush is already pumping millions into abstinence programs that have been shown not to work. Tom Suozzi should know better and not join the Bush administration in putting taxpayer dollars into programs that fall short of what our teens need."

In an interview, Naral's president, Kelli Conlin, said, "Mr. Suozzi is pandering in the worst possible way."

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/nyregion/nassaus-executive-unveils-plan-to-reduce-the-number-of-abortions.html

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