CONCORD — The Executive Council has rejected another effort to provide $1 million in funding for non-abortion reproductive health-care services for low-income residents at facilities in Concord, Greenland, Claremont, Manchester, Keene, Derry and Exeter.
The repeated request by Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette was placed on the council agenda by Gov. Chris Sununu, who supported the contract, Dec. 22, 2021, and again asked for reconsideration from his fellow Republicans without effect.
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