Just days after the New Jersey state legislature approved a bill that would restore the state’s family planning fund from oblivion, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took out his red pen and vetoed it last Friday. This is the third time in three years Christie has vetoed the family planning budget since he took office in late 2009.

As Ms. reported last week, the bill (S-788) was a supplement to a spending proposal for the 2013 fiscal year. Although Christie signed the $31.7 billion spending budget, he vetoed numerous provisions of the bill—including several anti-poverty initiatives.