First off a plug from the Restricted number that has been calling me for two weeks.
I just gave $53.80 to Emily's List (the 3.80 is in honor of the 38 anniversary of Roe v. Wade that just occurred) which is a non-profit org. that works to elect women who support progressive change. Just them out here
Part of keeping the Government rolling this past week has been a promise to once again revisit the funding of Planned Parenthood.
Last week, Senator Jon Kyl, gave a speech against federal support for Planned Parenthood last week that was noted for his complete bullshit statement that 90% of Planned Parenthood services are abortions. What's worse was his staff’s explanation that the remarks were “not intended to be a factual statement." So, he was lying. He was just doing it to further his cause and well, lie.
Planned Parenthood provides contraceptives, testing and various other services besides abortion. The problem with the way that conservatives view Planned Parenthood is that they view birth control (and the morning after pill) as being the same thing as abortion.
It isn't.
Birth control prevents any fertilization from taking place and Plan B gives you a window of time (72 hours) where you can prevent fertilization if it hasn't already taken place. There is a pill that induces an abortion,RU-486 is entirely different from Emergency Contraception. This pill is available who choose not to have the more traditional vacuum aspiration procedure and wish to have their abortion at home or other non-clinical settings.
Conservatives advocate the ban of legal abortions but they also don't want anyone to prevent pregnancy (thus reducing the need for the procedure) either. They won't offer you assistance to take care of the child but they will demonize you if you become pregnant for any reason and choose not to carry the fetus. You can't win with people who think this way. The GOP isn't interested in offering any solutions, they just want to take away as many of our rights as possible.
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