Defund Planned Parenthood</

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

Now, I'm sure it's a very worthy aim. I'm sure that the US tax dollar would be better spent on education or healthcare. However, I have to wonder about this article.

Firstly, it's overly reactive. It's playing to an audience, sure, but it's also invoking Godwin's law, which seems a stupid thing to do if you've right on your side. It's unconvicning, whereas I'm sure it could be convincing.

Secondly, do Planned Parenthood really hand out bad condoms deliberately, or do they just give out mediocre ones because they're cheaper? I know that Family Planning CLinic condoms break a lot, but noone claims they do it deliberately. I'm sure that this is a case of incompetence rather than maliciousness.

Thirdly, surely the problem with Planned Parenthood is exactly the problem with other similar organisations - they don't give out enough information? I don't really know, I just know that it's something people froth at the mouth over, but that's the impression I got. They don't say 'this has this percentage failure rate and this has these, and here are the pros and cons'. Is that not the case?

(I'm writing this here so as to get a balanced view, so please don't jump down my throat saying 'PP aren't evil! Look, they do these good works'. I'm becoming aware of that. I genuinely want to know.)

Comments

[stonedsamurai.livejournal.com]

Hi, I just saw this post via the Rocksoc friends site. I think this article is unbelievable (and I am speaking here as a pregnant woman) - abortion doctors do not 'kill babies for a living', sex education does not sexualize children, and the idea that anyone hands out bad condoms to enhance their abortion business is laughable. I got a box of condoms from a (British) sex education project and one burst. I have never had this happen with brand name condoms, but poorly-funded sex ed projects can't afford to hand out Durex or Mates. I agree with the article in that I think far too many abortions are carried out each year, although I do not think this is a problem in any moral/religious sense, rather I think we underestimate the possible medical and psychological consquences for the women and girls who have these abortions. However, surely then governments should be funding MORE sex education for children, and MORE provision of free (better quality) contraception so that we hopefully end up with FEWER abortions. Grrr. Rant over.

[stonedsamurai.livejournal.com]

Sorry, rant not quite over ... if they are making profits of $35 million a year, then some of that should be spent on giving out better condoms.