It's a hypocritical paradox. The Republican Party's most zealot conservatives drone on about freedom, liberty and individual rights but these constitutional guarantees only apply as they see fit, to fiscal issues and the right to bear arms.
On the matter of women, the majority population in this country, these zealots harken back to biblical times or, worse, the stone age, ignoring every advancement women have fought and died for; the right to vote, equal pay for equal work, protections from workplace harassment, the right to say no and the RIGHT TO CHOOSE to become a Mother.
This right to choose has been settled law for 38 years!! And this right is more necessary today than ever when these same zealots are attempting to dismantle every safety net which exists for a woman and child to thrive, or even exist, if their financial circumstances are not ideal.
By defunding Planned Parenthood, women who need affordable birth control and counseling, so there won't be an unplanned pregnancy, won't get it. And if they do get pregnant, there won't be an affordable place to go to make a choice they have the LEGAL RIGHT to make!
And what are these zealots proposing to assist women who become pregnant but have little or no means or ability to raise a child? Drastic cuts to Medicaid, WIC, Head Start, Section 8 Housing, Legal Services, etc. Full implementation of the OWNership society, where desperate women will be on their own, with no support system in place for them or the children.
Planned Parenthood has provided vital information and innumerable services to millions of women. By defunding it, women who need it most will lose access to all of this. We can't let that happen! The choice is OURS!
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Hello, Andrea. Long time, eh? How are things with you and Hector?
There is no right to having an abortion paid for or subsidized by taxpayers. That is significantly different than the legal right to have an abortion.
All is well, and hope likewise for you. :-)
Taxpayers are not subsidizing abortions at Planned Parenthood. Social conservatives are using the abortion issue to eliminate funding for the many other services Planned Parenthood provides. That they happen to also offer abortion as an option, and funded by other sources, is the reason why they've chosen to cut funding.
And the women who will be most effected are the young and poor, who utilize Planned Parenthood for counseling, birth control, testing and disease control, health screenings etc.
It's an ideological swipe and it's wrong!
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