So, we all know Planned Parenthood is under attack from so many angles, and that so many people are lying about them, some senators (Hi Jon Kyl! How is something presented as fact on the senate floor NOT meant to be taken as fact?) and some talk show hosts making ridiculous hyperbole (Hi Glen Beck! Hookers, huh? Really? I mean, REALLY?) (and yes, I am not linking to these things because, hi, I'm sick, and also, hi, Google is your friend, really.
I don't even know how to respond.
We all know, or should know, at this point, that any abortions that PP does are not federally funded already due to the Hyde Amendment. We also know, or should know by now, that abortion is only ~3% of what PP does.
Look, guys. I'm a married 26 year old lady. I think it is probably not a secret that I am having sex. And since I am unemployed, my husband and I can't really afford to have a kid right now. So you know what we do to prevent that? BIRTH CONTROL. and you know where I am going to most likely be going to get my birth control when my prescription runs out, since I have no insurance? PLANNED PARENTHOOD. And you know where I will most likely get my pap and yearly check up, that will ensure that I will be able to provide my husband with joyous offspring, thereby demonstrating his virility to the world in a Republican-approved manner? PLANNED PARENTHOOD. And you know what else I could go to PP for if I did manage to get knocked up earlier than planned despite the birth control? PRENATAL CARE. That's right, guys. PP will do all the SUPER EXPENSIVE prenatal checkups a woman should have at an affordable price! And if I wanted to get pregnant and had trouble conceiving, you know what else they could do? Tell me all kinds of medical stuff about how to up my chances of conception! Because they actually do employs doctors and nurse practitioners who know about this stuff! If we wanted a kid and got pregnant now, PP would actually be able to help us have a healthy baby and reduce the risk of miscarriage!
WHY DO YOU HATE HEALTHY BABIES, PEOPLE WHO HATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD? WHY DO YOU HATE REDUCING STDS AND CHECKING WOMEN FOR CANCER? I CAN YELL JUST AS WELL AS YOU CAN!
Walgreens and CVS can't prescribe me my birth control (that enables us to have condomless sex the way most men like it, GOP!). They can't give me a pap smear and help make sure I don't get cancer (Are they going to look up my vag in the stationary aisle? The candy aisle? No. They DON'T DO THAT KIND OF STUFF). They can sell me vitamins, but can they sample my blood and help me deal with gestational diabetes if I get it? NO, THEY CAN'T. The kids in pharmacy school who usually fill my prescriptions may well not even know of doctor's offices to refer me to if I need a specialist!
So, yeah, guys. Planned Parenthood does provide abortions, and in my opinion, that's a super important thing that shouldn't be prevented. But through their birth control services, they do a whole hell of a lot more to prevent abortion than the Right does, and through their many many services, they do a whole hell of a lot that benefits married men and women, whether the lady in the equation is a housewife or holds down a demanding career.
Oh, and for the dudes who want to sleep around while they're young and single? WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY GET TESTED FOR STDS AFTER COLLEGE, HUH?
EDIT: Oh My God, Stephen Colbert. I think I love you. How did I not know about this clip until right now, 2:01 PM?
EDIT: Oh My God, Stephen Colbert. I think I love you. How did I not know about this clip until right now, 2:01 PM?
2 comments:
Yeah, I feel like screaming too, haha. I would honestly love to find some common ground with the conservatives, but I'm beginning to believe that it is truly impossible; they seem to live in a completely different world.
At least OUR kids will have better opportunities.
I feel bad for all of the kids born to our classmates shortly after we graduated high school; their lives won't be so easy.
There was a time in this country when being a liar or a braggart got you scorn and derision. Thanks to television and the Internet, it now makes you famous. Glenn Beck would not exist without television.
As to John Kyl... well, apparently being a member of the GOP gets you a card that allows you to say pretty much anything you please. Forget cable news -- why hasn't network news made a bigger deal of this? Why isn't there a Senate ethics investigation? Where is the outrage? There isn't any, because we've become numb to it, or at least many of us have. I, for one, am smart enough that I'm not so easily duped. We need more of us in this world if we're to have any chance of long-term survival.
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