The organization that PREVre abortions than any other—PLANNED PARENTHOOD!

[watsup]

“But how can we reduce the number and the rate of abortions? Roughly half of the more than six million pregnancies in the United States each year are unintended. And many of them are to young mothers: according to the Guttmacher Institute, the rate of unintended pregnancies among sexually active teens is double that of all women.

If only we could find an organization that educates young girls, and boys, about the dangers of early and unwanted pregnancies; a group that distributes contraceptives but also stresses the fact that sexual abstinence is safe, free, and, when used continuously, always prevents pregnancy.

That group could really lower the abortion and teen-age pregnancy rates in this country. Oh. Wait. We have that organization. It’s called Planned Parenthood. Yes, Planned Parenthood offers abortions—which are legal in the United States. Nonetheless, according to Planned Parenthood, just three per cent of its services involve abortions. The vast majority of those services are devoted to the organization’s more central goal—helping people avoid unwanted pregnancy altogether.”

Planned Parenthood Means Fewer Abortions

If only there were an organization that could lower the number of abortions. Wait, we have that already. It’s Planned Parenthood.

www.newyorker.com

So if the anti-abortion crowd would spend more time supporting the organizations that are devoted to education about and access to birth control—like Planned Parenthood—instead of just screaming about abortions, there would be way less of them.

Anti-abortion extremists: NO ABORTIONS EVER! PASS LAWS!
Reasoned approach: Fewest number of abortions through education about and access to birth control, especially for economically disadvantaged women (since middle class women and above pretty much have access to birth control if and when they need or want it).

 

[Davin]

“But how can we reduce the number and the rate of abortions? Roughly half of the more than six million pregnancies in the United States each year are unintended. And many of them are to young mothers: according to the Guttmacher Institute, the rate of unintended pregnancies among sexually active teens is double that of all women.

If only we could find an organization that educates young girls, and boys, about the dangers of early and unwanted pregnancies; a group that distributes contraceptives but also stresses the fact that sexual abstinence is safe, free, and, when used continuously, always prevents pregnancy.

That group could really lower the abortion and teen-age pregnancy rates in this country. Oh. Wait. We have that organization. It’s called Planned Parenthood. Yes, Planned Parenthood offers abortions—which are legal in the United States. Nonetheless, according to Planned Parenthood, just three per cent of its services involve abortions. The vast majority of those services are devoted to the organization’s more central goal—helping people avoid unwanted pregnancy altogether.”

Planned Parenthood Means Fewer Abortions

If only there were an organization that could lower the number of abortions. Wait, we have that already. It’s Planned Parenthood.

www.newyorker.com

So if the anti-abortion crowd would spend more time supporting the organizations that are devoted to education about and access to birth control—like Planned Parenthood—instead of just screaming about abortions, there would be way less of them.

Anti-abortion extremists: NO ABORTIONS EVER! PASS LAWS!
Reasoned approach: Fewest number of abortions through education about and access to birth control, especially for economically disadvantaged women (since middle class women and above pretty much have access to birth control if and when they need or want it).

Conservatives seem to not want people to be educated about sex but they want to ban abortions. Go figure.

 

[Noodlegawd]

“But how can we reduce the number and the rate of abortions? Roughly half of the more than six million pregnancies in the United States each year are unintended. And many of them are to young mothers: according to the Guttmacher Institute, the rate of unintended pregnancies among sexually active teens is double that of all women.

If only we could find an organization that educates young girls, and boys, about the dangers of early and unwanted pregnancies; a group that distributes contraceptives but also stresses the fact that sexual abstinence is safe, free, and, when used continuously, always prevents pregnancy.

That group could really lower the abortion and teen-age pregnancy rates in this country. Oh. Wait. We have that organization. It’s called Planned Parenthood. Yes, Planned Parenthood offers abortions—which are legal in the United States. Nonetheless, according to Planned Parenthood, just three per cent of its services involve abortions. The vast majority of those services are devoted to the organization’s more central goal—helping people avoid unwanted pregnancy altogether.”

Planned Parenthood Means Fewer Abortions

If only there were an organization that could lower the number of abortions. Wait, we have that already. It’s Planned Parenthood.

www.newyorker.com

So if the anti-abortion crowd would spend more time supporting the organizations that are devoted to education about and access to birth control—like Planned Parenthood—instead of just screaming about abortions, there would be way less of them.

Anti-abortion extremists: NO ABORTIONS EVER! PASS LAWS!
Reasoned approach: Fewest number of abortions through education about and access to birth control, especially for economically disadvantaged women (since middle class women and above pretty much have access to birth control if and when they need or want it).

Not sure what argument you are trying to make. PP could do that with or without providing abortions. I'm all for keeping abortion legal, but I'm not for bad arguments.

 

[Phys251]

Not sure what argument you are trying to make.

Either you can't or won't understand the OP. Which is it?

PP could do that with or without providing abortions. I'm all for keeping abortion legal, but I'm not for bad arguments.

Except the OP's argument was on-point. Try to open your mind and then read it again.

 

[watsup]

Not sure what argument you are trying to make. PP could do that with or without providing abortions. I'm all for keeping abortion legal, but I'm not for bad arguments.

Why should PP stop providing abortions? The point is that the anti-abortion extremists focus on ONLY the 3% of what PP does while ignoring the fact that it is, indeed, the organization that PREVENTS more abortions than any other. The point is that if the anti-abortion extremists really and truly wanted to LESSEN abortions rather than using it as a political wedge issue, then they would cease their unending effort to totally defund PP.

 

[Noodlegawd]

Why should PP stop providing abortions?

I didn't say that.

The point is that the anti-abortion extremists focus on ONLY the 3% of what PP does while ignoring the fact that it is, indeed, the organization that PREVENTS more abortions than any other. The point is that if the anti-abortion extremists really and truly wanted to LESSEN abortions rather than using it as a political wedge issue, then they would cease their unending effort to totally defund PP.

Anti-abortion extremists want to eliminate abortions, legal ones anyway. That's why they focus on 3% of what PP does.