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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Francis Takes Congress To Task On Immigration, Abortion, Gay Marriage And The Syrian Refugee Crisis

Francis Takes Congress To Task On Immigration, Abortion, Gay Marriage And The Syrian Refugee Crisis

September 24, 2015 Abortion , Francis Takes Congress To Task On Immigration 0 Comments


By Bradford Richardson, Sep 12, 2015 Daily Mail

Pope Francis delivered a stinging blow to nativist conservatives bent on keeping illegal immigrants and Middle Eastern refugees out of the United States, saying Thursday in a landmark address to Congress that Americans should show compassion to immigrants of all stripes.

'When the stranger in our midst appeals to us, we must not repeat the sins and the errors of the past,' the Roman Catholic pontiff said. 'We must resolve now to live as nobly and as justly as possible, as we educate new generations not to turn their back on our “neighbors” and everything around us.'

Speaking in English – a language he has learned only recently – Francis also dropped coded messages to conservatives about gay marriage and abortion, and made an impassioned plea for a left-leaning approach to capital punishment in an unprecedented visit to Capitol Hill by a sitting Pope.
 
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Planned Parenthood Getting Heat From Even CNN

Planned Parenthood Getting Heat From Even CNN

August 05, 2015 Abortion , Camerota 0 Comments

CNN's Camerota to Planned Parenthood Exec.: Any 'Soul Searching' After Videos? 


By Matthew Balan, Aug 04, 2015 NewsBusters

CNN's Alisyn Camerota actually pressed Planned Parenthood executive vice president Dawn Laguens on Tuesday's New Day over the controversy surrounding the abortion organization's sale of organs and other tissues from aborted babies. Camerota wondered, "As a result of these [undercover] videos...is there any soul searching that's going on in Planned Parenthood today – not, obviously, about the mission statement of what Planned Parenthood does – but, perhaps, about the method or the means of talking about it?" [video below]

The anchor also spotlighted how "even Hillary Clinton...even people in the Democratic Party have called these videos disturbing." She also noted that "it does appear, from the snippets that have seen in the public, as though something unscrupulous is happening." However, the journalist didn't go as overboard as she did with pro-lifer David Daleiden over an hour later, as she brought up how "critics of your organization...say that you're not journalists, as
you purport to be on your website, but rather, you're violent extremists."

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

ICYMI: After Roe--Then What? By Larry Elder

ICYMI: After Roe--Then What? By Larry Elder

July 30, 2015 Abortion , Meet the Press 0 Comments

By Larry Elder, Aug 18, 2005 Town Hall

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, what happens?

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., seemed clueless on the issue. "Meet the Press's" Tim Russert flummoxed the senator when Russert asked, "What would happen if Roe v. Wade was overturned?" McCain's response? "I don't know. I don't know what would happen because I don't think it's going to be."

Russert asked, "You don't?"

McCain replied, "No, I don't think it is, at least not any time soon given the tenor of politics in America and the courts in America."

McCain "doesn't know"?

Almost two months following McCain's "Meet the Press" appearance, Russert discussed the Roberts nomination with former Gov. Mario Cuomo, D-N.Y., among others. On the issue of abortion, Russert quoted Justice Antonin Scalia. Russert said, "[Scalia's quote] may surprise some people. . . . 'If a state were to permit abortion on demand, I would and could in good conscience vote against an attempt to invalidate that law. . . . I have religious views on the subject, but they have nothing whatever to do with my job.'" Note Russert's assertion that this "may surprise some people."

This "surprises some people" because leftists in academia, mainstream media and Hollywood confuse people on the issue. Roe did not legalize abortion. Rather, the Court discovered a "right to privacy" -- nowhere mentioned in the Constitution.

Consider a recent article in The Los Angeles Times. On the issue of the nomination of John Roberts to become a Supreme Court justice, the Times reporter wrote: "The president of the National Organization for Women [NOW], Kim Gandy, warned that of the high court candidates considered by Bush, Roberts was one of the most extreme when it came to the question of overturning the Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion [emphasis added]." Legalized abortion?

Our Founding Fathers restricted the duties, powers and obligations of the federal government, leaving the remainder to the people and to the states themselves. This includes abortion.

In 1971, nearly two years before Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on United States v. Vuitch, their first case involving abortion. It upheld a District of Columbia law permitting abortion only to preserve a woman's life or "health." The Court, however, generously defined "health" to include "psychological and physical well-being." This effectively allowed abortion for virtually any reason.

In 1972, the year before Roe v. Wade, 13 states -- including Colorado, California, Oregon and North Carolina -- allowed abortion for reasons including the mother's mental or physical health, rape and incest, and fetal deformity. New York allowed abortion on demand up to the 24th week of pregnancy, with similar laws in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington. Mississippi allowed abortion for rape and incest, while Alabama allowed abortion for the mother's physical health. Thirty-one states allowed abortion only to save the mother's life.

Again, in a post Roe v. Wade world, what happens?

USA Today conducted a state-by-state analysis. Their analysis expects 11 "conservative states" to immediately pass laws prohibiting abortion. But those "conservative states" only had 122 abortion providers in 2000, less than 7 percent of the nation's 1,819 abortion providers. "Most of those 122 providers (65) are in Texas," writes USA Today. "If pro-choice forces can hold on to Texas (not unlikely, given the feisty Democratic minority's tendency to flee to Oklahoma to deny the Legislature a quorum when its members are miffed) we're down to 57 providers. If the Democrats controlling the Alabama and Arkansas legislatures decided to act like Democrats, not Dixiecrats, that total could fall to 36."

That leaves eight "conservative states" with only 36 abortion providers between them -- an already difficult proposition for any woman seeking an abortion in those states. In six of them -- Mississippi, Kentucky, the Dakotas, Missouri and Nebraska -- a woman cannot find an abortion provider in 97-98 percent of those states' counties. In other words, as it stands now, conservative states reduce abortion to almost non-existence, so a post-Roe world, at least in those states, changes little.

 Despite NOW's intense support of Roe v. Wade, regular Americans appear wary of Roe and its scope. Yes, according to a recent CBS poll, 59 percent of Americans call Roe a "good thing." But when pressed more specifically, people give answers that change the picture dramatically. Only 25 percent want abortion on demand -- effectively the Roe position. Fourteen percent want abortion permitted with more restrictions; 38 percent want abortions permitted in rape, incest and to save women's lives; 15 percent want abortion permitted only to save women's lives; and 3 percent want abortion not permitted at all. When added together, 70 percent want greater, not fewer, restrictions on abortion. What about the alleged extremist, right-wing, Christian-driven, out-of-the-mainstream demand for parental notification of abortion for females under 18? The number of Americans supporting parental notification -- 80 percent.
 
With a reversal of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court says this: Where the Constitution fails to provide a specific empowerment for the federal government -- butt out.

Now that may surprise some people.
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FLASHBACK: Roe Ruling: More Than Its Author Intended

FLASHBACK: Roe Ruling: More Than Its Author Intended

July 30, 2015 Abortion , Author 0 Comments

By David G. Savage, Sep, 14, 2005 Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — In mid-1971, the Supreme Court agreed for the first time to hear a constitutional challenge to the long-standing state laws limiting abortion. Its decision to do so reverberates today.

At that time, Texas and 30 other states had laws, dating from the 19th century, that made an abortion a crime unless it was performed to save the mother's life.


Georgia, like California, had revised its laws in the late 1960s to permit abortion in specific circumstances: if the mother's health was endangered, if the pregnancy was caused by rape or if the fetus had a severe defect.

The newest member of the Supreme Court, Justice Harry A. Blackmun, saw much to like in the revised abortion laws. A lawyer who greatly admired doctors, he had been general counsel for the Mayo Clinic in his home state of Minnesota before becoming a federal appellate judge.

He believed that doctors needed to have leeway to do medically necessary abortions. In the court's first private conference on the issue, he described Georgia's law as "a fine statute [that] strikes a balance that is fair."


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Saturday, July 25, 2015

Abortion: "Dramatic, And Consistent, Downturn In The Long-Term Abortion Rate"

Abortion: "Dramatic, And Consistent, Downturn In The Long-Term Abortion Rate"

July 25, 2015 Abortion , Abortion data 0 Comments

What’s Driving The Downturn In Number Of Abortions?

By Charmaine Yoest, July 25, 2015
Daily Signal

The data on the abortion rate in the United States for 2014 has not been updated since 2011. And that is just the beginning of the problems with American abortion data. The paucity and poor quality of data on abortion in our country are worthy of note in and of themselves. While the better-known aphorism is “what you subsidize, you get more of,” there seems to be a lesser-known corollary guiding abortion politics: “What you don’t measure doesn’t matter.”

Abortion data is collected by the Centers for Dis­ease Control on a purely voluntary reporting basis. And even that is done incompletely. For example, California, Maryland, and New Hampshire do not report their abortion statistics to the CDC. The Gutt­macher Institute—the research arm of the abortion lobby—conducts an annual survey of abortion pro­viders that provides an alternate, but still non-com­prehensive, source of accounting.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Georgia Law Restricts Abortion After 1st Trimester

June 10, 2015 Abortion , Abortion Pill 0 Comments
Woman Charged With Murder In Death Of 5-Month-Old Fetus After Taking Abortion Pill

By CBS Atlanta, Jun. 9, 2015

ALBANY, Ga. (CBS Atlanta/AP) — A south Georgia woman has been charged with malice murder in the death of a 5 1/2-month-old fetus she delivered after taking an abortion pill.

WALB-TV reports 23-year-old Kenlissa Jones took a Cytotec abortion pill she purchased on the Internet and delivered the fetus Saturday night. Jones reportedly bought the pill from a source in Canada.

A neighbor drove Jones to the hospital, but she delivered the baby boy in the car.

Jones’ family was shocked at what happened.

“At that point we didn’t even know she was pregnant,” Rico Riggins, her brother, told WALB. “And so my first real reaction was like, why she keeping it away from us.”


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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Upcoming Documentary

May 26, 2015 Abortion , Ann McElhinney 0 Comments
Filmmaker Who Interviewed Abortionist Kermit Gosnell: “I Was Sitting The Presence of Evil

By Tim Graham, May 25, 2015, Life News

 Dana Loesch at TheBlaze TV interviewed Irish filmmaker Ann McElhinney, who’s working on a movie and a book about abortionist Kermit Gosnell, now in prison for killing seven babies after birth and allowing an overmedicated woman to die in his dirty Philadelphia clinic. The national media largely blacked out his trial in 2013.

 She met Dr. Gosnell in person.

 “He has an answer for everything. He lives in his own little world. Every word that comes out of his mouth is a lie. He lies so easily,” she said.



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Friday, May 8, 2015

"tougher laws were making the geography of abortion more complex."

May 08, 2015 Abortion , Newsbusters 0 Comments
Wild West Woes: WashPost Whines for Wyoming Woman Who Drove 400 Miles for an Abortion 

By Tim Graham, May 8, 2015, Newsbusters

To liberal media outlets, the saddest thing about abortion is how women seeking to terminate their baby may have to drive more than 20 minutes to a clinic. The Washington Post on Thursday offered a 2,390-word opus on a woman named Emily [last name sympathetically withheld] who procured an abortion in Missoula, Montana, driving 407 miles from Wyoming.

The headline was “The long drive to end a pregnancy.” The story took up two entire inside pages with a page of scenic color pictures along the drive, but no people in them. Post writer Monica Hesse lectured in large letters on the front of the Style section about the “geography of abortion” being too taxing in red states:

This was a drive Emily had never taken for a procedure she hadn't imagined needing, in a time when fewer clinics and tougher laws were making the geography of abortion more complex. Because of the sensitivity of the abortion issue, The Washington Post agreed with Emily's request not to use her last name or identify where she lives.

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Saturday, April 25, 2015

Will Hillary Be Asked To Take The Rand Paul Abortion Quiz?

Will Hillary Be Asked To Take The Rand Paul Abortion Quiz?

April 25, 2015 Abortion , Hillary Clinton 0 Comments
Hillary: ‘Deep-Seated ... Religious Beliefs ... Have To Be Changed’

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

A WHAT?!

A WHAT?!

April 15, 2015 Abortion , 0 Comments
Abortion a ‘Basic Core Skill

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Pro-choice side wishes she'd go away

January 22, 2015 Abortion , LifeNews.com 0 Comments
Woman Behind Roe v. Wade: "I'm Dedicating My Life to Overturning It"

Steven Ertelt, Jan. 22, 2015, LifeNews.com

“Back in 1973, I was a very confused twenty-one year old with one child and facing an unplanned pregnancy,” she says in the ad. “At the time I fought to obtain a legal abortion, but truth be told, I have three daughters and never had an abortion.”

“I think it’s safe to say that the entire abortion industry is based on a lie…. I am dedicated to spending the rest of my life undoing the law that bears my name,” McCorvey says.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

ES Twitter Flash

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Never mind Hobby Lobby

September 02, 2014 Abortion , California 0 Comments
Restricting 'Choice': California Dictates That Its Employers Cannot Refuse To Cover Elective Abortions

By Tom Blumner, Aug. 31, 2014, Newsbusters.org

This "choice" thing with abortion is really the narrowest of one-way streets.

Seven robed men decided in 1973 that a woman has a "privacy" right to "choose" to take the life of a pre-born baby she is carrying, the God-given right to life of the baby be damned. But the radicals in Jerry Brown's government in the State of California have now mandated that all employers in that state, even those with religious affiliations, do not have a choice as to whether they will cover abortions in their health plans. It's funny, but certainly not in a humorous sense, how certain states' attempts to limit the practice routinely make national news, while this blatantly coercive dictate by California has barely been noticed.

The Associated Press did carry a story at its national site (a backup link is here). But it was not widely picked up. Additionally, a Google News search on "California elective abortions" (not in quotes, sorted by date, showing duplicates) returned about 55 items, almost all of which were from news outlets within the state or prolife and religious publications.

Here are excerpts from the unbylined AP item (bolds are mine throughout this post):

CALIFORNIA: INSURERS MUST COVER ELECTIVE ABORTIONS

Health insurance companies in California may not refuse to cover the cost of abortions, state insurance officials have ruled in a reversal of policy stemming from the decision by two Catholic universities to drop elective abortions from their employee health plans.

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Because of NSA? Not economy, foreign policy?

August 07, 2014 Abortion , Feminism 0 Comments
Liberal Actress Gyllenhaal: Barack Obama Has Broken My Heart

 Maggie Gyllenhaal
 By Scott Whitlock, Aug. 5, 2014, Newsbusters.org

Liberal actress Maggie Gyllenhaal talked to Time magazine for the August 18 issue and complained about Barack Obama. After writer Belinda Luscombe noted that "you've said President Obama has broken your heart," the actress derided, "I really believed in him, and I’m not sure what he believes in anymore."

Asked why, she added, "The way he’s handled the NSA stuff...I hope for a leader who will stand up and be unpopular." Offered an opportunity to take a position on the Israel/Gaza conflict (one that could be unpopular), Gyllenhall dodged, "What I’ve been doing is trying to read as much as I can and to think and feel each day what my position is." The Time journalist chided, "You don’t worry that, as Desmond Tutu says, the neutral have chosen the side of the oppressor?" Read the full story:  www.newsbusters.org

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Feared his ruling would be misunderstood

August 06, 2014 Abortion , David G. Savage 1 Comments
Author Of Roe v. Wade Wanted ONLY "Medically Necessary" Abortions Pt. 2

By David G. Savage, Sept 14, 2005

WASHINGTON — In mid-1971, the Supreme Court agreed for the first time to hear a constitutional challenge to the long-standing state laws limiting abortion. Its decision to do so reverberates today.

At that time, Texas and 30 other states had laws, dating from the 19th century, that made an abortion a crime unless it was performed to save the mother's life.

Georgia, like California, had revised its laws in the late 1960s to permit abortion in specific circumstances: if the mother's health was endangered, if the pregnancy was caused by rape or if the fetus had a severe defect.

The newest member of the Supreme Court, Justice Harry A. Blackmun, saw much to like in the revised abortion laws. A lawyer who greatly admired doctors, he had been general counsel for the Mayo Clinic in his home state of Minnesota before becoming a federal appellate judge.

He believed that doctors needed to have leeway to do medically necessary abortions. In the court's first private conference on the issue, he described Georgia's law as "a fine statute [that] strikes a balance that is fair."

Yet, a year later, Blackmun wrote an opinion for the court that struck down all of the nation's abortion laws. Equally important, his opinion made virtually all abortions legal as a matter of a constitutional right.

That opinion, in the case of Roe vs. Wade, remains the court's most disputed decision of recent decades. By abruptly voiding all laws against abortion, it galvanized a powerful antiabortion movement that has transformed American politics.

It also dominates public debate over the court and its future. The Senate confirmation hearing for Judge John G. Roberts Jr., like those of all recent nominees, is focusing on one question: Will he vote to uphold or to reverse Roe vs. Wade?

 Related:  'What Would Happen If SCOTUS overturned Roe V. Wade?--NOTHING', Pt 1

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Such ignorance about Roe v Wade

August 06, 2014 Abortion , Articles by Larry Elder 0 Comments
'What Would Happen If SCOTUS overturned Roe V. Wade?--NOTHING', Pt 1

By Larry Elder, Aug. 18, 2005

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, what happens?

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., seemed clueless on the issue. "Meet the Press's" Tim Russert flummoxed the senator when Russert asked, "What would happen if Roe v. Wade was overturned?" McCain's response? "I don't know. I don't know what would happen because I don't think it's going to be."

Russert asked, "You don't?"

McCain replied, "No, I don't think it is, at least not any time soon given the tenor of politics in America and the courts in America."

McCain "doesn't know"?

Almost two months following McCain's "Meet the Press" appearance, Russert discussed the Roberts nomination with former Gov. Mario Cuomo, D-N.Y., among others. On the issue of abortion, Russert quoted Justice Antonin Scalia. Russert said, "[Scalia's quote] may surprise some people. . . . 'If a state were to permit abortion on demand, I would and could in good conscience vote against an attempt to invalidate that law. . . . I have religious views on the subject, but they have nothing whatever to do with my job.'" Note Russert's assertion that this "may surprise some people."

This "surprises some people" because leftists in academia, mainstream media and Hollywood confuse people on the issue. Roe did not legalize abortion. Rather, the Court discovered a "right to privacy" -- nowhere mentioned in the Constitution.

Consider a recent article in The Los Angeles Times. On the issue of the nomination of John Roberts to become a Supreme Court justice, the Times reporter wrote: "The president of the National Organization for Women [NOW], Kim Gandy, warned that of the high court candidates considered by Bush, Roberts was one of the most extreme when it came to the question of overturning the Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion [emphasis added]." Legalized abortion?

Our Founding Fathers restricted the duties, powers and obligations of the federal government, leaving the remainder to the people and to the states themselves. This includes abortion.

In 1971, nearly two years before Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on United States v. Vuitch, their first case involving abortion. It upheld a District of Columbia law permitting abortion only to preserve a woman's life or "health." The Court, however, generously defined "health" to include "psychological and physical well-being." This effectively allowed abortion for virtually any reason.

In 1972, the year before Roe v. Wade, 13 states -- including Colorado, California, Oregon and North Carolina -- allowed abortion for reasons including the mother's mental or physical health, rape and incest, and fetal deformity. New York allowed abortion on demand up to the 24th week of pregnancy, with similar laws in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington. Mississippi allowed abortion for rape and incest, while Alabama allowed abortion for the mother's physical health. Thirty-one states allowed abortion only to save the mother's life.

Again, in a post Roe v. Wade world, what happens?

USA Today conducted a state-by-state analysis. Their analysis expects 11 "conservative states" to immediately pass laws prohibiting abortion. But those "conservative states" only had 122 abortion providers in 2000, less than 7 percent of the nation's 1,819 abortion providers. "Most of those 122 providers (65) are in Texas," writes USA Today. "If pro-choice forces can hold on to Texas (not unlikely, given the feisty Democratic minority's tendency to flee to Oklahoma to deny the Legislature a quorum when its members are miffed) we're down to 57 providers. If the Democrats controlling the Alabama and Arkansas legislatures decided to act like Democrats, not Dixiecrats, that total could fall to 36."

That leaves eight "conservative states" with only 36 abortion providers between them -- an already difficult proposition for any woman seeking an abortion in those states. In six of them -- Mississippi, Kentucky, the Dakotas, Missouri and Nebraska -- a woman cannot find an abortion provider in 97-98 percent of those states' counties. In other words, as it stands now, conservative states reduce abortion to almost non-existence, so a post-Roe world, at least in those states, changes little.

Despite NOW's intense support of Roe v. Wade, regular Americans appear wary of Roe and its scope. Yes, according to a recent CBS poll, 59 percent of Americans call Roe a "good thing." But when pressed more specifically, people give answers that change the picture dramatically. Only 25 percent want abortion on demand -- effectively the Roe position. Fourteen percent want abortion permitted with more restrictions; 38 percent want abortions permitted in rape, incest and to save women's lives; 15 percent want abortion permitted only to save women's lives; and 3 percent want abortion not permitted at all. When added together, 70 percent want greater, not fewer, restrictions on abortion. What about the alleged extremist, right-wing, Christian-driven, out-of-the-mainstream demand for parental notification of abortion for females under 18? The number of Americans supporting parental notification -- 80 percent.

With a reversal of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court says this: Where the Constitution fails to provide a specific empowerment for the federal government -- butt out.

Now that may surprise some people.

 Related:  Author Of Roe v. Wade Wanted ONLY "Medically Necessary" Abortions Pt. 2

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

The Free Market Argument For Defunding Planned Parenthood --No brainer

June 04, 2014 Abortion , Defunding Taxpayer Funded Abortion 0 Comments
By Skyler Mann, Jun. 4, 2014, Pocketfullofliberty.com

Set aside your moral evaluations of abortion and views on the true purpose of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Instead, let’s take a step back for a moment and take on this social issue from a different perspective.

You don’t have to be a social conservative to support defunding Planned Parenthood. You just need to be a free market advocate.

It’s no secret that the government continues to love private sector subsidies despite plenty of evidence that the market is better at making these decisions than bureaucratic administrators (e.g., Solyndra and last year’s Fisker debacle). PPFA is another example of the government picking winners and losers — the company and its affiliates receive roughly $66 million a year via Title X funding according to PPFA’s Washington office. Back in fiscal year 2012, PPFA received a record number of $542 million in taxpayer support, which includes Medicaid. That was up 11% from 2011 and a whopping 34% from 2010.

Those numbers aren’t something to scoff at and taxpayers are footing the bill for another company that has a chance to sit back rather than compete.

“But,” the skeptic interjects, “why are you talking about PPFA like a private sector organization?”

Yes, PPFA is a non-profit organization unlike the two subsidy recipients cited in this piece. But when 82% of PPFA’s revenue comes from donations (refer to p. 18 of PPFA’s 2012-2013 report), that $66 million a year starts to look pretty paltry. While many states have very strict regulations on opening abortion clinics, there are no laws truly stopping anyone from providing abortions. An independent clinic can open, OBGYNs can offer the same services as PPFA (including offices that accept Medicaid), and so on.

“But what about their low-cost services for those of lesser means?” one may protest. “If one cuts PPFA’s federal subsidy, they’ll be left in the dust!”

Let’s look at this way:
  • Note that Medicaid isn’t factored in to that $66 million subsidy.
  • PPFA has name recognition that puts millions of private companies and NPOs to shame. That will keep the donations flowing.
  • In a free market setting, PPFA will need to keep those low prices for consumers in order to attract the same level of business. The demand for birth control, STD treatments, and abortions isn’t going away — and if PPFA is offering the lowest prices, they’ll keep their business.
  • And, heck, if you’re worried about access to abortion, making PPFA compete in the same manner as any other private or NPO clinic will force the organizations in question to up the quality and lower the prices as best they can. Eventually this leads to more accessibility across the board.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

SHOCK: Planned Parenthood Points To BIBLE To Justify Abortions --Using a "pastoral letter"

June 03, 2014 Abortion , Planned Parenthood 0 Comments

Source:  www.progressivestoday.com

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