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Originally Posted by Willravel
You mean abortions? I'd like there to be less abortions for all people, be they over or under 18. To that extent, abortions concern me. They do not, however, concern me enough to remove a woman's fundamental reproductive freedom or to invade people's privacy.
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My issue is with children not adults. By services, I mean everything. A child under most circumstances does not have the legal capacity as adults for a reason that I agree with, if a child is receiving any medical services a parent, guardian or the courts should be involved in my view. Even for emergency care I think extra effort needs to be taken to involve a parent, guardian or the courts. Children should be receiving comprehensive medical care, education and guidance.
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What's this "if" business? PPFA does a fantastic job of helping to educate people on reproductive healthy and child health, providing contraception, screening for breast, cervical, and testicular cancer, pregnancy tests, counseling, and testing for STDs. They should be lauded, not ostracized.
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All I suggest is that we look at the data. By "if" I am saying i do not know and I am not simply going to take your word for it. If what you say is true, i will support funding - and for the third time I repeat - it is likely in my view that they need to take a look at their policies regarding how they handle children.
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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
Let's all suppose for a minute that PP did not provide abortions. Would you all be arguing the same thing?
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Yes.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
but planned parenthood---there's a problem.
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Put simply, I don't trust them. I have not seen any data that suggests that I should. I have only heard broad unsubstantiated claims about the net good that they do. If they want my support as a tax payer, they need to make their case.
The general argument that simply because a person has question or concern means that there are anti-PP is ridiculous. Comparing this issue to other expenditures like defense spending is also ridiculous.