That right is continuously challenged by misogynistic,
anti-choice, Republican lawmakers.
They seem to have nothing better to do with our tax money. Those same
rights are also continuously challenged by religious extremists, who wish
to subjugate and
control the bodies, minds, and lives of women.
Earlier this year, a Gallup Poll revealed that the majority of American
men and women are pro-choice, and still there are never-ending attacks,
especially against Planned
Parenthood, a prominent health
organization for women and men. This time the attack has to do
with fetal tissue.
Several articles in the New England
Journal of Medicine have recently
been published about the Planned Parenthood controversy. Three medical doctors
and a juris doctor contributed their expert views and perspectives
about fetal tissue research, and the Planned Parenthood organization. Here
are some excerpts from those articles:
- The inquires revealed no law broken by Planned Parenthood.
- Virtually every person in this country has benefited from research using fetal tissue.
- This attack represents a betrayal of the people whose lives could be saved by the research and a violation of the most fundamental duty of medicine.
Highlighted from the NEMJ piece: Planned Parenthood at Risk by George P. Topulos, M.D., Michael F. Greene,
M.D., and Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D.
- The contraception services that Planned Parenthood delivers may be the single greatest effort to prevent unwanted pregnancies that result in abortions…
- We are outraged by those who debase these women, this work, and Planned Parenthood by distorting the facts for political ends.
These pieces are further proof of what we already know: Objective media voices, doctors, medical experts — and above all, the millions of patients who have received compassionate, high-quality care at Planned Parenthood health centers — are standing with Planned Parenthood. We have protected women's health for generations, and we're not going to stop, no matter what.
So-called 'pro-lifers'
would do better to check their personal definitions of 'life,' and ask themselves, 'what am I doing for the lives
of children once born?' Republican lawmakers would do better to ask themselves
the same question, and stay the f*ck out of women's vaginas.
The bottom line: Through family planning and birth control,
Planned Parenthood has prevented millions of unintended pregnancies, and
thus most likely prevented hundreds of thousands of abortions.
In
doing so, Planned Parenthood has also saved the lives of countless women who,
before Roe V. Wade, resorted to unsafe 'back alley' abortions.
To learn more about Planned Parenthood visit PPFA.org.
If
you've ever considered supporting Planned Parenthood, this would be a crucial
time to get involved/contribute. To make a secured Planned
Parenthood donation visit: Planned
Parenthood Federation of America, or
call 800-798-7092.
You can also mail donations to:
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
PO Box 97166
Washington DC
20077-7543
PO Box 97166
Washington DC
20077-7543