The vast majority of what Planned Parenthood does is provide
birth control and other preventative measures to cut down on unwanted
pregnancies (and thus cut down on abortions). For crying out loud, that’s what
the words “planned parenthood” mean. If you eliminate the resources provided by
Planned Parenthood from people with limited means, unwanted pregnancies will rise and, proportionally, the number of abortions will skyrocket (as will the number
of dangerous unlicensed “back-alley” abortions). To look at the even bigger
picture, an increase in unwanted pregnancies means poverty will also go up, as
will welfare, crime, unemployment, child abuse/neglect, and countless other
social ills. You want that?
Another thing that perplexes me about such vocal opponents
of abortion is how almost none of them back their beliefs up with action. The
next time somebody spouts off about how evil abortion is and how it must be stopped
at all costs, ask them how many children they’ve adopted (or even fostered).
Ask them how much time they’ve spent volunteering at crisis pregnancy centers
or shelters for unwed mothers (There’s a list of them state-to-state here).
Ask them what they’ve done to help victims of rape or incest. Ask them what they’re doing to educate people (especially
teenagers) about birth control. From my experience, most of them seem to find
it perfectly adequate to say “I pray for them.” Gee, thanks. How very noble and
self-sacrificing of you. Pray in one hand and piss in the other and see which
fills up faster.
If you’d rather curse the
dark than light a candle, that’s your prerogative. If you wanna complain about
pollution without even bothering to pick up the litter in your own
neighborhood, you have that right. However, you don’t get to act all righteous
and superior when all you’re doing is bitching. You also don’t get to say you
care about the unborn or that you care about single mothers or that you care
about orphaned children because you don’t. You just hate abortion. Hate never
helps.
