Blog Stage 5: The end of Planned Parenthood?
The End of Planned Parenthood?
Planned Parenthood: a nonprofit
organization that Republicans have been after to defund. This past election,
gave rise to one of the biggest controversies of our time and that is the
defunding, and possibly even replacement, of Planned Parenthood. Its no secret
that it has always been a top priority of Republicans to get rid of Planned
Parenthood, an organization that provides through more than six hundred clinics
across the nation to millions of patients in poverty. In the past, attempts for
the program to be defunded have failed due to President Obama’s veto on the
bill the House and Senate tried to pass last year. However, this year with
President Trump, a republican, in office, the issue of the program’ s defunding
is escalating quicker than ever.
Planned Parenthood’s services include
reproductive health care education such as sex-ed, and health care services (especially
for low-income families) such as STD treatments, abortions and other women’s
health care services. With all of these services, Planned Parenthood’s
underlying goal is to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies, and many
people fail to realize that only more problems will root from the defending of
such an organization. With Planned Parenthood removed or replaced, many families
and women across the nation would suffer and have nowhere to turn to for aid.
One of the biggest issue and maybe
only issues, members of the Congress have with the program is that they provide
and are affiliated with abortions. Although protected constitutionally,
Republicans want to get rid of Planned Parenthood, and consequently, get rid of
abortions. What they neglect to realize is that simply getting rid of the
program (which provides legal abortions)
does not get rid of abortions at all. After the program is cut, women will still
continue to have unwanted pregnancies (for example, is result of rape or a
violent relationship) in which they will turn to illegal abortions if they can’t provide for a baby since they have
nowhere else to go. Not only can this be very dangerous, but it can also cause
serious societal issues.
Along with providing legal abortions,
Planned Parenthood also educates about the dangers of sex at an early age, STD’s
and contraception, all of which help expose and educated the youth about
unwanted pregnancy and in turn, reduce it.
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