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Actual photo that Palin used to illustrate this post. I kid you not. |
"Planned Parenthood" equals quality health care? Nothing could be further from the truth. SHUT IT DOWN. Presidential candidates: join me in calling for Planned Parenthood to be SHUT DOWN. This is a sham business falsely advertising as a "provider of quality health care for our patients." How can anyone sit back and watch our tax dollars fund this? There are countless distributors of birth control and health care advice out there; PP's fake premise of doing so and caring for any aspect of health is offensive and beyond unethical. Kirsten Powers - thank you for speaking up because this atrocity is not a partisan or gender issue; it's obviously a moral one. The acceptance of this speaks to the character of a nation.
Actually I think the acceptance of Planned Parenthood speaks to the intelligence of the nation. And those getting themselves all worked up over the video tape hoaxes...well quite the opposite.
(For those wondering about that Kirsten Powers shut out that is because Palin also included a link to a USA Today opinion piece by the Fox News contributor.)
As for Planned Parenthood's claim of providing birth control and health care advice as being fake, well Palin does not know what in the hell she is talking about. (I know, surprising right?)
Courtesy of Planned Parenthood at a glance:
Planned Parenthood health centers focus on prevention: 80 percent of our clients receive services to prevent unintended pregnancy.
Planned Parenthood services help prevent approximately 516,000 unintended pregnancies each year.
Planned Parenthood provides nearly 400,000 Pap tests and nearly 500,000 breast exams each year, critical services in detecting cancer.
Planned Parenthood provides nearly 4.5 million tests and treatments for sexually transmitted infections, including 700,00 HIV tests.
Three percent of all Planned Parenthood health services are abortion services.
Planned Parenthood affiliates provide educational programs and outreach to 1.5 million young people and adults each year.
Planned Parenthood has eight million activists, supporters, and donors working for women's health and safety and our fundamental reproductive rights.
I know it must be confusing for Palin to be confronted with the fact that an agency or individual actually does what they claim to do, but Planned Parenthood is definitely in that category.
And as one can see from this list abortion only counts for three percent of the health care services provided by Planned Parenthood, yet 100% of their difficulties.
It does not have to be pointed out to any of you that Palin is a rollicking hypocrite on this subject as we all know about her "Wite-Out" pregnancies, not to mention her fake one.
However she is still a voice that a certain under educated segment of society takes seriously on this subject and for that reason she needs to be called out and confronted before she helps to destroy yet another necessary institute of public service.