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That does not answer my question. If 10% of their customers have abortions then wouldn't that make it 10% of what they do?

Oh wait I can answer the question. They also come in for birth control and std's before coming back for an abortion. LMAO

Ah the old "fungibility argument". If we applied that argument to all gov't funding and took it to it's logical conclusion, we'd all be up the creek. Nothing would be funded, nothing would get built, no gov't programs would exist for the good of our society.There's a lot of illogic to this whole debate to me. Among many quandaries: How do you choose between an late term abortion where it really is a baby just still in the womb (whenever you think that is). Or telling a woman she must give birth to a child she doesn't want to. Both are immoral IMO.

And when does a fetus turn into a baby? I'd say based on pure logic (which may not apply here), have a study determine at what brain activity is considered "sentient" for a fetus/baby. But it seems to me both sides are scared about what that answer might be, so they argue the extremes: "conception" vs. "partial-birth-abortion".

Planned parenthood is full of, for lack of a better word, confusion to me.

1. Talking about government funding in your post above. It's good that we apply the "all or nothing" approach to organizations and educational entities. They must follow federal law on civil rights, mandates on quality of care or education, or they lose all funding. So why does Planned Parenthood get a pass on the "all or nothing" requirement when it comes to funding abortion?

2. It seems like the name Planned Parenthood is just a PR move. It's not really wrong, people frame debates all the time by calling someone pro-abortion or anti-choice. It just strikes me as disingenuous that they name themselves after a situation they aren't needed in: a planned parenthood. Contraception, abortion, STDs apply in any case parenthood or not, isn't what their name implies. Fertility clinics, conception aids, and birth centers are what an organization named "planned parenthood" would be about, IMO.

3. The statistics being tossed about. I really have no idea what's the truth. On Planned Parenthood's website, they say "One in three women has an abortion at some point in her life. Do you know anyone who has had an abortion?" (http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/abortion-4260.asp) Yeah, but 1-3 seems high to me. Does the "1 in 3 women get abortions" ratio sound high for where you live, or about right, or an underestimate?



edit: And what is going on here? Is abortion mandated "all or nothing" here?

The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Thursday that a Texas law excluding Planned Parenthood from the state's Medicaid Women's Health Program violated federal rules, meaning the program would no longer receive any federal funding.

The Texas law, which went into effect this week, prevents patients using the Women's Health Program from going to any clinic that has an affiliation with an abortion provider, including a shared name, employee, or board member. (http://www.christianpost.com/news/texas-loses-federal-womens-health-funding-over-planned-parenthood-cuts-71564/)

That does not answer my question. If 10% of their customers have abortions then wouldn't that make it 10% of what they do?

Oh wait I can answer the question. They also come in for birth control and std's before coming back for an abortion. LMAODoes that not make sense, really? Especially with an individual woman getting more care than actual abortions? I still question everybody's figures, given how charged this whole debate is.

Sorry Sammy I'll go with the washington post over ....well who ever that is.Sammy you are male and so am I, why should you and I decide what a woman can do with her body?

Sammy your'e wrong,again.Please read my statement it is 100% factually correct. I also did not dispute your 3% number. My numbers and yours just frame the argument differently.

"for Giantone: Planned Parenthood's facility income is approximately 37% from abortions."

We are both male, however that's not the point. Why should federal tax dollars fund abortion? If a woman wants an abortion it's her choice...I vehemently disagree with it....but it is legally (currently) her choice. However, what about the unborn girls & boys...do they get a say in this. When does the baby become a baby and not just a mass of cells....2 months, 4 months, 6 months, whenever that happens it's no longer just the mother's choice.

Please read my statement it is 100% factually correct. I also did not dispute your 3% number. My numbers and yours just frame the argument differently.

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No Sammy it's not ,maybe in your world but not in the real word.As I documented Planned parenthood does way, way more then abortions but you don't acknowledge that.

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Does that not make sense, really? Especially with an individual woman getting more care than actual abortions? I still question everybody's figures, given how charged this whole debate is.

If you noticed I corrected my post by saying these women probably com in first for STD's and birth control before they come back for an abortion.

There's a lot of illogic to this whole debate to me. Among many quandaries: How do you choose between an late term abortion where it really is a baby just still in the womb (whenever you think that is). Or telling a woman she must give birth to a child she doesn't want to. Both are immoral IMO.

And when does a fetus turn into a baby? I'd say based on pure logic (which may not apply here), have a study determine at what brain activity is considered "sentient" for a fetus/baby. But it seems to me both sides are scared about what that answer might be, so they argue the extremes: "conception" vs. "partial-birth-abortion".

Planned parenthood is full of, for lack of a better word, confusion to me.

1. Talking about government funding in your post above. It's good that we apply the "all or nothing" approach to organizations and educational entities. They must follow federal law on civil rights, mandates on quality of care or education, or they lose all funding. So why does Planned Parenthood get a pass on the "all or nothing" requirement when it comes to funding abortion?

2. It seems like the name Planned Parenthood is just a PR move. It's not really wrong, people frame debates all the time by calling someone pro-abortion or anti-choice. It just strikes me as disingenuous that they name themselves after a situation they aren't needed in: a planned parenthood. Contraception, abortion, STDs apply in any case parenthood or not, isn't what their name implies. Fertility clinics, conception aids, and birth centers are what an organization named "planned parenthood" would be about, IMO.

3. The statistics being tossed about. I really have no idea what's the truth. On Planned Parenthood's website, they say "One in three women has an abortion at some point in her life. Do you know anyone who has had an abortion?" (http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/abortion-4260.asp) Yeah, but 1-3 seems high to me. Does the "1 in 3 women get abortions" ratio sound high for where you live, or about right, or an underestimate?



edit: And what is going on here? Is abortion mandated "all or nothing" here?

The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Thursday that a Texas law excluding Planned Parenthood from the state's Medicaid Women's Health Program violated federal rules, meaning the program would no longer receive any federal funding.

The Texas law, which went into effect this week, prevents patients using the Women's Health Program from going to any clinic that has an affiliation with an abortion provider, including a shared name, employee, or board member. (http://www.christianpost.com/news/texas-loses-federal-womens-health-funding-over-planned-parenthood-cuts-71564/)

Its because you have no way of seperating the funds so federal money does go toward abortions. TX tried to correct this problem.

Its because you have no way of seperating the funds so federal money does go toward abortions. TX tried to correct this problem.So Planned Parenthood can't separate funds and get federal money either, as long as they fund abortions. Right?