{"id":167868,"date":"2017-06-22T08:19:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T12:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=167868"},"modified":"2017-06-20T20:46:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T00:46:11","slug":"hey-planned-parenthood-women-dont-need-abortion-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/hey-planned-parenthood-women-dont-need-abortion-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey, Planned Parenthood: Women don’t need abortion to be successful"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For abortion advocates, there’s a common argument that gets repeated quite frequently: women need abortion<\/a> in order to succeed, to build careers, to get an education. Without abortion, women will be left behind, because an unexpected pregnancy will destroy any chance she has to be successful.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood<\/a> President and CEO Cecile Richards made this argument at the Forbes Women Summit<\/a>. She first argued that one way Planned Parenthood gets people through their doors is because parents want their sons and daughters to have equal opportunities, saying, “We’re at this tipping point. Fathers want their daughters to have every opportunity their sons have. That’s a big cultural shift. That’s one way we bring folks in.”<\/p>\n

She then continued on, saying it’s imperative for women to be able to choose when they have families if they’re going to be successful. “The fundamental ability for women to participate in the workforce is the ability to access healthcare and decide when they can have children,” she argued. “Today, women are half the workforce. If we want to grow this economy, you can’t do that leaving half the workforce behind.”<\/p>\n

Considering that Planned Parenthood is America’s largest\u00a0abortion corporation<\/a>, the meaning behind that statement is obvious. Without access to abortion, Richards is claiming, women will be left behind in the workplace. But here’s the million-dollar question that Richards will never answer: how does abortion actually solve the problem?<\/p>\n

Live Action President Lila Rose destroyed this argument, noting that instead of using abortion as a band-aid, we should demand better options for women, so they don’t have to choose between their careers or education, and their babies.<\/p>\n