{"id":2220,"date":"2011-03-07T19:44:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T00:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2013-03-29T19:29:08","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T23:29:08","slug":"how-is-planned-parenthood-like-a-car-dealership-a-pie-chart-and-mcdonalds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/how-is-planned-parenthood-like-a-car-dealership-a-pie-chart-and-mcdonalds\/","title":{"rendered":"How is Planned Parenthood like a car dealership, a pie chart, and McDonalds?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>How is Planned Parenthood like a <strong>car dealership<\/strong>? Eric Scheidler of the <a href=\"http:\/\/prolifeaction.org\/about\/staff.php\">Pro-Life Action League<\/a> has a clever answer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Screen-shot-2011-03-08-at-3.57.40-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 alignright\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Screen-shot-2011-03-08-at-3.57.40-PM.png\" width=\"234\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a>Planned Parenthood saying abortion is only 3% of their business is like a <strong>car dealership<\/strong> saying that selling cars is only 3% of their business because MOST of their business is selling warranties and loans, windshield wipers and tires, and gumballs and soda pop out of the waiting room vending machines.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But in the end, we all know why car dealerships exist &#8211; <em>to sell cars<\/em>. And we all know why Planned Parenthood exists &#8211; <em>to provide abortions<\/em>. Everything else you have heard is a sales pitch.<\/p>\n<p>And in fact, 98% of their &#8220;pregnancy services&#8221; last year were abortions. Just look at the <strong>pie chart<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5060\/5494909256_627dd9d381_z.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopp.org\/pdfs\/PP09PS.pdf\">American Life League<\/a>, based on Planned Parenthood&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/planned-parenthood-sets-record-for-number-of-babies-killed\">own statistics<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>As for the claim that if Planned Parenthood goes out of business, women won&#8217;t be able to access health care, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/americanpapist\/status\/40927494106255360\">I have a response<\/a> comparing Planned Parenthood (whose handle on Twitter is &#8220;@ppact&#8221;) to <strong>McDonalds<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5016\/5494914690_71ae87d0ba.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So keep these <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">three ideas<\/span> in mind the next time you find yourself having a debate about defunding Planned Parenthood: <span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>car dealerships, pie charts and McDonalds<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">. <\/span>Here&#8217;s how I put it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Planned Parenthood doesn&#8217;t have a monopoly on women&#8217;s health care &#8211; instead it&#8217;s an organization designed to provide abortions, and that&#8217;s 98% of what they provide to pregnant women.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[Cross-posted at www.CatholicVote.org]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Top Photo: JoeinSouthernCA<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How is Planned Parenthood like a car dealership? Eric Scheidler of the Pro-Life Action League has a clever answer: Planned Parenthood saying abortion is only 3% of their business is like a car dealership saying that selling cars is only 3% of their business because MOST of their business is selling warranties and loans, windshield [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How is Planned Parenthood like a car dealership, a pie chart, and McDonalds? - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/how-is-planned-parenthood-like-a-car-dealership-a-pie-chart-and-mcdonalds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How is Planned Parenthood like a car dealership, a pie chart, and McDonalds? - Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How is Planned Parenthood like a car dealership? 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