{"id":6489,"date":"2011-09-21T00:43:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T04:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/?p=6489"},"modified":"2013-04-01T06:27:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T10:27:49","slug":"responding-to-pro-abortion-bloggers-claims-about-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/responding-to-pro-abortion-bloggers-claims-about-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding to pro-abortion blogger’s claims about Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The following is a recent blog posted by Amanda Marcotte<\/a>, in which she not only takes a crack at pro-lifers who favor Virginia\u2019s stricter abortion clinic regulations, but she also attempts to bolster deceptions that are perpetuated by Planned Parenthood in their efforts to downplay their rampant superfluity of abortion services.<\/p>\n

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Amanda Marcotte<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201c[W]hat especially gets to me about <\/em>Virginia’s new regulations<\/a><\/em> that will likely shut down most or all of the 22 abortion providers in the state is that the proponents of the regulations are just so disingenuous. \u00a0Every time an anti-choicer bleats about how this is about “protecting” women, I feel like I’ve been locked in a room with someone trying to sell me a time share\u2026No one believes that line: not the people passing the regulations, not the people writing the regulations, not the opponents of the regulations.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The new abortion facility regulations in Virginia will force abortion clinics to be regulated like any other clinic that performs invasive and potentially hazardous procedures.\u00a0 Since this threatens the pro-choice ideology that abortion is this perfectly safe surgery, they\u2019re naturally going to cry out against the regulations, even if these regulations are in place to protect women.\u00a0 Ms. Marcotte is complaining about how \u201canti-choice extremists\u201d really aren\u2019t in favor of protecting women, when in reality, to be pro-life encompasses being not just pro-unborn child, but pro-woman as well.\u00a0 Ms. Marcotte doesn\u2019t seem to be able to grasp this concept. (Neither did Charles Blow<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere’s still some confusion about what the ramifications of these regulations will be. \u00a0The regulations basically treat abortion like it’s a dangerous surgical procedure—it’s actually closer to getting a cavity drilled in terms of safety\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess if we disregard the facts that post-abortive women have an increased chance of getting breast cancer<\/a>, the emotional and mental havoc<\/a>\u00a0wreaked on women who obtain abortions, the all other potential immediate and long-term side effects of abortion<\/a>, and the fact that abortion is 100% lethal for the unborn who are violently destroyed in utero, then yes, abortion is a totally safe procedure for both mothers and babies, just like getting cavities drilled.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, the preferred standard of care with RU-486 is to have a doctor’s office with tools to empty the uterus in a pinch, in case the drugs don’t completely do the job. \u00a0It’s not absolutely necessary, but preferred, so I can see how these regulations could sweep up medical abortions with surgical abortions.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is pretty twisted.\u00a0 In reality, the \u201cpreferred standard of care with RU-486\u201d\u00a0is quickly becoming\u00a0so-called telemedicine<\/a>, defined as \u201cthe ability to provide interactive healthcare utilizing modern technology and telecommunications.” \u00a0In other words, chemical abortions are administered via Skype or other webcam methods.\u00a0 However, if your deliberate miscarriage didn\u2019t starve and expel your baby\u2019s tiny body from your own, fear not: that\u2019s what these handy \u201cin a pinch\u201d surgical abortions are for.<\/p>\n

Although few Planned Parenthood abortion facilities actually administer chemical abortions via telemedicine, they are strong proponents of\u00a0it because it means quicker, easier abortion access.<\/p>\n

I have a hard time understanding how pro-choicers can act empathetic, even sympathetic, to women who succumb to aborting, when they just chalk up this traumatic experience as a simple procedure that can be done \u201cin a pinch\u201d like it\u2019s as easy as ordering food at a drive-through.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 providing abortions is part of the mission of Planned Parenthood, and they do make it a priority. It’s a necessary service, after all \u2026 a complete shut-down of abortion services would create a cash flow problem for them.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Abortion isn\u2019t just a priority for Planned Parenthood.\u00a0 It is their very top priority, because it is extremely lucrative.\u00a0 Here is something that Ms. Marcotte and I agree on: of course halting their abortion services would cause a \u201ccash flow problem\u201d for Planned Parenthood!\u00a0 It makes up over a third of their annual clinic revenue.
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“Abortions are 3 percent of the actual services Planned Parenthood provides, but they constitute a larger chunk of their income, around 15 percent nationally.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If one simply looks at Planned Parenthood\u2019s annual reports, it\u2019s apparent that abortions are actually pretty imperative to the organization.\u00a0 According to their most current Fact Sheet, their most recent figures<\/a>\u00a0are from 2009.\u00a0 That year, Planned Parenthood performed 332,278 abortions and \u201csaw nearly three million people.\u201d\u00a0 Just do the math: that means over 11% of Planned Parenthood\u2019s patients received abortions.\u00a0 Why is that fact not so prominently and proudly reported (like the \u201conly 3%\u201d tout coming up) on their website, their Facebook page, their annual reports, or anywhere else?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll put it this way: Say over the course of ten months, a woman comes to Planned Parenthood to obtain birth control pills nine times (once a month).\u00a0 In the tenth month, she discovers she is pregnant and has an abortion.\u00a0 Using Planned Parenthood\u2019s methods for calculating services provided, only 10% of the services provided to that woman were abortion-related.\u00a0 Deceptive, isn\u2019t it<\/a>?\"\"<\/p>\n

According to Planned Parenthood\u2019s website, first-trimester abortions (which constitute about 90% of all abortions performed) cost between $350-$900.\u00a0 When Live Action did their undercover operations in 2008, the average cost of an abortion at Planned Parenthood was about $468.\u00a0 Using that number, and considering that Planned Parenthood performed over 332,000 abortions in 2010, we can calculate that Planned Parenthood garners roughly $155500,000 from abortion services alone.\u00a0 Since Planned Parenthood received over $360,000,000 in government funds in 2010, and we can conclude that abortion constitutes over one-third of their health center annual income<\/a>.\u00a0 Including donations and payments for non-abortion services, abortion “services” do make up about 15% of Planned Parenthood’s overall revenue<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026[A]bortions simply cost more than Pap smears and birth control pills, and Planned Parenthood provides a huge chunk of all the abortions in the country, even for women who get their standard gynecological care elsehwere.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another point Ms. Marcotte and I can agree on is that Planned Parenthood does, in fact, provide a huge chunk of abortions in America.\u00a0 They\u2019ll never boast about that, though. In 2008 (the year with the most recent and complete abortion numbers statistics), there were 1.21 million abortions performed in America.\u00a0 Planned Parenthood performed 305,310 abortions.\u00a0 Do the simple math again: this means that more than one out of four abortions is performed by Planned Parenthood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026Depriving the women of Virginia of 22 clinics providing this necessary service is a straight-up human rights violation.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019d actually argue that depriving the 1.2 million aborted unborn children in our nation of their right to life is a straight-up human rights violation, and revoking the so-called \u201cright\u201d to take their lives is a victory on the side of those human rights.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026It may not seem obvious to everyone why abortion access is a human right, but if you’re pregnant and you really don’t want to be, the importance of abortion access suddenly becomes quite clear.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019ve had friends and family become pregnant when they didn\u2019t want to be.\u00a0 Some chose abortion, some chose life.\u00a0 But to shove all women who unintentionally become pregnant into a prejudicial little box and assume one will automatically see that killing an unborn child to solve a problem is degrading and, quite frankly, a pretty misogynistic view.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll also point out that 98% of services that Planned Parenthood provides to pregnant women are abortions (in 2010<\/a>, they performed 332,278 abortions, administered prenatal care to 7,021 clients, and made 977 adoption referrals).<\/p>\n

Is it really that women who accidentally become pregnant suddenly realize the \u201cimportance of abortion,\u201d or is it more like Planned Parenthood somehow convinces them of it?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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