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The abortion industry would have us\u00a0think that the United States is extreme for its current trend in abortion restrictions at the state level. But in fact, it is our\u00a0lack<\/em> of restrictions, compared to the rest of the world,\u00a0that\u00a0makes the United States<\/a> extreme. We are one of only seven nations which allows for elective abortions past 20-weeks and one of only four nations which allows for them up until birth.<\/p>\n

How does the abortion industry fit into this? One would be hard-pressed to find any common sense abortion restriction that they would be willing to support.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood is a world and national leader in abortions<\/a>, and they, like NARAL Pro-Choice America, oppose abortion regulations. Each year NARAL\u00a0puts forth an annual report, usually criticizing the fact that many states in the\u00a0nation have restrictions on abortion. They are<\/a> also strident<\/a> in their attacks<\/a>\u00a0on pregnancy resource centers<\/a>, as analyzed<\/a> by Calvin Freiburger<\/a> for Live Action News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite the United States being in the extreme minority when it comes to 20-week abortions, both Planned Parenthood<\/a> and NARAL<\/a> still oppose such bans.\u00a0Not surprisingly, both organizations have endorsed<\/a> presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Planned Parenthood even\u00a0broke precedent<\/a> to endorse her in the primary season.<\/p>\n

Clinton is equally extreme.\u00a0When asked<\/a> about late-term abortion by John Dickerson for CBS’s Face the Nation<\/em>, Clinton wouldn’t fully commit to coming out against third-trimester abortions. “Do you support a federal limit on abortion at any stage of pregnancy?” Dickerson asked her. Her answer at the simple question is telling:<\/p>\n

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I think that the kind of late-term abortions that take place are because of medical necessity. And, therefore, I would hate to see the government interfering with that decision. I think that, again, this gets back to whether you respect a woman’s right to choose or not. And I think that is what this whole argument once again is about.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“She is publicly signaling to the abortion lobby that she backs abortion on demand and won\u2019t support any restrictions,” Mallory Quigley of Susan B. Anthony’s List said in April<\/a> about Clinton.\u00a0And back in January, The Washington Times recognized Clinton’s extreme position with\u00a0their headline<\/a> “Hillary Clinton rallies Planned Parenthood vote, fights all restrictions on abortions.”<\/p>\n

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Groups like Planned Parenthood and NARAL\u00a0have hijacked the abortion debate completely. They claim to speak about women’s issues, now termed ‘women’s health,’ which has been co-opted to mean little more than unfettered abortion access.\u00a0In opposing all abortion regulations and restrictions, Planned Parenthood and NARAL show their extremism, as their position doesn’t even line up with\u00a0those who self-identify as pro-choice. According to a January Knights of Columbus\/Marist poll<\/a>, self-identified pro-choicers are in favor of greater\u00a0restrictions on abortion. The poll results stated:<\/p>\n

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66% of those who describe themselves as pro-choice say abortion should be allowed, at most, in the first trimester, in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother, or never permitted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Planned Parenthood may refers to itself as a woman’s health\u00a0organization, but politics has taken priority. President and CEO\u00a0Cecile Richards<\/a>\u00a0has no medical background, but has been plenty busy in the political realm.\u00a0Planned Parenthood has a very\u00a0active political arm, Planned Parenthood Action Fund<\/a>,\u00a0which also receives taxpayer dollars, as\u00a0members of Congress noted<\/a> during their investigation of the abortion giant. And that action fund is fighting against laws restricting abortions\u00a0— laws\u00a0passed by legislatures elected by the people\u00a0—\u00a0and also funding candidates<\/a> who will oppose<\/a> such laws.<\/p>\n

The bottom line is that the abortion industry, especially groups like Planned Parenthood and NARAL, have attempted to fool the country into thinking the United States is extreme in its attempts to limit or restrict abortion. In reality, it’s just the opposite. Defunding Planned Parenthood and rerouting that money to federally qualified health centers<\/a>, as well as educating the public on abortion,\u00a0could go a long way toward helping our country to\u00a0protect the preborn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The abortion industry would have us\u00a0think that the United States is extreme for its current trend in abortion restrictions at the state level. But in fact, it is our\u00a0lack of restrictions, compared to the rest of the world,\u00a0that\u00a0makes the United States extreme. We are one of only seven nations which allows for elective abortions past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":68486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe abortion industry, not the public, is making U.S. more extreme on abortion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We are 1 of 7 nations allowing elective abortions past 20-wks & 1 of 4 which allows them up to birth. 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