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reply posted on 5-12-2008 @ 07:36 PM by CharlesMartel
Originally posted by wheresthetruth This is just sickening. For Christmas, you get to kill your unborn child. Not only that, but you get to do it at a discount. This is an absolute perversion of choice. Not only that, but the group is also known to be a non-profit that is able to, surprisingly, rake in an enormous profit. As well, they have been noted for their ability to look away when the legal ramifications dont lend themselves to their "bottom line". www.washingtontimes.com (visit the link for the full news article) Non-profit just means there are no stockholders who profit from the work of the abortionists. That doesn't mean that the doctors and employees don't profit big time. Planned Parenthood just hired the "back alley abortionists" and let them come inside, so they didn't have to perform abortions in the back alleys with coat hangers. Their work inside is no less gruesome.
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reply posted on 5-12-2008 @ 07:38 PM by americandingbat
reply to post by CharlesMartel Okay, sorry, that's just an absurd claim. Care to back up any of those allegations? editing in: stats from the Planned Parenthood Annual Report, available as a pdf at their website. Abortions represent 3% of the medical procedures performed at their clinics. That's right, 97% of the medical services provided by Planned Parenthood are not abortions. SUMMARY OF SERVICES DELIVERED BY PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATE HEALTH CENTERS: CALENDAR YEARS 2005 AND 2006 CONTRACEPTION — 38 PERCENT OF SERVICES IN 2006 Reversible Contraception Clients, Women 2,420,610 2,441,768 Emergency Contraception Kits 1,240,516 1,436,846 Tubal Sterilization Clients 554 618 Reversible Contraception Clients, Men 80,411 95,188 Vasectomy Clients 2,407 2,913 _________ _________ 3,744,498 3,977,333 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES/INFECTIONS (STD/STI) TESTING AND TREATMENT — 29 percent of services in 2006 STI Testing and Treatment, Women and Men 2,618,477 2,703,917 HIV Testing Clients, Women 188,424 203,478 HIV Testing Clients, Men 62,300 67,795 HIV Testing Clients, Gender Not Reported 29,865 42,887 _________ _________ 2,899,066 3,018,077 CANCER SCREENING AND PREVENTION* — 19 percent of services in 2006 Pap Tests 1,116,681 1,070,449 Breast Exams/ Breast Care 842,399 882,961 Colposcopy Procedures 44,353 47,557 LEEP Procedures 2,836 3,036 Cryotherapy Procedures 3,566 3,368 _________ _________ 2,009,835 2,007,371 OTHER WOMEN’S HEALTH SERVICES — 10 percent of services in 2006 Pregnancy Tests 1,045,892 1,097,397 Prenatal Clients 13,261 11,058 Midlife Clients 14,163 11,206 Infertility Clients 248 316 _________ _________ 1,073,564 1,119,977 ABORTION SERVICES — 3 percent of services in 2006 Abortion Procedures 264,943 289,750 OTHER SERVICES — 1 percent of services in 2006 Primary Care Clients, Women and Men 21,739 19,557 Adoption Referrals to Other Agencies 2,413 2,410 Other Services, Women and Men**** 126,352 140,968 ________ _______ 150,504 162,935 TOTAL SERVICES = 10.5 MILLION Another interesting fact from the Annual Report: the clinics have revenue of 356.9 million dollars, and spend 588.3 million dollars on medical services. Yes, they are a money loser for Planned Parenthood. Most of their revenue comes from public and private grants and donations, and government contracts. [edit on 12/5/08 by americandingbat]
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reply posted on 8-12-2008 @ 09:29 AM by Solomons
Abortion as long within a time frame that is backed by science is fine imo,but heres where people may disagree with me...i think the father should have much much more say in the matter than just the mother.Dont give me the nonsense of the woman is carrying it...it takes two lives to make a life,both should have equal say in the matter....but of course i recognise i might be in the minority with that belief.
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reply posted on 8-12-2008 @ 10:19 AM by chickenshoes
reply to post by Solomons Um, maybe you can clarify. Why on earth should the father have more say than the mother, who is the one who takes all the physical toll and a great portion of the mental toll either way? Sorry, but all the father did is provide a little genetic material. He won't have any of the physical price to pay.
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reply posted on 8-12-2008 @ 10:25 AM by Solomons
Originally posted by chickenshoes reply to post by Solomons Um, maybe you can clarify. Why on earth should the father have more say than the mother, who is the one who takes all the physical toll and a great portion of the mental toll either way? Sorry, but all the father did is provide a little genetic material. He won't have any of the physical price to pay. I didnt say more than the mother i said the same say in the matter.Again...the father was just as responsible for creating the embryo/fetus etc as the mother...hence he should have say in its future.I dont buy the fact you say the mother has to carry it therefore her opinion is held in higher regard than the fathers,but again i guess thats why i said my opinion is probably in the minority. [edit on 8-12-2008 by Solomons]
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reply posted on 8-12-2008 @ 10:57 AM by chickenshoes
reply to post by Solomons Well, reread your original post. Actually you did say more. Look, I don't know whether you are a man or a woman, but it seems you don't understand at all how pregnancy affects your body and your mind. It's not trivial by a long shot. What physical toll does the father have in all this? The mother is the one doing the biggest share of the "paying" in all this. Sorry, but been through it. I know what I'm talking about.
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reply posted on 8-12-2008 @ 11:03 AM by Solomons
Originally posted by chickenshoes reply to post by Solomons Well, reread your original post. Actually you did say more. Look, I don't know whether you are a man or a woman, but it seems you don't understand at all how pregnancy affects your body and your mind. It's not trivial by a long shot. What physical toll does the father have in all this? The mother is the one doing the biggest share of the "paying" in all this. Sorry, but been through it. I know what I'm talking about. well im sorry but that doesnt change the fact its 50/50 in the creation of the fetus..and your right,it did sound like you said ie more priority than mother, but that wasnt my intention,bad wording and im male.Im not disagreeing its a large toll on the mother ebing pregnant,not in the slightest but that doesnt change the fact both parties had equal part in the creation. [edit on 8-12-2008 by Solomons]
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reply posted on 8-12-2008 @ 11:18 AM by chickenshoes
reply to post by Solomons Well, we'll have to agree to disagree on this. With so many "sperm donors" out there, there are way too many men who wish to shirk their responsibility. That, and also given the fact that there are so many controlling jerks out there who would love the opportunity to foist their genetic legacy on some woman and then run from her life forever, no, I absolutely do not think it should be 50/50. How fair would it be for some jerk to mandate that a woman must be required to bear his offspring, and then disappear? And yet it happens, I'd be willing to bet, many multiple times daily. And, until you are able to be pregnant and give birth, you will never fully understand the physical and mental toll pregnancy can take, especially an unwanted pregnancy. Babies are highly over romanticized, imo. They are wonderful, but as women, we are the ones who take the largest part of the responsibility, physically through the pregnancy, and even after, with the care of a helpless infant, then to a baby, then a kid, on to adulthood. I had c sections with my children, which is major surgery, in case you weren't aware. But, even though I have a good husband, I was still the one who got up every time with the baby in the middle of the night. Even though I worked full time, I still got up in the night and fed and changed them. So, this is why, in part that I feel the way I do. I agree that it takes two to make a baby, unless you go to a sperm bank , but the woman is still usually the one who has the greater consequences to deal with. I'm all for two grown people sitting down and talking over their decision, I think that shows great responsibility on both parts, but in no way should there ever be any legal mandate that the man has a 50/50 say, for the very reasons I stated above.
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