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Orange County Terminates Planned Parenthood Funding
Posted by TheBigRuski • 3/15/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: abortion, orange county, planned parenthood, politics
ORANGE COUNTY, California, March 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - All five members of the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to cancel a health education contract with the local Planned Parenthood, cutting about $300,000 from the group.
Each supervisor cited an objection to abortion as the motive behind the vote. Planned Parenthood is the nation's leading provider of abortions.
"Not to generalize, but when you contact a law firm that specializes in bankruptcies, they most likely will advise you to file for bankruptcy," Supervisor John Moorlach wrote in an email to constituents.
"If you go to Planned Parenthood, they are most likely to recommend their specialized surgical solution, which they provide and are compensated for, which appears to be a conflict of interest."
Planned Parenthood representatives criticized the vote in a lengthy debate beforehand, saying that the funds supplied by the county board did not go toward abortions.
"It's clear this decision is being driven by personal religious ideology and not the vision of health care for the county," said Jon Dunn, president of Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino. "They're opposed to our organization because they're opposed to a woman's right to choose."
"I think abortion is a moral issue," said Supervisor Chris Norby before the vote. "I don't believe the county should be funding abortion, and I don't believe the county really should be involved in funding an organization who performs about 35 percent of the abortions in the country."
source: www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/mar/09031111.html
Hmmmm... an economic stimulus plan we can believe in! Thanks OC for the simple move to save $300,000. (And to think Los Angeles is a neighboring county!)
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I'm a little surprised about this, but then again I don't really pay much attention to California so I don't really know what the budgets are like there. -
In light of the current budget crises that many states and counties are facing, this is unsurprising. Many programs are losing their funding regardless of the purpose of the program.
What I think is disgraceful is that this is being celebrated as a victory for the pro-life movement. Taking away education on safe sex practices and women's health is not a victory for anyone. Planned Parenthood provides much needed assistance to poor women with no other resources or access to regular health care. Planned Parenthood also provides low income women with access to prenatal care, education on infant care, education on safe sex practices, and spreads the message of AIDS awareness among many poor, minority communities.
How incredibly short-sighted of OC and of the pro-life movement. Then again, single issue voters tend to be myopic about their views anyway.-
Funny, in my world, the current "safe sex practices and women's health" presentations given in today's world is myopic.
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How is spreading the message of condoms and birth control myopic? How is teaching infant care, nutrition, and hygiene myopic? How is educating women on STD's and pregnancy myopic? How is making gynecologists and obstetric care available to the underprivileged myopic?
It amazes me how blind some people can be.
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$10 says these same nut-jobs also voted against SCHIP. -
Current budgets and the fact that CA is bankrupt aside - this is the kind of back door banishment that people are up in arms about.
If we can legislate them out, we'll fund them out.
Great. As still thinking pointed out - medical care and women's health being cut out is NOT a victory for anyone but those who think they get to play God, judge, jury and enforcer.-
Abortion is about medical care and women's health? That's news to me!
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You are aware that planned parenthood performs more medical examinations, pap smears, cervical/uterus health, obstetrician services, breast cancer exams, and birth control services than abortions, right?
See, that's the problem I have with crap like this - these places offer a wide variety of health services to women, and all certain people see are "abortions, abortions, abortions!"
Millions of women go to planned parenthood for their reproductive health every year. They get their exams, hopefully catch and prevent cervical uterine cancers, urinary tract infections, yeast infections, bladder infections, breast cancer exams, and they offer ways to prevent pregnancies, by examining and prescribing/implanting birth control (hormonal), fitting for barrier contraception (diaphragms) and offer free condoms and STD checks for women.
But yeah, lets cut off access to their medical care for all of those services because they also offer LEGAL abortions.
That makes a lot of sense. *rolls eyes*
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Consequently, I agree that the affordable health care services for women being cut out is NOT a victory for anyone, except for those arrogant and misguided zealots, who contrary to their own belief system think they have the right to play God, judge, jury and enforcer.-
Thank you TT and Anok. Exactly what I was saying earlier.
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