Right Wing Group Says Planned Parenthood Has "Anything Goes" Agenda About Sexuality

As I understand it, Planned Parenthood is in the business of encouraging planned parenthood. It has nothing to do with dictating people's sexual practices. That is their personal business. Planned parenthood simply says that if you are going to have sex, protect yourself and make sure that you don't have children you don't want or can take care of. It is naive for these groups to think that they can do away with sex education, and the world will be bright and kids won't have sex. What do they propose we do with all of the poor people who can't have abortions or no longer have access to birth control, when they have kids that they don't want or can afford to raise? Doing away with programs like Planned Parenthood will increase social problems. Then the right will be screaming, "it's your problem, take responsibility for your own actions". Well that does not work. Women have unwanted pregnancies for multiple reasons. They are raped. They are poor and seek temporary relief through sex. They have been sexually molested and lack sexual boundaries at times. The media portrays them as sexual objects, therefore many young girls feel they need to behave that way. Some are on birth control and it didn't work. And yes, some are irresponsible.

But forcing someone to "take responsibility" will not solve the problem of unwanted pregnancies. All it does is force women to take care of kids they don't want and can't take care of. Reform welfare? I doubt it, if a higher number of women have to raise unwanted children. So the issue is not to deny access to places like Planned Parenthood, rather to earnestly start addressing the social issues that cause unwanted pregnancies. It would be a monumental task, but it will also be a monumental task to deal with the ramifications of denying access to places like Planned Parenthood.

We don't live in a perfect society. I agree that there has to be a big focus on abstinence education. But educating people in earnest, takes time and it could be generations before there is a shift in mentality about sexuality. If you are going to harrange Planned Parenthood, you better have a really good plan until we get back to the days when you saved sex for marriage, otherwise this group will then be bemoaning the fact that they have to spend so much money helping people who they denied education about pregnancy planning.

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