[clue-talk] abolish abortion in america

[Michael Fierro]

On Tue June 3 2008 1:43:12 am David L. Willson wrote:

I've been trying to avoid this conversation as much as possible. And I am 
truly not sniping, just bringing up points in the conversation that I think 
are interesting, and maybe shed a little light on what is behind the 
arguments, or bits and pieces that are not factual.

>  - If you want to abort your kid, we'll pay for it, and make it convenient.
>  (Planned Parenthood public funding)

I have heard this argument used time and time, but it isn't as black-and-white 
as it sounds. Planned Parenthood receives federal funding from two main 
sources: Title X and Medicaid. However, PP specifically does not use Title X 
funds for abortion 
(http://www.plannedparenthood.org/issues-action/birth-control/family-planning-6553.htm). 
They use that money to fund education and contraceptive programs. This has 
the effect of REDUCING the amount of abortions.

For Medicaid, as far as I can tell, the Hyde amendment is still in effect, 
which restricts Medicaid coverage of abortions to only cases where the mother 
was either raped, a victim of incest, or whose life is in danger from the 
pregnancy. I don't know about you, but I think those are very valid reasons 
for abortion.

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