New PP Report Record Abortions Done 2009

Never assume silence is agreement. Silence could just mean that you do not have anyone's attention.

http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/150562 ... fs/?page=1
Sorry GOP, My Cancer Screenings Are More Important Than Your Religious Beliefs

Before I met with Texas State Representative Dan Flynn last month during Texas’ pro-choice lobby day, I truly believed that even the most passionate anti-choice conservative couldn’t look me in the face and tell me they didn’t really care whether I got the reproductive health care I needed. Who would seriously tell me their religious beliefs are more important than making sure hundreds of thousands of women just like me—women with high-risk HPV--don’t develop cervical cancer?

But I thought, I’ll play this game. If it turns out I was wrong—and I really thought maybe I could be, because how could it seriously happen that “pro-life” Texans didn’t want me to get cancer screenings?—I would be the first to admit that you can take Planned Parenthood out of the equation and still find easily accessible, low-cost reproductive health care in a sprawling metropolitan area like Dallas. But I wasn’t wrong. I was, maddeningly, right.
http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/150562 ... fs/?page=2
First thing in the morning, the day after I met with Rep. Dan Flynn, I called and e-mailed his office. After a day or so, they got back to me and advised I contact the anti-choice religious group Texas Alliance For Life for a list of alternatives to Planned Parenthood. I e-mailed the Alliance on March 10. So, what’s today? April the something? I haven’t heard back from the Alliance yet. I’ve even been Tweeting at both the Alliance and Rep. Flynn asking for that list of providers that can they believe can give me the same or better care as Planned Parenthood.

But, nada.
http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/150562 ... fs/?page=3
Anti-choicers like Flynn and “pro-life” activists want me and women like me to jump through these hoops not because it's medically safer for us to go somewhere other than Planned Parenthood, but because they don't want women hanging out with anybody who provides a safe, legal and common medical procedure. And for what it's worth, I imagine the anti-choice folks who told me to seek out an FQHC should know this: FQHC's do provide referrals to abortion providers at their discretion, even though they don't provide the procedure on-site.

http://www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2009 ... index.html
1.94 MILLION UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES AND 810,000 ABORTIONS ARE PREVENTED EACH YEAR BY PUBLICLY FUNDED FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
Six in 10 Clients Consider a Family Planning Center
Their Main Source of Health Care
$4 Saved for Every $1 Invested; Expanding Medicaid Services to More Low-Income Women Would More Than Pay for Itself

Such logical, compassionate thinking...is it any wonder that, despite continuing to get voted in when Dems gain "too much power", conservatives continually get voted right back out again??

Wicked wrote: www.alternet.org/teaparty/150562/sorry_g...ious_beliefs/?page=1
Sorry GOP, My Cancer Screenings Are More Important Than Your Religious Beliefs

Before I met with Texas State Representative Dan Flynn last month during Texas’ pro-choice lobby day, I truly believed that even the most passionate anti-choice conservative couldn’t look me in the face and tell me they didn’t really care whether I got the reproductive health care I needed. Who would seriously tell me their religious beliefs are more important than making sure hundreds of thousands of women just like me—women with high-risk HPV--don’t develop cervical cancer?

But I thought, I’ll play this game. If it turns out I was wrong—and I really thought maybe I could be, because how could it seriously happen that “pro-life” Texans didn’t want me to get cancer screenings?—I would be the first to admit that you can take Planned Parenthood out of the equation and still find easily accessible, low-cost reproductive health care in a sprawling metropolitan area like Dallas. But I wasn’t wrong. I was, maddeningly, right.
http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/150562 ... fs/?page=2
First thing in the morning, the day after I met with Rep. Dan Flynn, I called and e-mailed his office. After a day or so, they got back to me and advised I contact the anti-choice religious group Texas Alliance For Life for a list of alternatives to Planned Parenthood. I e-mailed the Alliance on March 10. So, what’s today? April the something? I haven’t heard back from the Alliance yet. I’ve even been Tweeting at both the Alliance and Rep. Flynn asking for that list of providers that can they believe can give me the same or better care as Planned Parenthood.

But, nada.
http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/150562 ... fs/?page=3
Anti-choicers like Flynn and “pro-life” activists want me and women like me to jump through these hoops not because it's medically safer for us to go somewhere other than Planned Parenthood, but because they don't want women hanging out with anybody who provides a safe, legal and common medical procedure. And for what it's worth, I imagine the anti-choice folks who told me to seek out an FQHC should know this: FQHC's do provide referrals to abortion providers at their discretion, even though they don't provide the procedure on-site.

http://www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2009 ... index.html
1.94 MILLION UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES AND 810,000 ABORTIONS ARE PREVENTED EACH YEAR BY PUBLICLY FUNDED FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
Six in 10 Clients Consider a Family Planning Center
Their Main Source of Health Care
$4 Saved for Every $1 Invested; Expanding Medicaid Services to More Low-Income Women Would More Than Pay for Itself

Such logical, compassionate thinking...is it any wonder that, despite continuing to get voted in when Dems gain "too much power", conservatives continually get voted right back out again??

You cannot go to your private doctor and have routine tests for cervical cancer? You want me to pay for it? Why should I pay for the consequences of your slutty sexual bahavior? Pay for it yourself!