Mike Pence, the tie breaker. Because of
his vote Planned Parenthood may no longer be funded by federal money. States
now have control over what organizations they want to fund. This new bill over
turns one of former President Barrack Obama’s last bills, as it let states deny
family planning funds to an organization only if it is incapable of proving
services. It seems to me that the only thing republicans are worried about are
abortions. President Trump offered to maintain the federal funding to Planned
Parenthood only if they stopped providing abortions. Federal money is not allowed
to be used on abortions, so technically that would do no good. He’s taking away
basic health care for around four-hundred thousand women. It is completely contradictory
and irrational to say that one is for women’s health, birth control, cancer
screenings and preventative care, but then defund the organization that
provides all of those services. CBS News states that “Most recipients are women, and two-thirds have incomes at or below the
federal poverty level, around $12,000 for an individual. Six in 10 say the
program’s services are their only or most frequent source of health care.”
So let’s stop thinking only about the abortions and lets stats considering all
of the good Planned Parenthood brings to those in need.
I’m replying to my colleague Kaylee’s blog about the defunding of Planned Parenthood. First and foremost, excellent job explaining the struggle women face being deprived of basic healthcare by mostly male republican leaders. Indeed, abortions are extremely important to women’s healthcare and Planned Parenthood but as Kaylee stated, they are not the only service officials should be worried about. Overall I think this blog included logical reasoning and was backed up with facts to make the audience think.
ReplyDeleteI think that the main issue here is the fact gender-related issues such as abortion and birth control are not treated as carefully as they should be. In general, many decisions are made for women that come from a group of politicians and public figures who are incapable of understanding the perspective of a woman on something like Planned Parenthood. The same thing happens when a wealthy white conservative politician gets to make huge decisions concerning the fate of minority populations and lower-income communities.
ReplyDeleteSo I agree with you, but I think it is just a fundamental issue with the way we conduct politics. For instance, why do politicians with degrees in finance or law get to make decisions on environmental policy? Surely, if our system was designed appropriately, then it would be the foremost scientific experts making those decisions.
Likewise, decisions concerning abortion and the general rights of women to control what happens to their bodies, should be mostly in the hands of women & people who understand these delicate procedures.
Not insane religious zealots.