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Originally posted by Timber Loftis: Not that I disagree with planned parenthood, but I do want to point out that arguing "back alley" aboritions indicate a need for cleaner safer places for abortion is a little bit like arguing crack houses are reason to legalize crack and have a safe place to do it. Either the thing is moral and legal, or it is not.

Actually, it is because back-alley abortions exist that there should be increased funding for any organization such as Planned Parenthood; it is more cost effective to have a woman in a clean and safe clinic than to cover the ER and hospital stay that would most likely be needed after visiting the back alley.
I will quickly touch on your mention of crack houses and legalizing crack (or other drugs). Since the government is all about money, legalizing drugs and having the government be in charge of importation and distribution would not only result in a dramatic drop in the crime rate but would also be quite the economic windfall. A study of Prohibition and the War on Drugs shows this to be the most logical and profitable solution.

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: Here's the real thing with US funding planned parenthood -- making it legal to get an abortion is different that procuring it for someone. Domestically, our government does not pay for abortions. In fact, for a woman on welfare, our government would rather pay the $5,000+ costs of child birth than pay $400 for an abortion. I think that's wasting my tax money, but the other side of this debate thinks you should never spend tax dollars to kill fetuses, however legal it may be to do so. Regardless, one thing is certain: if we don't spend for something domestically based on ethical concerns, it certainly isn't fair for us to go spend money on that thing in another country. Which is why the funding was pulled.

And here I thought the funding was pulled because giving money to Planned Parenthood--which just a front for those sinful abortion clinics, as every good citizen knows--looks bad in an election year. Oh, wait--was that cynical? [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img]