Meanwhile, life went on as usual everywhere else in America.
The image in the story.
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Well they certainly didnāt pull any punches did they?
I just saw a person on FB (a friend of a friend) ask for donations to Planned Parenthood in lieu of birthday gifts.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE
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Could be worse. They could be asking people to compel the govt to donate your tax money
Pretty sure they already did thatā¦
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Wait, huh? Why Planned Parenthood for ones birthday?
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Probably because PP spends like 4% of itās time on abortions and the rest on things that are almost universally liked.
Well, even contraception is anti-birthday. Yeah, kind of an odd choice to solicit donations. On ones birthday? Seems a bit ironic.
And in a country where the citizens canāt even replace themselvesā¦Seems to like there are more immediate concerns.
It was in response to something Trump did. I canāt be bothered to look it up because, at this point, I donāt even careā¦
Is that Lincoln Monument smiling at the corpse from behind a black pyramid?
Whatās with the sunbathing alien holding a gun?
The corpse is reaching for a briefcase full of cash with a hammer and cycle on itā¦?
What in the actual fuck? Iām clearly not deep enough for Pearl Jam. Never thought Iād write that.
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I litterally LMAOād when I read that. Ha. The irony.
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Well, screening for STIs is the biggest service at PP, but No. That 3-4% number is misleading for a number of reasons. Slate, WPo and NPR have done stories about this, and have talked about why that number is misleading. The percentage of clients getting an abortion is closer to 14%.
From the National Review, so right leaning article, but this is how they get that number.
Take an example. A woman walks into a Planned Parenthood clinic. She takes a pregnancy test, meets with a counselor, and chooses to have an abortion procedure. While sheās there, she also receives an STI test and a breast exam and is handed birth control on her way out the door. Planned Parenthood would count each of these ādiscrete interactionsā ā six in total ā as a service, so abortion would be only 16 percent of that womanās visit.
From NPR. This article also shows the way PP underestimates abortion with the deceptive 3% number.
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Fair point. I donāt have a dog in the fight, but I can see the obvious narrative that both sides try to push with their stats.
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Well, I think STI screening and Contraception are the top two services, but the way they keep track of numbers makes some of this pretty hard to parse out. Also, in terms of Govt agencies, we have county health departments that also perform STI screening and prescribe birth control.
Probably by design
Assuming the govt has the capacity to pick up all the non abortion slack, I personally wouldnāt be opposed to dissolving PP and forcing people to go a different route for their abortions. Obviously thatās not the case, but still.
Iād bet when single payer finally rolls out weāll see PP go the way of the dodo
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Yes, embrace the inevitability.
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Well the other option would be to reign in the HC industryās runaway rising costs vs inflation, but given their power in Washington single payer is probably more likely
I would like to hear a real adultās reasoning for single payer @pfury . If only we could discuss it and exclude certain, less rational people.
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My ears are burningā¦
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