A Response to A Colleague's Article #2

Once again, I found an article on my classmate Abigail Clark's blog that resonated with some thoughts I'd had all week about Planned Parenthood. In her article, she makes a strong, concise argument as to why our fretting over Planned Parenthood is a waste of time and a laughably bad thing to get worked up over. I agree with her to the fullest extent, and all of the points she brought up are great food for thought.

The fact that we as a nation are still trying to "debate" something that has already been settled years ago is a fantastic example of entitlement among people who don't get what they want. It's also an example of willful ignorance, since PP's sole purpose isn't to serve as an abortion clinic. It's no secret that the organization provides vital health care services for women and multitudes of other preventative and educational services; the people who are against the prosperity of the clinic are simply choosing to brush off that fact so they can continue whining about something that probably doesn't have any affect on them or their lives.

With each passing day, I feel more and more strongly that the government is really trying to eradicate anything that holds even the possibility of a shred of well-being for its citizens. What's worse is that I truly have no idea what they think they'll be accomplishing if they take away a service that provides responsible and safe care for all patients. People will resort to illegal and unsafe methods of attaining care, and then what? Will they try to prevent black market and back alley procedures by passing an act or law? This mess could be solved in a much simpler way: don't take away or mess with organizations that are here to help.

I saw a headline on the Internet today (Dec. 4th) that read that Planned Parenthood has officially been cut off from federal funding, and although I didn't look into the full article, I hope that that isn't true. Knowing the media today and how they skew things, it could have been a click bait headline. In the event that it is true, I believe that the government is completely wasting their energy focusing on this organization and it leaves me worried that this is the type of thing the government is choosing to spend its time on. This whole ordeal is a telling sign of what will be to come if the White House goes back into the hands of conservatives and I'm not looking forward to having to deal with this country taking yet another step backwards in equality/critical thinking.