Planned Parenthood

I almost started this blog with an apology...but I can't do it. Being someone who's been in a situation that might use Planned Parenthood, I refuse to apologize for my opinion.

I try to keep my blog away from anything political. I do not like discussing politics with anyone. I've been in a few arguments about it and it never ends well. That's partly because I don't "debate" well, but that's beside the point. In my opinion, discussing politics with people you care about will turn into fighting about politics with people you used to care about and currently won't talk to anymore. I have plenty of other ways and reasons for people to stop talking to me. Talking about politics is not going to be one because there's not a whole lot I can realistically do about it right now. With all of that being said...I have to talk about it this week.

As I just said, politics is dumb in any setting. In the office, in the government, in a circle of friends; anywhere. I know you can't really have a government without politics, but whatever. Humor me. This week, our government was facing a possibility of a shut down. Unless you've had your head buried in the sand or you just don't like paying attention to the news, you will know that the reason is because the big government Dems and the spinning out of control GOP could not agree on a budget. The budget for our government was supposed to be done in OCTOBER 2010! What month are we on?? Oh yeah. April 2011. Seriously?!

Now, this post is not so much about the outrage that is surrounding the dummies sitting in seats of power...yes, all of them. This is more about the pet project the Dems refused to cut funding for: Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood is a clinic that caters to lower income individuals. It helps women who can't afford insurance get the health care they need. There's a bunch of problems with that statement, but that's not what I want to focus on. Planned Parenthood is funded by the government. It is also the leading provider of abortions.

I fully admit that in my research, I've found that none of the funding from the government is allowed to go to abortions. At least, it's not supposed to go to abortions. First of all, who's monitoring where that funding is being distributed and what it's being used for? Are you seriously trying to tell me that in the 235 years since the Constitution was signed and independence was declared and claimed for this country that no one has found a way to creatively describe something on a piece of paper in order to make it appear to be what it isn't? Cause if you are...you're dumb.

I've been doing some research since I found out that this was one of the hang-ups for the budget decision. In 2010 alone, Planned Parenthood reported that it performed 330,000 abortions last year. It's defense was that it was 3% of it's total health care services. That's 3% too much. In contrast, Planned Parenthood reported that their doctors and nurses conduct 1 million screenings for cervical cancer, over 800,000 breast exams, and upwards of 4 million tests and treatments for STD's. While those are all well and good, it's the 3% that I'm concerned about.

Abortion is a tough subject to discuss because it is such a hot topic. For me, abortion is not something that should be considered for anyone but a rape victim. That would be the only reason an abortion should be performed and even then that's not something I would consider lightly. The democrats, and yes most of the ones raising a stink about it are women, are claiming that by cutting the funding for Planned Parenthood the Republicans are trying to "sock it to women". Thank you Senator Feinstein from California for opening your big mouth and rolling your brain around on the table. Guess what. You're dumb.

I am a birth mother. That's not something I recall openly admitting on this blog before, so I'm doing it now. I placed my child in the care of someone more fit to care for her than I was at the time. I did it because it was what my daughter deserved. There are so many families who can't have children who would love to adopt any one of those 330,000 babies who were killed last year. There are so many families who are waiting to love a child that never get an opportunity because the process is so difficult and girls are either single parenting or aborting pregnancies.

I know that a lot of women would say, "It's my body. I should be able to choose what happens to it." My answer to that? DON'T SLEEP AROUND AND GET PREGNANT IN THE FIRST PLACE!! There is an easy solution to the problem of getting pregnant! Hey! I've solved half of the abortions! I'm such a genius. If you don't want a child, do something constructive with your life. There is a reason the institution of marriage was created. It's hard to have faith in it with so many failing anymore...but that doesn't change the fact that every child deserves a chance to live and they deserve a mom and a dad.

It angers me when I see women trying to use the excuse that they're denying us our rights as women. That excuse doesn't fly. An abortion is murder. There is no easy or simple way around that and there is no other way of seeing it. You are killing a child. You are destroying a person who can't defend himself/herself. How is it okay to justify it by saying "It's my body."? I don't understand that mentality. Women are born with mothering tendencies. We are supposed to be the mother. Do I think that means we need to stay in a kitchen all day? Try and tell me to. See how nice that shiner I give you looks in the mirror. It is in our nature to nurture and love in a way men don't. How can anyone justify murdering an innocent child?

Adoption is something I am passionate about and I am more than happy to discuss it with anyone. That part of my life is something I'm not afraid of sharing. It is, unfortunately, also something that's considered taboo. Adoption is looked down upon to this day more than abortion is. People say it's baby farming. People look down on women like me who've given their children to someone else to raise because they think we're taking the easy way out. I wish I could hit every person who ever told any woman who'd placed her child in another woman's arms that she was taking the easy way out. Adoption isn't a bad thing. You are giving the gift of life not only to a beautiful baby, but to a family who may not necessarily be able to have their own. How is that more unnatural or more selfish than abortion?

I've already gotten too passionate about this and am more long winded than I wanted to be, so I'll close with this. Having a child is not something everyone is born prepared to do. Sometimes it happens unexpectedly. There are alternatives to abortion. Try putting the funding towards helping people who have earned the assistance instead of to legalized murder. Consider this: What if your parents had decided to abort you?