Planned Parenthood

Typically this blog sits quietly for weeks or months without a new post.  But sometimes posts write themselves and the timing is not always mine.   So here goes .....

I am incredulous about the recent Planned Parenthood scandal in which fetuses ..... unborn human babies .... are killed and their organs and tissue are sold to bio-research companies.  

In spite of polls showing that a significant portion of the population believes abortion is morally wrong, particularly in the second and third trimesters, those people are called "right wing extremists".  Really??   But here's a question ...... 

If PP insists that the majority of the services they provide are for women's health, such as cancer screenings, then WHY call themselves PLANNED PARENTHOOD?  The title alone, denotes the conception of a child -- either to assist in it, prevent it, or curtail it.  If they wish to downplay their involvement in the abortion business and promote their role in other health issues, why not start with a different name like .... for lack of a more creative idea ..... WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES?  And another question .....

When the cries go out from all those nasty "extremists", about stopping government funding (AKA tax dollars) for abortions, WHY does PP immediately claim that ALL their services are about to be thrown under the proverbial bus?  Case in point, see Sen. Elizabeth Warren's deceptive speech defending PP.  

And a little honesty from PP's vice president, Dawn Laguens, in a recent CNN interview would help as well.  She insists PP only receives reimbursement for expenses for extracting and storing "fetal tissue".  There is no profit, she says, and the doctors who are seen in the videos wouldn't be involved in determining the cost.  That, she said, would happen in the accounting or administrative departments.  Then WHY are those doctors discussing the exchange of money?  And not one word from Ms. Laguens about the illegality of altering the abortion procedure to salvage the in-demand and marketable body parts, as is clearly happening, according to one video.   We are left to only wonder what she has to say about that.  

And let's talk about the justification of "harvesting fetal tissue".  It's used in medical research and may eventually help to save lives.  It may lead to the cure for cancer or other health crises.  Maybe.  But to what level have we sunk?  Consider the cost.   Is extending my life worth the cost of someone else's life?  Is my health more valuable, more precious than that of someone who has no voice ..... who is completely helpless ..... and the most innocent of all humanity?  It's one thing to valiantly and heroically sacrifice your life to save another .... it's quite another thing to forcefully take a life without the consent of the one giving it.

Finally, why is one 17 week old fetus valued as priceless and another 17 week old fetus deemed disposable, as determined solely by the woman who carries it?      

Heaven help us .....what have we become?