Well it seems this country and it's citizens are not going to be spared the onslaught of the stripping of funding tactic by the extreme right wing Planned Parenthood ignorant, sexually frustrated attack cabal": Worst yet, it's being led by a North Carolina Representative. I should have realized by now that it would have happened at some point. The "stupid" of relying on obviously and proven edited and doctored videos has seem to caught on, even here.
ASHEBORO â Legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., Tuesday that would strip Title X funding from Planned Parenthood prompted this statement from the organization.
On top of insult, here comes the injury..
For example, Ellmer's proposal would redirect funding currently received by Planned Parenthood to other health centers. Title X funding makes up roughly 25 percent of the $528 million that the organization receives from federal resources. The remainder comes from Medicaid.
Ellmers asserted women would find the services they need at existing health centers that do not provide abortions. Her measure, like others introduced to defund Planned Parenthood, asserts women would not suffer from a loss of services.
This, from a solid Tea Bag/Republican controlled Red State that won't even entertain the Medicaid option for it's citizens that really need health care. Of course, no mention by Ellmers just where all those "existing health" centers are, much less how many of them are there in North Carolina. Paige Johnson, vice president of External Affairs for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic had this to say about the news of the proposed legislation...
"...America is already facing a reproductive healthcare provider shortage. Across the nation, a majority of Medicaid programs are experiencing provider shortages, with over two-thirds of states reporting difficulty in ensuring enough providers, including specialty care (OB/GYN care, in particular) for Medicaid enrollees, she said.
She said, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), among Medicaid-participating providers, less than half of primary care providers participating in Medicaid-managed care programs offer appointments to patients.
Time and time again, many Americans, both women AND men have received excellent care and information about human sexuality. The fact that 97% of the service from Planned Parenthood does not involve abortion of over the top of the heads of the American Taliban, as they see it as their crusade for the unborn.
Johnson said, in states that have banned payments to the organization, defunding Planned Parenthood has had devastating consequences. She cited newspaper articles, medical journal reports and health commission studies that reported in Indiana defunding led to an HIV epidemic; in Texas it led to tens of thousands of women not getting care; and in Tennessee it led to a 1,400 percent drop in services to women.
http://www.thetimesnews.com/...
I'd like to know just where "little" Johnny and Sally are going to get their information on birth control, medication for all those nasty STD's, and unwanted pregnancies due to lack of this vital information out there.
Their parents obviously are unequipped to provide it.
Their clergy? Oh hell no.
Their educators? Maybe, but probably not.
On the street from friends and strangers? Yup.
They have only their parents that vote for such ignorant and self righteous politicians to blame: Trouble is, the rest of society also will feel the effects of this from increased social services and clinic demands, to lack of medical research for diseases that could be eliminated via medical research. The suffering of the commons, specifically women, continues unabated. But really, this is more than a war on women: It is a war on common sense, and on the intellectual integrity of ethics and morals of the commons.
"American Exceptionalism" = "Idiocracy" Nation
Forward Together, Not One Step Back!
Be safe, out there.