Planned Parenthood

Last week, I wrote my blog on a range of Women's issues so today as the topic starts to cool down, I thought it was fitting to write on Planned Parenthood. Carly Fiorina recently went on a rant at the CNN debate. She urged Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to watch the video of a fetus having its brain harvested while it's feet were still kicking after being aborted. This is a result of the recent attack on Planned Parenthood by conservatives. I'd agree with Mrs. Fiorina that what she described would be wrong and very immoral. The problem is, not a single word of it was true. There is no evidence that this abortion was performed in America, let alone at a PP clinic. Not only that, but doctors who have watched the video say the fetus was already dead. 

Many people disagree with fetal tissue research but this field of research provides many vaccines that we wouldn't be able to live without today. Rabies, rubella, and hepatitis vaccines were all derived from fetal cells. If conservatives don't like abortion I have no problem with that, but when you take advantage of a sting video from wherever and mislead the American public into thinking that the president is aborting babies for fun, that's when Americans should call BS. We should expect more from our politicians and we should demand more. This means that moderators at the debates should call BS on a candidate when the candidate says something not true. When Ben Carson talked about his fairy-tale tax plan, moderators called him out and conservatives everywhere were heard with cries of "the lame stream media". Moderators should've done the exact same thing to Fiorina when she lied about the fetus video.

Planned Parenthood spends zero percent of the money they get from the government on abortions. In fact, 97 percent of Planned Parenthood's procedures are not abortion related. These include prenatal screening for low-income women, and other type of consulting that low-income women can't afford. That sounds like an American idea to me. Using medicare and Medicaid to help lower income people get the quality care they deserve. The idea of helping others should be accepted-by both parties- as the American Dream.

Abortion/Women's Issues/Nostalgic Rants

I was raised in a home where my father was out of the picture. My mother was the one who raised me. I am eternally grateful to my mother for making me the man I am today and it's because of that I am so passionate on women's issues. It amazes me when candidates like Scott Walker can believe that abortion is immoral even in the case of health concerns to the mother. Republicans hate big government, except when it prevents women to get health services. You also don't hear them providing alternatives to abortion those who oppose abortion should be for contraceptives! People who oppose contraceptives are especially concerning as they want to stop abortions, just not in the modern techniques. Abstinence shouldn't and will not be considered a contraceptive.

I believe that all life is precious. I try to be consistent on most issues to protect human life at all cost.  I believe that healthcare is a right and droning populated areas in the Middle East is a wrong (which is grammatically incorrect but it flows well). That being said, many find my position on abortion baffling compared to my otherwise pro-life beliefs. I don't believe life starts at contraception, and I think that belief is becoming increasingly fallacious. When I (or anyone else) state my age I start counting at when I was born. I was born on April 3, 1998 so I am 17 years old. If life truly began at contraception I would have to add 9 months, give or take, to my age. What truly baffles me is how people can be so pro-life, even to the extent of danger to the mother, while being mostly anti-life on other issues.

You'd think the party of the pro-life agenda would be in favor of other pro-life policies. They should be for healthcare for all, against guns, against droning, anti-capital punishment and pro-environment. The funny thing about that is that most the time it's the exact opposite. President Obama's second largest margin of victory in the 2012 election came within the demographic of single women.

Out of all the issues that the Republican party is out of touch with, I believe women's issues are one of its more out of touch positions. Many of my conservative friends do not believe in the women's pay gap. I believe in equality and choosing the best person for the job but it doesn't seem to be a coincidence that only 22 of the fortune 500 CEOs are women. I have even heard classmates and congressmen argue that women already have equal rights.

Last election cycle you heard certain GOP representatives state that the female body has ways to prevent pregnancy following rape. Considering that one in five women are raped in college the GOP should not become involved with an issue as serious as how a women should handle being raped and what they should do afterwards. I know many women who have gone through a horrible situation and telling them how to handle a tragedy is similar to telling a veteran with PTSD to stop being self-centered and only thinking about themselves. The current Republican party handles women's issues worse than they handle three CNBC moderators.

Women's issues will be one of the most important topics of the 2016 election. Many people are becoming aware of the current pay gap and despite the right's hardest efforts, most people support Planned Parenthood. The Republican party is soon going to learn  about women what they've already learned from latinos:There are a lot of them and they have the ability to vote. The Republican party will never win another presidential election if they continue to disenfranchise such large and important demographics.