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.