Planned Parenthood of Indiana is selling gift certificates which can be used to receive health care or to purchase birth control. To me that is an amazingly great and sane idea!
Of course there are the religious “sex is bad so reproductive health is to be ignored” types who are against this, such as the Catholic Archdiocese of Indiana, which said, “they deserve coal in their stocking, not money for lethal gift certificates,” Right… I guess the implication here is that everyone who receives a Planned Parenthood gift certificate is going to gleefully run out and get an abortion (what better way to celebrate the holidays!) as opposed to getting a routine and potentially life-saving exam such as a pap smear.
Of course I’m biased, but it’s hard to not be when faced with this kind of knowledgeably ignorant and all-too-predictable negative reaction to reproductive health.
From Betty Cockrum, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Indiana, a more reasonable argument:
“Birth control is the best way to avoid unintended pregnancy. Avoiding unintended pregnancy is the best way to reduce abortion.”
Read more from the Associated Press via Google News
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