Planned Parenthood Case Study

There are many current issues in Congress, especially after coming off of the brief vacation. With the election approaching quickly, Congress has its priorities jumbled up. With the short time to solve multiple conflicts, Congress is trying to focus on the partisan banter over the funding for the Zika virus. Republican's want to spend less money on funding, whereas the Democrats want to spend and give more to the CDC. James Arkin shared, "Republicans scoffed at President Obama’s $1.9 billion request, but agreed to fund $1.1 billion". The CDC and the Planned Parenthood Clinics already have funding for such viruses, which means the addition of more money would be unnecessary. Even though the disease clinics have shown to be running out of funds,

The Standing Rock Sioux Pipeline Protest has been happening over the course of the past several months, along with numerous legal battles and arrests. Multiple tribes have come in aId for what they consider “peaceful protests and demonstrations” on their land in a native american reservation. The protestors are against putting a new oil pipeline into the drinking water of thousands of people.

Now the situation that is currently going on is between the Sioux and DAPL. Sioux say that the “Dakota Access Pipeline would cut through sacred land, and that it would contaminate the tribes water source, also which would violate the National Historic Preservation Act” (Rowena, Lindsay The Christian Science

Not only would the DAPL project cut through their land technically illegally, but it is a danger to their lives. If the pipe leaks (which most pipes do) than it will spill over farm lands and potentially into their water supply, putting their health into danger. They are protesting to protect themselves but also they are standing up for what is their land. The construction machines and the pipeline would run through sacred (legally the Natives land) ground and burial grounds. The Natives existence and way of life has been threatened historically also; when the buffalo almost went extinct and when the whites were intruding and killing the natives to get to gold in the area. Now their health and sacred ground are being jeopardized do to the DAPL

National parks should not be preserved and protected by the federal government because the government currently owns too much land

The pipeline not only poses a threat to one of only 326 Native American reservations left in this country, but also to the environment as a whole. Regardless of where you stand, the wrongdoing on the part of the United States Government is undeniable. The Dakota Access Pipeline is corrupt at its core and the dangers surrounding its construction have the potential to be catastrophic to the dwindling Native population by threatening their only source of water. A significant saying within the Sioux tribe, especially in times of protest, is a simple one, but one that is clearly not understood by some, and that is “water is

North Dakota’s Native American people, are all coming together to protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), which seeks to insert pipes underneath their encampment property and barral grounds. The protesters are being brutally attacked by official, although the natives are peacefully attempting to protest. They are chanting ritual and spiritual saying and attempting to pray on top of Standing Rock. They are facing massive oppression. They are being hosed down in the freezing cold temperature, are being pepper sprayed, and shot at with rubber bullets and tear gas. The Native Americans are calling themselves “water protectors” because they view water as a religious symbol. They chanted “water is life” to the DAPL officials and in return,

As professor Ferguson related “Six months ago the Dakota Access Pipeline was provided a permit for the construction to begin. For six months or so there has been development of this pipeline. Now, enter the Standing Rock Sioux, which are one of the Sioux nations, a sovereign indigenous tribe who has historically experienced loss of land and tree rights and been prevalent in this area. Many of them have been pushed into these certain areas called reservations were the last remnants of land were provided, this history is important. The broken promise of the government and other parties that promised that things would be okay has been long standing.” For the standing Rock Sioux they see the pipeline going through the Missouri River as creating problems with water access for the tribe, change in the water environment and a threat to their access to water quality. Secondly, the pipeline itself is also going to upset and encroach upon Native American burial sights and artifact sights that have existed for years untouched until there was a change in the interest regarding oil. This pipeline has threatened these rights for the Standing Rock Sioux. As a Sovereign Nation, they see this change fueled by national and corporate interest as a direct threat to their nationhood because access to water is key to survival. Professor Ferguson also emphasized that “There is also a larger story, and it comes from the call for all for the great Sioux Nation and all indigenous people to come and gather in protest against the pipeline. These protest then have larger meaning because they address the threat to indigenous people around the world and not just in the united states” because often times the narrative of losses for indigenous people around the world are a very similar

But when the Indians asked for the pipeline to be rerouted, their request was denied. For them this feels like another personal attack. How will you feel if the government tries to destroy your land? What are the violation of the human right to water? www.truth-out.org/news/item/38251-the-human-right-to-water-at-standing-rock saysThe mantra of the water protectors at standing rock is “water is life”. The world Health Organization (WHO) started in its 2010 fact sheet on the right to water, “Water is the essence of life. Safe drinking water and sanitation are indispensable to sustain life and health, and fundamental to the dignity of all”.

(A) Let’s take a moment to imagine an ice cream shop. (B) It provides many different flavors, flavors that are really good, but there is one flavor that some people just don’t like. You wouldn’t try to shut down the whole ice cream shop simply because one flavor displeases you. If you really didn’t like that flavor, just avoid it. Simply because that flavor is available to you doesn’t mean you have to get it, maybe somebody else really wants that ice cream flavor, it is not up to you to tell them “I do not like that flavor, therefore I want it to be unavailable to you.” (C) Taking down the ice cream shop is just ridiculous, and would definitely ruin more lives than it would benefit. (D) In the same fashion, fighting to defund Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA), better known as Planned Parenthood is a non-profit organization that provides reproductive healthcare and education in the United States and globally. The non-profit’s history is rooted in Brooklyn, New York, where Margaret Sanger and her sister Ethel Byrne opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S in 1916, later founding the American Birth Control League in 1921, which changed its name to Planned Parenthood in 1942 (Planned Parenthood, 2016). Moreover, Planned Parenthood was founded on the revolutionary idea that women should have the information and care they need to live strong, healthy lives and fulfill their dreams — no ceilings, no limits (Planned Parenthood, 2017).

Planned Parenthood is a controversial topic sweeping the nation of America with political and moral issues. Every day one could come across a new article on it, stubble upon a news article in their local paper or even on their local news station. Planned Parenthood directly provides reproductive health services, is involved in teach young students about sexual education, contributes to research in reproductive technology, and interacts with legal and political efforts aimed at protecting and developing reproductive rights.

Planned Parenthood has provided high-quality, affordable, healthcare to 2.5 million women, men, and teens for over 100 years. It is essential to have available for the community. Planned Parenthood gives lower class families the same option to healthcare as upper class families have. Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit organization health clinic that many have grown to trust. Shutting down Planned Parenthood services would cause a national disaster.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America has been a governmentally funded program in the United States of America since 1970 despite countless efforts nationwide to defund the organization. Founded by Martha Sanger and Ethel Byrne, Planned Parenthood (PPFA) is a nonprofit organization which provides reproductive health services in Africa as well as North, Central and South America. Over 650 clinics across the nation provide a collective four million medical visits annually.10 PPFA, one of the largest reproductive health providers, bestows economically challenged citizens with health care that was previously unaffordable. In order for the United States to continue supplying adequate, and accessible, public health care to its citizens, Planned Parenthood must remain governmentally funded.

If Republicans generalized the shooter at Planned Parenthood like they do with one who is a POC, they'd be the ones who should "wear ID badges."