The War On Planned Parenthood Summary

Pro Life was against the partnership of Komen with Planned Parenthood mainly due to its abortion services. However in 2011 Komen defended her partnership with the Planned Parenthood by stating that it was the best option for treatment for the poor, minor and many uninsured women. Also there are statements that assured that the funding from the Komen to the Planned Parenthood was exclusively used for the breast cancer program. But due to extreme pressure the Komen was influenced to act in the favor of the prolife and finally posted a statement on its website on November 30, 2011 stating that it would no longer fund the embryonic stem cell research centers. In order to cope with the crisis situation Komen hired Ogilvy crisis management public

In the news article “Abortion: Every Woman’s Rights” Sharon Smith wrote an article about women’s rights to get abortions prior to the hearing of the Planned Parenthood v. Casey court case, “which threatened to severely restrict women access to abortion” (Smith). Women wanted reproductive control over their lives and felt that they were not equal to men no matter what advances they got at work and how high their level of education was. The women’s right movement wanted women to have the choice of abortion for all women, the rich and the poor. In the US, thirty- seven states did not provide

Mike Huckabee, an American politician, Christian minister, and a former Governor of Arkansas. Huckabee speculates in his article “The battle goes beyond Planned Parenthood” that America should end abortion. Although Huckabee argues his points that abortion is taking money out of are paychecks and harvesting babies’ organs, he weakens his argument by using insufficient and unrepresentative samples. As a result, support needed to make this a strong argumentative writing.

The Next Battle in the War Over Planned Parenthood is an article featured in The New York Times by writer Sheryl Gay Stolberg. The article, written in response to the recent proposal put forth by the Trump administration essentially threatening to cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood if the group doesn’t start preforming abortions, addresses both sides of the highly controversial and political topic of abortion by quoting the opinions of individuals from opposite ends of the abortion debate such as pro-choice Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and pro-life Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life, an abortion opposing organization on college campuses. Stolberg also debunks the common misconception

November will be approaching soon and will be time to elect our next President. Bernie Sanders is a seventy-four-year-old male running for the Democratic party. Hillary Clinton is the wife of Ex-President Bill Clinton and also running for the Democratic party. Donald Trump is a businessman running for the Republican nomination to be the President of 2016. Ted Cruz is a senator from Texas and a candidate for the Republican nomination. Jill Stein is a physician and activist who is currently running for the Green Party nomination.

However, there are also hidden motives that Mrs. Black doesn’t mention in her reasoning for supporting the bill. For instance, out of the top 5 industries that donated money towards her campaign, 4 of them were in the health service industry (OpenSecrets.org - Diane Black). If this bill would have passed and Planned Parenthood would have been defunded for a year or indefinitely, this would have benefitted Black’s top donors. This is the case because nearly 80% of the women who use Planned Parenthood’s services had incomes at or below the federal poverty level, and “27% of all women in the United States who obtain contraceptive services do so at publicly funded health centers” such as Planned Parenthood (Goldschmidt and Strickland, 2015). Since

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The most interesting thing I learned about the history of reproductive control in the United States from the readings is the fact that throughout it’s history, the support or lack of support of Planned Parenthood has been largely impacted by what is going on in the world around it, rather than the essence of what Planned Parenthood stands for. For example, in Jill Leopre’s article “Birthright: what’s next for Planned Parenthood?” she talks about how the economic status of the United States has affected how much support Planned Parenthood has received. She says, “During the Depression, when more and more people were interested in having fewer children, Gallup polls found that three out of four Americans supported the legalization of contraception.”

Leaked videos from Planned Parenthood have caused frenzy among Americans and there have been debates on whether or not to continue funding this organization. These videos reveal Planned Parenthood officials discussing selling fetal tissue for profit. While they are proved to be edited videos, many people are still wary about the whole situation. Joining along with this frenzy is Ruth Marcus, whose article, Defunding Planned Parenthood would actually increase abortions, argues why Planned Parenthood should still be funded. Marcus provides substantial evidence including pathos and logos to support her claim; however, it is her ethos that is questionable. With numerous fallacies plaguing her argument, her ethos is damaged, thus affecting the argument’s

Bell Hooks’ novel, Feminism is for Everybody (2000) presented the true meaning and history of feminism. Controlling Reproduction: An American History (2008) by Andrea Tone introduced historic accounts of the reproductive rights movement in America from the eighteenth century to the twentieth century. Both works were secondary sources that brought focus to women’s rights over their bodies, minds, and liberty; which Ellen Carol DuBois and Lynn Dumenil displayed in Through Women’s Eyes.

baby, and on the other hand people supporting pro-life believe abortion takes the life of

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.

With only “three percent” of Planned Parenthood’s services being abortions, the majority of the services belong to ‘STI/STD Testing and Treatment’ with its “percent at forty-two” and “‘Contraception’ at 34%” (Lee). Over 50 million women and men in America were in need of places like Planned Parenthood for health services, many of which were without insurance at their time of need. Denying access to Planned Parenthood would cause an increase in STI/STD outbreaks, like in Indiana’s case when the Governor closed down its rural Planned Parenthood clinics and had an HIV outbreak, and the percentage of abortion, be it legal or illegal, would increase significantly. “Now, the state is scrambling to erect pop-up clinics to combat an unprecedented HIV

As usual, the deadline to fund the government is the end of September. It was the context brought about the introduction of the legislative action. The legislation addressed a problem because the government was shutdown one time in 2013 “that brought government operations across the country to a halt for 16 days”. By approving a short-term spending bill through December 9th, Congress averted a government shutdown, and allowing lawmakers to avoid a crisis and return home to campaign.

Reproductive rights have been a central issue through the United States for many people, but it mainly has an effect on women. These effects could be said to affect all women, but has been more of a controversial issue to the working class women and to women of color. Throughout the course readings and films, the authors such as Angela Davis, Lisa Udel, and Renee Tajima-Peña, have drawn the attention to the female roles in reproductive rights through intersectionality by concerning different races and how it may affect women in different social and racial classes. The authors have also illustrated the struggles presented in gender roles and expectations when it comes to “motherwork” through the experiences of different racial groups of women throughout the United States. Women’s reproductive rights have been affected through the means of intersectionality by categorizing women in to groups depending on race, class and gender; this is displayed through unfair sterilization, failed feminist movements, and attempts for population control based on race.