In Keturah Colds blog post titled: Planned Parenthood, she discusses the current situation in Texas that is related to funding being pulled from several thousand Planned Parenthood facilities. The Huffington Post posted a great article about the issue and I must say that before I go on, there were many intriguing blog posts written by my fellow classmates
that interest me, however, this issue with Planned Parenthood weighs very
heavily on my heart and on my mind. The
fact that we are having this debate and that the District Court or any court
for that matter can bring this up again in the 21st Century
infuriates me! I agree with everything
that Ms. Colds points out in her post.
It is true, there are many services that Planned Parenthood provides for
women. For several years I used Planned Parenthood
for routine check-ups. I have always
been comforted by the fact that if I were ever in the position again where I
did not have health insurance, Planned Parenthood would be there to address my specific
health care needs at an affordable price.
Now, I am not so sure that they will be there for me to fall back on.
The unfortunate reality is that the proposed efforts to pull
the funding and the threat to shut down the Women’s Health Program is an
abortion issue. It is nothing more than
a political stunt to appease the Pro-lifers.
A woman has a legal right to choose. Whether you agree with abortion or not – IT’S
THE LAW. It was settled, or so I
thought, in the Roe v. Wade
case which, not surprisingly, originally took place here, in the great state of
Texas. Has time somehow been turned back
40 years? What’s happening!!??
How can politicians get away with their attempt to try to
take away funding and force women to have vaginal ultrasounds? I am so confused. I am very disappointed in our Legislature and
truly enraged by the notion that the law can be so easily manipulated. We, as women, must stand up for our rights
and we must fight this war on abortion.
The simple fact of the matter is that in the past, women were literally risking their lives to
exercise what they felt was a constitutional right - to decide when and if
they wanted to have children. My fear
today is that women will again compromise their future health and possibly their lives
again if the District Courts and the Nation fails to do the right thing and abolish all of the proposals that limit women’s health and their right to
choose.
Women want to feel comfortable and confident in the
decisions that we make when it comes to our health. The threat of losing thousands of Planned
Parenthood facilities (one of the most reliable, affordable health care clinics for
women) I believe would turn back the clock and make women find alternative
unsafe methods to terminate their pregnancies.
Just the thought of it makes me want to start a new sexual revolution
and believe me we won’t just be burning bras and marching on Washington this
time – oh no, this time, it’s War.
