Friday, February 25, 2011

I stand with PP


I stand with Planned Parenthood because:

All women, no matter what their economic status - deserve quality health care services such as pap smears, preventative immunizations/screenings, prenatal healthcare, contraceptives & STI testing.
Not to mention - a safe haven for resources on body image, pregnancy prevention/testing, sexual assault & domestic abuse support services. 
All men deserve an affordable, safe, quality resource for cancer screening and sexual health / contraceptive services. 
I felt more comfortable with my Planned Parenthood OBGYN - then any other Dr. in my life. 
All women have the right to decide when they want to become mothers. 
An attack on Planned Parenthood is an attack on the rights and equality of women.  
It's not only about abortion. 
If Planned Parenthood was an organization focused on men's health - there would be no fight.  
I believe in the fight for women
It's very likely you know multiple individuals who have at some point in their lives used Planned Parenthood services.  
When women are able to take control over their own bodies, the poverty gap is reduced.
& so is the gender gap.

I can go on. But I think you get it.

If you're a woman. If you care about a women. If you believe the Government should back off uterus'. If you believe that the contraception for wild horses is less important than quality sexual healthcare services for women (that. is. real). If you believe in the equality of men & women. Or, simply, if you want to continue being my friend ... Stand with Planned Parenthood.

Again, Stand with Planned Parenthood
Again? Okay. Stand with Planned Parenthood

& ask yourself,

Would the world stand by if it were men who were dying just for completing their reproductive functions?

- Asha-Rose Migrio, UN Deputy Secretary General, 07

& start reading: Fair and Feminist

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