As most of us may know, Romney is planing to take away some of the funding to Planned Parenthood if elected president. Besides providing abortion, Planned Parenthood is a worldwide program that educates men and women about sex and also provide healthcare. I don’t think that Romney should take funding from it because teens should be educated about this and not just by their parents. I say that because sometimes teens do not listen to what their parents have to say and therefore they don’t see the reality that’s out there. With Planned Parenthood, teens are able to understand things from other people’s perspective. They also help women have easy access to contraceptives, for low costs, that help prevent pregnancies. If Romney takes away funding from this, they would have to be a private organization which would mean less access and possibly more teen pregnancies, “Cutting funding for Planned Parenthood will not stop people from having sex, but it will take away an organization that provides sexual health support and services that many women cannot access anywhere else.” (Watson)
The main reason why Romney wants to take the funding away from this is because he doesn’t support abortion. But abortion is only about 3% of what they do according to Sheridan Watson in “Planned Parenthood cannot be cut” and the rest of it basically information and healthcare. Another thing that he touches on is that women have the right to do whatever they want with their body and if that means abortion, then so be it. I don’t think that anyone should have a baby if they’re not ready. If you do it early enough, the “thing” (baby, if you will) does not have a central nervous system developed, therefore it cannot feel and it won’t hurt.
If Romney takes away funding from this organization I think there will be more problems such as STD’s and less informed people. Therefore more pregnancies and even more debt.
After reading Katherine Turcios "Planned Parenthood" on her blog "Government Daily" it explains the cuts that Romney would have made towards Planned Parenthood if he was elected. The main reason Mitt Romney wanted to cut the funding’s towards Planned Parenthood is because he is against abortion. Although what this blog expresses that Romney would do more damage if he took away funding’s because Planned Parenthood is more of a worldwide organization that is informative for young men and women about sex and also provides health care for young people. This organization provides easy access to contraceptive’s at a low cost for young women that can help prevent pregnancies. Cutting Planned Parenthood funds would decrease the help for young people to have access to information and get help with sexual circumstances. Abortions are only about 3% of what this organization does for young people. So if Romney is cutting funds for a reason that is only 3% of what this organization does, is unfair to all people. I liked this blog because it was very informative of what Romney had planned to do once he was elected. Thank goodness he wasn’t!
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