Planned Parenthood Pros And Cons

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There are two very distinct sides that continuously argue over the funding for planned parent, both sides present very well organized arguments; however, there is pros and cons to both sides. One might ask what exactly is Planned Parenthood. Several people are under the impression that this program only deals with abortion; but, this is wrong. Activist that support Planned Parenthood believe that it is the government’s responsibility to provide government aid to help assist the noninsured deal with the conflicts that are a result of giving birth. Those who are against the government providing funds for to help the program Planned Parenthood, tend to be pro-life activist, who are against abortions. As a direct results of arguments that have …show more content…

These individuals are against women having abortions and euthanasia, they believe that it is not right to end a life before it begins and also that people should die on their own, not with the help of euthanasia. Many times when this group demonstrates, it leads to violence. In fact, in 1933 two doctors, David Gunn and George Patterson, were shot by protesters. Pro-life activist feel that women should face the consequences if they willingly have sexual intercourse, simply put not take what they see as the easy way out, that being an abortion. Most of the public who is against believe that the organization only provides money that helps women get an abortion. This is what brings up the main conflict between the two sides, as to whether or the not the program should receive funding from the government. The republican front runner Donald Trump, a self-described pro-life supporter was quoted saying that “it (Planned Parenthood) does do wonderful things but not as it relates to …show more content…

The main issue that two sides continuously argue over seems to largely deal abortions. One solution that could help the two sides would be to sit down the leaders of both organizations that are for and against the program, and develop a compromise between the two groups. This compromise could include not getting rid of Planned Parenthood; however, putting restrictions on why someone can get an abortion. This solution would work because, those in favor of the program would still have organization around and the pro-life activist would be happy because the number of abortions given a year would start to decline. A way that this could compromise could be achieved, is to not completely focus on abortions; but, ask why so many women get an abortion. According to Susan Tew and Christiane Kirchgaessner, there is around fourteen million unplanned pregnancies that occur in developing countries and thirty-six percent of those pregnancies end in an abortion. So, the two groups should instead work together to help lower the number of unwanted pregnancies and in turn this would help lower the number of abortions that women get every year. This solution would work in favor of both group because the supporters of the organization will still get support from the government, which means that they can still