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reply re: Planned Parenthood
:Thank you Conservative! I really appreciate that!--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 16:47, 2 April 2007 (EDT)
:Thank you Conservative! I really appreciate that!--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 16:47, 2 April 2007 (EDT)
== Miscellaneous Reply ==
Thanks for the good discussion above. I would like to respond to a few points here:
* It's true, of course, that Planned Parenthood is a "non-profit" business so use of the word "profit" is problematic. But it is a huge business and the biggest provider of abortions in the United States. It makes a large excess of revenue over expenses, which we ordinarily call "profit". It is not a charity in the same sense as, for example, a church. Those "profits" of Planned Parenthood accrue to the benefit of its employees, its consultants, its allies and its doctors.
* Only a small percentage of Planned Parenthood's services provide needed medical care to poor communities.
* Planned Parenthood does target minority areas with advertisements for abortion that might be considered to be deceptive. I won't say that these advertisements are racist in intent, but they do have a disparate racial effect.
* Virtually every woman who has an abortion is worse off in terms of her health. Childbirth is good for the health of the mother, and no one disputes that. Abortion has been linked to breast cancer (nearly every study has found a link, see [[abortion]]) and also to devastating premature birth (see also [[abortion]]).
* Due in large part to Planned Parenthood's aggressive marketing in minority communities, African Americans have three times the abortion rate of whites, and three times the rate of premature births and associated devastating injuries. (I'm not sure how the breast cancer rate compares between African American and white women, but maybe someone else knows this.)
I'm not asking for specific changes to the content page, but it seems to me a skeptical look at what Planned Parenthood really does to make its millions of dollars is appropriate. Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 18:09, 2 April 2007 (EDT)