New documentary - abortion in USA... (drugs, stats, support, income)

[ontheroad]

Planned Parenthood was not started as an "abortion clinic" but as a place for women to receive good, sound health care options and health care options on human reproduction in particular.

They have become synonymous with abortion, but many use the clinic as an inexpensive way to receive OB, and GYN services.

[katzenfreund]

And by the way, I just checked out the planned parenthood website. They talk about all the choices....

Planned Parenthood - Pregnancy

[citigirl]

What would prove very interesting is if we had a few volunteers from the forum to go to a Planned Parenthood, walk in, pretend you are pregnant and see what services or advise they offer. Next come back and tell us what they say!

I would do it but I'm old enough they would just laugh.

[katzenfreund]

I think it is wrong to lure women that want information about ALL their options to a fake crisis pregnancy center and bully, harrass and itimidate them.

Beware of Antiabortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers
from the website....
Beware of Anti-abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers

In small and large towns throughout the United States (and all over the Internet), anti-abortion groups have set up "crisis pregnancy centers" or "pregnancy counseling centers" or "pregnancy help centers." They are often located near high schools. These centers follow a format suggested by the Pearson Foundation that is deliberately designed to misinform and mislead young women.

Going by the names, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Pregnancy Aid, Birth Right, Open Door, or Pregnancy Counseling Center, these groups want to be the first contact a woman makes when she thinks she might be pregnant, so they can talk her out of considering abortion.

Anti-abortion pregnancy centers are listed in the yellow pages under "abortion alternatives." They do NOT provide abortion. Many offer free pregnancy tests or pregnancy counseling as a means to lure you in. On the Internet they also use deceptive names like prochoice.com, and pregnancycenters.org.

Nearly all of these centers are operated by churches or religious organizations. They refer to themselves as a "ministry" to save women's souls.

Most anti-abortion centers will not give out information by phone, they insist you come into their office. Women have reported waiting up to an hour for the results of a pregnancy test and being forced to watch anti-abortion videos while they wait surrounded by anti-abortion propaganda. Some women have then been denied the results of their pregnancy test when they say they want an abortion or that they need the test result to apply for medical assistance.

Women describe being harassed, intimidated, and given blatantly false information, or being forced to pray with the crisis pregnancy center's staff. They complain that their confidential information was used against them. In some cases, they were followed home, and mail and phone calls intruded into their homes.

[citigirl]

Originally Posted by katzenfreund

And by the way, I just checked out the planned parenthood website. They talk about all the choices....

Planned Parenthood - Pregnancy

See that list of the left? Notice the order of the links?

Abortion

Adoption

Being a Parent


Seems abortion tops their list.

[ontheroad]

Somehow it looks alphabetical.

Originally Posted by citigirl

See that list of the left? Notice the order of the links?

Abortion

Adoption

Being a Parent


Seems abortion tops their list.

[citigirl]

Originally Posted by katzenfreund

I think it is wrong to lure women that want information about ALL their options to a fake crisis pregnancy center and bully, harrass and itimidate them.

Beware of Antiabortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers
from the website....
Beware of Anti-abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers

In small and large towns throughout the United States (and all over the Internet), anti-abortion groups have set up "crisis pregnancy centers" or "pregnancy counseling centers" or "pregnancy help centers." They are often located near high schools. These centers follow a format suggested by the Pearson Foundation that is deliberately designed to misinform and mislead young women.

Going by the names, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Pregnancy Aid, Birth Right, Open Door, or Pregnancy Counseling Center, these groups want to be the first contact a woman makes when she thinks she might be pregnant, so they can talk her out of considering abortion.

Anti-abortion pregnancy centers are listed in the yellow pages under "abortion alternatives." They do NOT provide abortion. Many offer free pregnancy tests or pregnancy counseling as a means to lure you in. On the Internet they also use deceptive names like prochoice.com, and pregnancycenters.org.

Nearly all of these centers are operated by churches or religious organizations. They refer to themselves as a "ministry" to save women's souls.

Most anti-abortion centers will not give out information by phone, they insist you come into their office. Women have reported waiting up to an hour for the results of a pregnancy test and being forced to watch anti-abortion videos while they wait surrounded by anti-abortion propaganda. Some women have then been denied the results of their pregnancy test when they say they want an abortion or that they need the test result to apply for medical assistance.

Women describe being harassed, intimidated, and given blatantly false information, or being forced to pray with the crisis pregnancy center's staff. They complain that their confidential information was used against them. In some cases, they were followed home, and mail and phone calls intruded into their homes.

Those bad bad people trying to preserve life. Actually providing truth and real facts. What is a little pregnant girl to do?

[baby_firefly]

Originally Posted by citigirl

See that list of the left? Notice the order of the links?

Abortion

Adoption

Being a Parent


Seems abortion tops their list.

exactly!!!
like i said its not the only thing they talk about but it is the first and the longest

[citigirl]

Originally Posted by ontheroad

Somehow it looks alphabetical.

If Planned Parenthood was started as a place for women to receive good, sound health care options and health care options on human reproduction in particular you would think Being a Parent would top that list. Of course we all know abortion is where they make the moola.

[katzenfreund]

Originally Posted by ontheroad

Somehow it looks alphabetical.

exactly...that is how I see it.