I stand with Planned Parenthood

February 24, 2011

I stand with Planned Parenthood

I'm sure everyone has heard of Planned Parenthood. Some may have been to one whether it was for yourself, a sister, brother, or friend.

PPH is a clinic that provides free care for men, women, and teens.
You can get a free pap smear every year, FREE BIRTH CONTROL, advice, breast exams at the time of your pap, STD tests as well as being tested for HIV. You can get Gardasil, a series of 3 shots that protect against HPV, pregnancy tests and so much more.
Planned Parenthood also performs abortions. Yes, abortions.
That is why many don't like PPH. I personally don't believe in abortions, but I'm not getting into that right now. Another reason many parents don't like it is because, at least here in Cali, girls, and boys, can go in without parents consent if they at 13 years or older.
That's a pretty young age.

Planned Parenthood is so much more than an abortion clinic, then again you can go to just about any ob/gym for an abortion so I don't see the difference. And it's not like you just walk in and the do it that same day. Anyone looking for an abortion will be consulted, has to watch some videos, read some pamphlets, and have a thorough discussion with the clinician.

Planned Parenthood helps sooooo many people who can't afford insurance or whose insurance doesn't cover birth control.
It's for those whose parents didn't teach them to be safe, those whose parents aren't supportive, those whose religion doesn't allow it but they want to be safe and protected. It's for people to be treated if they happen to catch an STD or STI. Those who just need some real, proper and safe advice.

Planned parenthood will talk to you and work with you to see which birth control would be best for you. Be it the pill, depo shot, IUD, patch, ring, condoms. Any kind, they have it.
You will never be made to feel ashamed or embarrassed. Everything is strictly confidential and they even ask you which number is to contact you at or which address is ok to send information to in case they have to.

It is a great clinic and for it to lose it's funding would be a terrible thing. The reason it can be free for the rest of us is because of the government funding. I have been to planned parenthood many times and will continue to as long as it's there. I have two little ones and too many bills. I don't have health insurance of any kind so I don't know how I would be able to afford my birth control.
I'm medical assistant and the last place I was working at was a private doctor office but they were partnered with the PPH program and we had so many people come to be able to get their birth control and pap smears and they were able to get it free because of that. Women who would have otherwise never known that they have inflammation, or cysts or be able to get checked out because they couldn't afford health care. People who without it would not have been able to be treated of their STDs or to simply get checked to make sure they were clean.

If there is anything my money is going to be taken for from the government I want it to be used to help protect, educate, and treat men and women who really need the help.

I will be standing for Planned Parenthood and hope you will too!


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