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bjobotts

(9,141 posts)
51. PP prevents 345,000 abortions per yr.Here's how:
Fri Aug 28, 2015, 11:36 PM
Aug 2015

from Nicholas Kristoff’s article in NYT "…This in a country where half of all pregnancies are unintended, where 30 percent of American teenage girls become pregnant by age 19.

The Guttmacher Institute, which studies reproductive health, calculates that Title X family planning centers (PP) prevent about one million unintended pregnancies a year, of which 345,000 would have ended in abortion. It says that every year Title X clinics (PP) avert some 53,000 cases of chlamydia and 8,800 cases of gonorrhea, and save the lives of 1,100 women who would otherwise die of cervical cancer.

In other words, Title X prevents an abortion about once every 90 seconds...."
This should be shoved in the faces of all those ignorant or misinformed senators who voted to defund Planned Parenthood as they have no idea how much good this organization provides…
Bring it up at all council hearings where you're allowed to talk.

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She is a fucking hero, and notice what this moron said before she did that AllFieldsRequired Aug 2015 #1
What courage she has. madamvlb Aug 2015 #2
You go girl! Runningdawg Aug 2015 #3
That was POWERFUL. SunSeeker Aug 2015 #4
+1. bvf Aug 2015 #21
PP prevents 345,000 abortions per yr.Here's how: bjobotts Aug 2015 #51
I would gladly show my breast cancer scar in solidarity with Leigh Anne and Planned Parenthood. Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #5
I can't show them mercuryblues Aug 2015 #6
... Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #7
I am mercuryblues Aug 2015 #42
Me too! Contrary1 Aug 2015 #25
.... Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #26
+100%! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #41
Add me to this list Ruby the Liberal Aug 2015 #31
... Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #49
You too, sister! Ruby the Liberal Aug 2015 #50
K&R for the truth. Brickbat Aug 2015 #8
Total badass.. frylock Aug 2015 #9
Bravo! SoapBox Aug 2015 #10
K&R Solly Mack Aug 2015 #11
Powerful protest by Leigh Anne. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #12
+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #13
That was inspiring to hold these and this hypocrite................. turbinetree Aug 2015 #14
K&R for this brave woman. mountain grammy Aug 2015 #15
Another example that the anti-abortion crowd is not pro-life as much as they're anti-choice. bulloney Aug 2015 #16
And that 3 percent is ONLY from private funding. Fawke Em Aug 2015 #36
Well now, let's not cloud the anti PP rhetoric with facts. Raster Aug 2015 #44
She is a hero ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #17
I'm proud to be in this woman's neck of the woods Oilwellian Aug 2015 #18
Please tell her that this woman(me) with a mastectomy scar fully supports her! Lars39 Aug 2015 #22
Fuck yes. blackspade Aug 2015 #19
Allow me to echo your comment. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #29
Hahahahaha, agreed. n/t prayin4rain Aug 2015 #40
So brave... a true hero. MerryBlooms Aug 2015 #20
excellent protest! nt steve2470 Aug 2015 #23
KNR. They took ACORN with this fake video garbage. DirkGently Aug 2015 #24
Powerful! Now that is a righteous sister! Hekate Aug 2015 #27
Leigh Anne Woods- YOU are a hero Tsiyu Aug 2015 #28
You go girl...I am awed that she confronted this sexist jerk kimbutgar Aug 2015 #30
K&R! Ruby the Liberal Aug 2015 #32
why not defund oil company subsidise instead. that would save the country a lot more money. punguin54 Aug 2015 #33
Right on flamingdem Aug 2015 #34
Thank you. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2015 #35
Shithead J. Chump would have called her "disgusting"; I regret that I can only bullwinkle428 Aug 2015 #37
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #38
An amazing woman. SwissTony Aug 2015 #39
Kick! Kick! Kick! Raster Aug 2015 #43
You are my hero, Leigh Anne Woods! Thank you for your courage. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #45
bravo allan01 Aug 2015 #46
k and r ..nt Stuart G Aug 2015 #47
K & R...for courage... Wounded Bear Aug 2015 #48
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