None of us can be neutral in the culture war over Planned Parenthood.

[kpete]

None of us can be neutral in the culture war over Planned Parenthood.

What we are confronting here is that defending Planned Parenthood on the "nice pink" issue of breast cancer screening DOES MEAN defending Planned Parenthood on the not-so-pink issues of contraception and yes, abortion. There is a direct link between the Catholic Bishop freak out on health insurance to cover contraception and the Komen brouhaha. It's women. And it's women in a very "Wake Up White Women!" way.

We priveleged white women with educations and laptops and smart phones and wide access to the twitter streams of our congressmen, can't be neutral or even silent.

We can't say "I would never have an abortion but don't want to restrict access for anyone else" and stand aside while state legislatures around the country restrict access for everyone else.

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We can't wear a pink ribbon and attend Estee-Lauder sponsored Pink Events, and say we're doing our part for women's health, while being silent about the bullying of Planned Parenthood by the Dallas denizens of Komen. The Komen brand must be taken out, primarily because they are a corporate tool for advertising as "pro-women" while blindfolding consumers to the environmental and behavioral causes of cancer. And while Komen and Virginia Slims alike would never have enough audacity to put pink ribbons on cigarettes...


more:
http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com/2012/02/welcome-to-culture-war.html

[Greybnk48]

1. All of my cash is going to PP.

And my pretty pink ribbon/rhinestone brooch is in the trash never to be worn again.

[HockeyMom]

2. We are seeing now they don't want birth control services either

The extreme right wingers, not only don't want abortion coverage, they don't want birth control coverage either. They have tried to connect BOTH to breast cancer. BS and the majority of American women know this.