What really pisses me off about the attack on Planned Parenthood

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(I rarely post OPs. I made a response on another thread and just writing it made me so pissed off at the attitude I was responding to, I thought I'd post it separately and see what others think.)

Planned Parenthood saves lives and prevents abortions. It does allow women to get abortions who need them, but that's like 3% of what they do. And they don't use tax dollars for it. They also fund some adoptions.

Here is the Politifact analysis in response to Kyl's Big Admitted Lie: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/apr/08/jon-kyl/jon-kyl-says-abortion-services-are-well-over-90-pe/

The crux of the extremist's argument against PP is that "money is fungible". And they say they "don't like my tax dollars going to fund the biggest abortion provider". (They all say this the same way. Almost like they watch/listen to the same radio and tv shows.)

For anyone who is wondering what "fungible" means (I used to, before taking ECON classes): it means that even if the money doesn't go to a specific activity, just by going to that organization, it ends up helping to pay for that activity, because all the money ends up in a big pot anyway. By this argument, if the federal government didn't help PP pay for other women's health services, then it would have less money to fund abortions.

This is an important point, because think of the implications if the fungibility argument is applied to other federal funding. Thus, my rant (and I am sorry if I offend any members of various religious organizations, but it is true; and the 'you' and 'your' refers to the poster I originally replied to, who made that canned right-wing argument):

I don't like my tax dollars funding religious indoctrination either. But that is what will be happening in DC now thanks to YOUR friends in DC. (school vouchers)

I don't like my tax dollars funding religious proselytizing either. But by the same argument ("money is fungible") that wingnuts use against Planned Parenthood, that is what is happening any time ANY social service provided by a religious organization is funded by the federal government.

I don't like my tax dollars funding the coverup and protection of pedophilia either. But by the same argument ("money is fungible") that wingnuts use against Planned Parenthood, that is what is happening any time ANY social service provided by the Catholic Church is funded by the federal government.


AND YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY TICKS ME OFF? The things I don't want my tax dollars paying for, are ILLEGAL and UNCONSTITUTIONAL. But ABORTION IS LEGAL.

So WHERE THE HELL do you get off withholding federal funding from LEGAL activity while supporting ILLEGAL activity, including PEDOPHILIA??? (or are you ready to give up the "money is fungible argument?? huh??)

Well that's how I feel about it and I am sick and tired of the religious organizations getting a pass on this argument. What do you all think?