Wednesday, July 03, 2013
"Planned Parenthood: Strangely Hysterical over 0.045% of Its Revenue"
Every aspect of Planned Parenthood seems mired in controversy, misinformation, or just plain old fog...
At AmericanThinker.com, Keith Riler has a story about them:
"...according to sometime Planned Parenthood affiliate the Guttmacher Institute, only 1.5% of all American abortions occur after the 20th week of pregnancy. If we are to believe Planned Parenthood and Guttmacher, combined, this means that only 0.045% (1.5% of 3%) of Planned Parenthood's health services are abortions that occur beyond the 20th week of pregnancy.
In the recent debate about tightening the Texas abortion prohibition from 24 to 20 weeks, the robust and well-organized protests of the opposition have cast into doubt the 3% claim and its 0.045% corollary. According to the New York Times, the legislation might lead to the 'closing of most of Texas' 42 abortion clinics. Democrats and Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards were more precise, with both certain that 37 of 42 clinics would close.
These dire predictions strongly suggest that abortion is a lot more important than health care to Planned Parenthood; despite our having been assured by no less than the president of the United States that these clinics are in the (mammographyless) health care business, not the abortion business."
