Reading Week 7

I am firmly against the Pence amendment, and I thought that Rep Jackie Speier really "pwnd" the opposition. The excerpt read from the book was the worst example of "yellow journalism." Speier also makes a good point that abortion is legal here! So like it or not, government funding should support it simply becuase it is the law. I am disappointed that the House has, in fact, voted to restrict funding (I think). The amendment completely misses the big picture: only 3% of clients receive abortions, so the government is restricting funds to the other 97%. That makes a lot of sense. Additionally, becuase Planned Parenthood also offers contraceptives and testing, the amendment could be said to be increasing the number of abortions demanded and reduce the healthy sex practices that we have worked so hard to instill in people. It is frustrating how short-sighted these opponents of Planned Parenthood seem to be.