While the ongoing debate about abortion has been raging for decades, I didn't realize how much political interests factored in the matter. However, I also felt that Rep. Speier's speech was justified. She spoke as a woman of experience, not someone just entangled in a political tug-of-war, in arguing that Planned Parenthood has a right to operate, and a right to provide services and offer abortions. I'm not sure if this was brought up, but Planned Parenthood serves a much larger role than just provide abortions. It also serves to test and treat to sexually transmitted diseases, and provides cancer screening, prevention, and contraceptive services as well. It seems that the anti-abortion groups overlook all this in labeling the organization for its abortion services.