GOP misdirection

          A Discussion about Julia's editorial on the Republican (GOP) attack on Planned Parenthood. Julia does not site any sources, nor does she provide links. Her target audience is presumably liberals and women. Her numbers are legitimate according to Planned Parenthood's report from 2009 . Julia shares some widely accepted statements about the conservative nature of the GOP. Her Argument is that the GOP is picking on Planed Parenthood in an effort to restrict women's right to choose.  In fact it more likely that the Republicans are attacking due to it's ideological conflict with Republican “morals.” Planned Parenthood is an easy target because it is associated with abortions. According to the Planed Parenthood website they do not use any money for such procedures, but some critics claim that the federal funds free up other resources enabling abortions to be possible.

       The Republican's validation is that federal law prohibits direct taxpayer funding of abortion. The Republicans are "taking a stand" to gather support from their constituents. Julia is right about the Republicans wanting to narrow choices, not only for  women, but also for secular individuals and gays. Republicans recently got together for a back slapping convention (and to trot out POTUS hopefuls), the theme was the moral slide of the US and how voting GOP would fix the state of the union. Why couldn't the theme be about fixing the economy or the rift that is forming between the left and the right? Roe v. Wade is a popular topic of debate and which side you choose is a good indication of whether you are a Republican or a Democrat. In the book Freakonomics, it is theorized that Roe v. Wade actually helped crime halt it's apocalyptic rise in the US and leveled out the curve in the 80's. There is a general feeling that people take advantage of  welfare programs, but we shouldn't stop a system that is designed to help those in dire need because of some bad apples. On the other hand we as a society need to take more responsibility for our own problems. The government can't provide for everyone unfortunately. Politicians certainly have real issues to fix,  rather than aiming at low hanging fruit like Planned Parenthood.