Pros And Cons Of Planned Parenthood
According to People, Planned Parenthood had received around 20,000 donations in the name of Mike Pence, the Vice President, since the election. The reason behind many people donating, and in the name of the Vice President, is many don’t agree with his beliefs, and women care about having rights. Women and others caring about their bodies is nothing new as well, in the cases of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey it widely speaks that state or spouses can intervene their decision. People, most conservatives, believe that Planned Parenthood’s agenda is just abortions which has called for controversy, but it is more than just abortions. Planned Parenthood should be government funded because it empowers women to be able to choose what they believe is right for them and helps people receive services at a low cost. Planned Parenthood has been around for more than 100 years
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It was founded by Margaret Sanger, who became interested in birth control after becoming a medical trained nurse and would see the effects of poor women conducting illegally or self done abortions. Sanger created pamphlets or books educating women on sex, birth control, and abortions. Due to the Comstocks Act of 1873, which prohibited sending mail about sex or birth control, Margaret Sanger would defy these laws and continue publishing and informing women. Around 1915, Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, the first in the United States, and later police closed down the clinic and arrested Sanger. Sanger then petitioned to “allow doctors to distribute birth-control information and to staff clinics” (McPherson). Sanger also opened the Birth Control Clinical Research Center, first of its kind to have doctors included and would serve as a model to 300 clinics by 1938. However, how is it that Sanger could sustain all the clinics and
It was founded by Margaret Sanger, who became interested in birth control after becoming a medical trained nurse and would see the effects of poor women conducting illegally or self done abortions. Sanger created pamphlets or books educating women on sex, birth control, and abortions. Due to the Comstocks Act of 1873, which prohibited sending mail about sex or birth control, Margaret Sanger would defy these laws and continue publishing and informing women. Around 1915, Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, the first in the United States, and later police closed down the clinic and arrested Sanger. Sanger then petitioned to “allow doctors to distribute birth-control information and to staff clinics” (McPherson). Sanger also opened the Birth Control Clinical Research Center, first of its kind to have doctors included and would serve as a model to 300 clinics by 1938. However, how is it that Sanger could sustain all the clinics and