When I think of tunnels, I am my usually Pollyanna self and I focus on the light at the end.
Today, I am struck NOT by the light, but by the tunnel vision that is damning American women. Today, I focus on the American women who live in Missouri. Within the next 72 hours, it is possible that the Planned Parenthood Clinic in St. Louis Missouri will be forced to close. This is the last Planned Parenthood in Missouri that remains to provide pregnancy termination services in Missouri. If a woman in Missouri chooses to terminate her pregnancy there will be NO services available in her state. I grew up in St. Louis. This hurts my heart.
If you are someone who considers yourself pro-life, I implore you today to look BEYOND the abortion issue. Planned Parenthood certainly offers pregnancy termination services, but abortion is only one of a whole list of services that Planned Parenthood offers.
STOP to think about those women who come to Planned Parenthood for free or affordable: pregnancy tests, birth control, mammograms, pelvic exams, tubal sterilizations, and many other services that will also go away if this program is closed down.
Where is the care and concern for all women?
War on Women! You Bet!
I will step down from my soapbox now.
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