Aug 05, 2006 00:18
So we got something in the mail from a group called "Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life" today...
It's basically all about why they think planned parenthood is a bad idea. Giving out condoms to people increases sexual deviance according to one headline in the booklet....
They use this terrible graph showing an increase in abortions, meant to be linked to a new PP clinic opening, but forget to account for population growth. So in reality, the percentage of abortions probably dropped....They also list the five or so cases where things have gone wrong for planned parenthood, but fail to mention the hundreds, if not thousands, or people who would have died if it was illegal.
But the part that made me laugh was seeing a picture of the World Trade Centres on September 11. The headline... "Planned Parenthood saw another opportunity to kill"!
I also got a laugh today when I heard someone refer to the strong evangelical Christian movement here as "the base" of the Republicans. Why did that make me laugh? Because Al Quada means "The Base"!