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GOP vs Planned Parenthood

On September 16th 2015 the national Republican Debate started, with discussion topics ranging from immigration, gay rights, women’s rights, gun control and reform policy. One main issue the Republicans had was a serious argument about the issue of defunding Planned Parenthood.
While the Republicans take it upon themselves to politicize women’s health, Planned Parenthood has had major backlash. Republicans across the nation and some in the running for president, have decided to appoint a national committee to investigate Planned Parenthood. While this committee ceases to find any evidence countering the company of anything unlawful or anything “gross” with legal terms, a congressional hearing brought the matter into different legal bindings. Women’s health is a big issue in this nation, and while some women don’t know where to turn to for help, the Republicans are making it nearly impossible for a women to feel good about caring for herself.
Republicans and some religious organizations have adopted an “abortion alternative” house. It is a religious based establishment that tries to “change” the minds of women that want an abortion. The big issue is that, by law, they are required to provide sufficient information on where the women can actually get abortions. Some of these houses are not following that law optimally and women are getting victimized by it. This is not fair, if a women has to even go to the pro-life establishment to know about abortions, then it is probably her only option and secluding her from the only effective place of where she can receive what she wants is completely insane.
Cecile Richards, the President of Planned Parenthood was present in a congressional hearing because of videos that supposedly showed the company harvesting body parts of aborted bodies (which was deemed inadequate and highly edited). The hearing lasted a lengthy five hours and Ms. Richards was constantly being blamed for the tapes and her salary. The Government Reform Committee had continued to spit offensive comments towards Richards which had become very irrelevant and quite rude. At one point, they actually compared her to a criminal that has hidden things from the press. This comment was completely off base and immature.
After one comment over the next, a comment that really stood out to me was one of the Committee, a committee member had said, “There is no war on women.”, said Jason Chaffetz. I found this quite ironic actually. If there were no war on women they would not be having that conversation. The very fact that they are fighting and having a heated argument about the rights of women makes it a war. As a woman, I have to be knowledgeable of what I can and cannot do compared to a man, and that right there is another war.

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