Arizona Takes A Big Step Back. WARNING, GRAPHIC!

[HairOfTheDog]

I finally just read this thread and enjoyed the dialogue.

I get Dick's stance on 'pay for it yourself'. Personal responsibility. Okay by me.

Seems to me the real issue is that ALL state funding for services provided by PP will end, regardless of what care they're (PP) providing.

I struggle with that. I'm conservative by nature, and completely disagree with abortion (unless it threatens the life of the mother).

So, I understand a conservative governor saying, 'you provide abortions as one of your many services, SO, we're going to end ALL funding'.

I DO want teens going there for guidance, and to pick up birth control. I also want low income women to be able to get their screenings, etc.

There's got to be a way to further ensure that NO state funds go to abortion while at the same time still receiving $$$ to maintain their other programs.

It's all politics, MS. None of the funding goes towards abortion except in extreme cases (noted upthread) as it stands now. But, conservative anti-abortionists in some states are taking away the funding for birth control, testing, planning and education simply to weaken Planned Parenthood because it is the largest provider of abortions as well. There already is a way to ensure that no abortions are being funded by tax dollars while still keeping the prevenative services in place; that's what's being done now. To further an anti-abortion agenda, some states are willing to take the preventative services away, thereby creating a bigger problem. All to make a moral or political statement. That's my beef with this specific topic of cutting PP tax support.