I usually don’t write or blog about political issues, but I felt that this one was important enough to be discussed. I hope it will at least make a few people Google the issue.

The House of Representatives recently voted to cut all funding to Planned Parenthood. Some politicians are defaming the organization, which provides health services for women, as a place where women go for abortions.

The reality is that the organization has not, and cannot use federal funds for abortions.

So what do they do?  Planned Parenthood offers millions of low-income women and men with birth control, STD testing, prenatal care, pap smears etc. Millions of women who can’t regularly afford medical check-ups or pay for birth control, go to Planned Parenthood for their services. Now where will they go? The republican led congress needs to explain where its logic is leading us.

This should not be an issue of pro-life vs. pro-choice, it should be an issue of women’s health. People understand fiscal responsibilities, but attempting to cut funding entirely for a service that is providing women with basic health care needs is a step in the wrong direction. The same people that are attempting to reduce a budget in spending voted down a measure proposed to stop the federal funding for advertisement on race cars. Congress thought that it is perfectly fine to spend 7 million dollars a year to promote the military on the hood of a car. So it is ok to spend money for an expensive paint job on a racing car, but not ok to spend money on the health of women and children?

Opponents to Planned Parenthood hate the organization, they say it is because it leads to abortions. Yet they are creating a dangerous scenario where people that can’t afford the basic services of a health check up or ultrasound will be forced to look for services in other places. This can lead to unsafe medical practices and ignorance of sexually transmitted diseases.

Lets look on the bright side, yes America’s women are loosing health care rights but at least we will be able to see the ARMY race car go round and round and round and…wait, what were we talking about?