Lets get on a moral high horse...

Let me just start by firmly stating my stance on the issue. I am certainly in the Pro-Choice camp when it comes to abortion, only because I don’t feel any of us have the right to make decisions for anyone else. If you find yourself pregnant and don’t feel like you have the means to responsibly care for a child, then you do what you feel you need to.  Even after all of the infertility and pregnancy loss I am still a “you deal with your shit and I will deal with mine” kind of person. I’m the same with gay marriage, because what a consenting adult does in their own private time is their own business, and I certainly don’t want anyone feeling like they have a right to tell me what I should do.

Since my journey through life thus far has led me to completely throw any common concept of “God” out the window, I don’t have religious morals to site, but personally I believe that if you find yourself pregnant and cannot, or will not, care for yourself and your unborn child during the duration of your pregnancy so that they can be adopted by families after birth, then it may be best for everyone involved if you terminate the pregnancy. Believe me, there have been times in my life when, if I would have become pregnant, I would have marched myself right down to Planned Parenthood. At the same time I don’t want my tax dollars paying for women who view abortion as birth control instead of an unfortunate necessity.

But I am disappointed in the recent decision by the Komen Foundation to stop funding cancer screening to Planned Parenthood because of a “change in policy”. It seems like a politically motivated move based on pressure from Anti-Abortion advocates. Especially since a look at Planned Parenthoods financial records would probably show how grant funding was allocated and I am pretty comfortable with assuming that the Komen funds were used for breast screening and education. Cancer screenings and education in regards to breast health is an important service provided by Planned Parenthood and even though the Komen Foundation funded only about 7% of those services, allowing your foundation to be bullied, or taking up a hidden agenda based on what you consider moral is wrong. But what I really hate to see is how this decision is causing generous supporters of the Komen Foundation to cease giving donations, because the Komen Foundation does donate millions and millions of dollars to breast cancer research, which is a great cause to support. And I can’t help but feel that this decision will inevitably hurt those they are trying to help.