Planned Parenthood doing its part
September 8th, 2005In a time when people need food, clothing, shelter and the basic necessities of life, I’m so glad to hear that Planned Parenthood is helping out the victims of Hurricane Katrina — by providing morning after pills and abortions.
Because sex can’t wait — and abortions shouldn’t, either.
Hat tip: Ray
I will state, for the record, that I am decidedly NOT in favor of abortions OR the morning-after pill. However, I have no problem at all with Planned Parenthood handing out contraceptives (especially those that also promote safe sex) while other groups address the needs of food, clothing, shelter, etc.
Sex CAN wait, of course, and it probably should — but it won’t!
But see Di, I would argue that the philosophy behind Planned Parenthood — they’re going to do it anyway, so let’s just make sure they do it safely — actually leads to a degeneration of morals in the first place.
If we hold people to low expectations, they’re going to meet them. To me, it’s like those idiotic parents who provide hotel rooms for their kids on prom night so that they can “do it” in a safe environment. Why not expect more of people?
With Planned Parenthood’s philosophy, of course people are going to have sex when they shouldn’t — because groups like PP are telling them all the time it’s OK to do so, that they’re merely animals in heat who can’t control their basest instincts. With such a message before them on a regular basis, sooner or later, they’re bound to act that way.
*sigh*
I don’t know what else to say.
But, in all honesty, they ARE going to do it anyway. Better safe than sorry … even in a disaster zone.
It really has little to do with what my expectations are, high or low. Why should anyone in the world at-large care about my personal expectations or standards, anyway? (For what it’s worth: The standards I have for myself are actually much higher than what I would expect from anyone else … though I do have quite high expectations of the people I know and love. And if I had kids? Hmmm, well, I might not ever let them leave the house. Least not until they were, oh, 25 or so.)
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Having sex is not immoral. We all might have different ideas/ideals on when is the “right” time for it, and obviously that would affect how we view the morality of the act in that regard. However, I believe that someone who is taking the steps to prevent pregnancy or the spread of STDs is actually making a moral decision. Could be, too, that someone who is conscientious enough to think ahead well enough in advance to make sure they have contraceptives might also be contemplating the only sure-fire way to be completely safe: abstinence.
I honestly don’t believe that people are having sex just because Planned Parenthood is telling them it’s OK to do so. I can think of about a kazillion other better reasons why people have sex!
There might be married couples who are utilizing contraceptives. It’s not always a matter of immorality.
This goes to the misconception in our culture that sex is a ‘need’. Food, water and shelter are ‘needs’. Sex is a desire, a strong one no doubt but not necessary for survival. No one has ever died from not having sex but plenty have died from using it in ways God never intended.
The only ’safe sex’ is that which takes place between a man and woman who are married to each other and have no other partners. If because of circumstances birth control is not available and they choose to have sex and become pregnant, that child is a gift from God, contrary to what Planned Parenthood would tell them.
Having sex outside of this circumstance is sin. So is, quite frankly, helping to facilitate illicit sex which Planned Parenthood is doing by passing out contraceptives willy nilly and offering to murder the babies that result from the immorality they encourage.
My issue with this is to me, we’re turning the world in to one big padded room, where we are always are protected (knock-knock - “We’re the government and we’re here to help.”) and don’t suffer the consequences of our choices.
Example: cars. Cars today have more safety devices than ever, and as time goes by, I’m sure they will get safer. But what about the driver, the person that is ultimately legally responsible for anything that happens (unless you’re riding on Firestone tires)? Sure we have defensive driving schools, driver’s ed, etc., but we have become a society that feels so subconsciously safe behind the wheels of our car (and in other places) that we decide to be a little riskier when driving. Would we drive differently if, instead of an airbag, there was a 4 foot pike planted in our steering wheel?
The whole “everybody’s gonna do it anyway” argument just doesn’t wash with me; it’s a copout to avoid an uncomfortable discussion. If everybody’s gonna do it, then apparently my wife and I didn’t get the memo.
Still, the fact remains: A lot of people ARE going to do it anyway … whether they know and believe, in their hearts, that sex outside of marriage* is a sin, or not.
I do not agree that promoting safe sex is, necessarily, promoting sex. To me, encouraging someone to think twice (or perhaps a hundred times) before having sex is also a way to compel them to contemplate the possible consequences of their actions — which could, and, I would bet, does have the effect of deterring some people from going right ahead and having sex.
Larry, regarding your statement that “sex is a desire, a strong one no doubt but not necessary for survival”: Obviously, you are not including “survival of the species” in that train of thought.
* — Marriage, of COURSE, as defined as a union between a man and a woman (more than a dash of sarcasm/cynicism/whatever-you-wanna-call-it-ism tossed in there for good measure … but that’s a whole ‘nother topic/thread/uncomfortable discussion).
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Would someone please tell me who these people are? I just can’t see having sex in plain view of 30,000 of your neighbors in the Astrodome with the lights on. Maybe it’s just me but that would be enough contraception right there!
Di,
Maybe I’m the only one, but I can definately tell you that “survival of the species” is not anywhere near my train of thought when I’m having sex.