Planned Parenthood, Women's Health Issues, Nurses could rule the US

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With more than 3,000,000 nurses, yes that is 3 MILLION PLUS nurses in the US why aren't we ruling? Just think if every nurse emailed their representatives in government and told them to stop trying to block access to contraceptives, sexual education, and attempting to squash Planned Parenthood. Or donated 1, 10, or 100 dollars to the ANA PAC? Nurses votes ALONE could determine who is President. Even more important nurses can play a huge role in local politics, what are a few deciding for all at local school board meetings?

Doesn't it bother anyone else that the whole health care system was set up to benefit Drs and Hospitals, nurses were put in the bed charge because at the time when insurance companies and hospitals were developing nurses didn't matter and had no power. Why nursing care is not paid for directly (which would also make nursing the most revenue producer in a hospital rather than a revenue drain) Why chronic disease management by RN's is not reimburseable even though research shows its extremely effective. Blah blah blah, honestly after going on 27 years in nursing I feel like nothing has changed at all. Isn't it time we had a revolution?

I fully agree with and support the concept of nurses as an important political constituency. However, we should not focus on issues that divide us. Not every nurse is pro/anti abortion, seat belts, helmet laws, immigration, etc. and many differ on how to best facilitate access to care. However, we probably all agree that nursing is the largest healthcare workforce, the most trusted profession, and essential to the continuation of quality healthcare in this country. We probably all agree that nursing faculty should receive incentives so that the most qualified nurses can afford to become educators. Other issues, such as abortion can and should be addressed by individuals according to their beliefs and values. If nursing is to make a political impact, we need to focus on what we can easily be united in and demonstrate the political clout that we posses.

To nurses and our common ground!

Specializes in L&D; GI; Fam Med; Home H; Case mgmt.

Please tell me what this is, if not an outright lie.

I find it unbelievably presumptuous, OP, that you would automatically assume that every nurse believes the way that you do. I pray that Planned Parenthood will be 100% defunded by the federal government. It has more than enough private funding sources, and there is NO REASON IN THE WORLD that taxpayer money should be going to them. There are far too many questions about its practices for taxpayer money to be used to fund it. I don't deny that it serves some of the population who truly needs the help, but far more than that, it is all about the huge business of abortion. The culture of death PP perpetuates is beyond disturbing.

And let's face it. They do NOT do mammograms, as their lying CEO claimed.

There are some facilities that offer mammograms but they do provide breast exams and referrals to facilities that offer mammograms.

I personally didn't realize how much a pain it was to get a mammogram until I recently found a lump (that turned out benign). I called up a place that does mammograms and they didn't want to talk to me without a referral. So I had to go to my primary care doctor who then wrote the referral. For a woman who doesn't have any money, seeking out just the referral would be costly.

If you want to see their program expenses, you can view that on charity navigator:

Charity Navigator Rating - Planned Parenthood Federation of America

So that video says they spent $100 million on fundraising last year but the truth is they spent $13 million. Sure it is a lot but it isn't unusual. The American Red Cross spent $130 million on fundraising last year. Doctor's without Borders spent $18 million on fundraising.

Please tell me what this is, if not an outright lie.

I find it unbelievably presumptuous, OP, that you would automatically assume that every nurse believes the way that you do. I pray that Planned Parenthood will be 100% defunded by the federal government. It has more than enough private funding sources, and there is NO REASON IN THE WORLD that taxpayer money should be going to them. There are far too many questions about its practices for taxpayer money to be used to fund it. I don't deny that it serves some of the population who truly needs the help, but far more than that, it is all about the huge business of abortion. The culture of death PP perpetuates is beyond disturbing.

And let's face it. They do NOT do mammograms, as their lying CEO claimed.

One minute of investigation and you can find out the Komen pays PP to screen women for breast cancer, and when PP refers them for a mammogram they pay for it. You have to be referred to the facility for a mammogram, but you need to go in to have a breast exam first. The women that don't have their own doctor to refer them would be screwed if it wasn't for facilities like planned parenthood that give women access to practitioners.

Well I am glad to SGK has decided to provide support for mamograms at PP. I however have still decided that all of the money I used to send to SGK will now only go to PP. I still can't believe people use the term "pro abortion". I don't know ANYONE who is "pro abortion". I know plenty of people who like myself are pro choice.. Regardless I don't see all nurses agreeing on any one issue. People have different opinions which is just fine. I just agree to disagree.

...all of the money I used to send to SGK will now only go to PP. I still can't believe people use the term "pro abortion". I don't know ANYONE who is "pro abortion". I know plenty of people who like myself are pro choice.. Regardless I don't see all nurses agreeing on any one issue. People have different opinions which is just fine. I just agree to disagree.

Respectfully, if you are 'pro choice' you are by default pro abortion. Being pro choice means you are 'pro' either choice. Hence, you ARE pro abortion.

No being Pro Choice means that I think a woman has the right to choose. That doesn't mean I am all for women going out and aborting all of their pregnancies. That would be Pro Abortion. There is a HUGE difference.

I guess then I am Pro Abortion according to some of the comments. I never had one and am grateful for that, but I still believe that a woman has choice in the matter. It can be a very difficult choice that comes with a lot of emotional issues; but it is a choice that one needs to be legal. Just sayin......

I'm pro-choice. I don't think I was always pro-choice as in my younger years, I wasn't sure about it. After learning about it and talking to women who had abortions, I became pro-choice. I believe abortions are a last resort but it isn't my choice to make for a woman and I don't think it should anyone's choice to make for another. I think birth control should be freely available for pregnancy prevention along with education about STDs, sex and pregnancy. If someone defines that as being pro-abortion, so be it. I rather be pro-abortion over taking that choice away and forcing someone to endure an unwanted pregnancy.

Just because we are nurses doesn't mean we agree on things as so exidenced by this thread. I consider myself pro choice but I still do not want my goverment funding any part of Planned Parenthood.

Specializes in L&D; GI; Fam Med; Home H; Case mgmt.

Those of you who say you aren't "pro-abortion" but also don't want to take the choice from another woman, let me ask you a simple question. If you were pregnant and someone attacked you, hurting you and causing a miscarriage of your unborn child, would you feel a wrong had been committed? Would you want murder charges brought against the attacker?

Now you have to ask yourself this question. Is an unborn child's inherent worth based solely upon whether that child is wanted or not? Where is the logic or reasoning in that belief?

How can our nation allow abortion on demand, but prosecute those responsible for the deaths of unborn children during the commission of a crime? WHERE IS THE LOGIC OR REASONING IN THAT? The value of a human being, whether born or unborn, should NOT be dependent upon whether that human being is wanted or unwanted. The child MUST have inherent value, period. Can you not see where this line of thinking is leading our nation? Before long other "unwanted" human beings - elderly, disabled, etc., will find themselves being "terminated" as well.

There is something severely amiss in a society that freely allows a mother to choose to destroy the growing child within her but prosecutes a defendant who causes the -exact- same outcome. I am certainly not a proponent of violent attacks against women - I am simply incapable of fathoming how one can be legal and totally acceptable and one can be murder.

IT MAKES NO SENSE.

Your comparison makes no sense. There is a difference between a woman being assaulted and a woman who chooses to terminate her pregnancy. I don't understand how it seems the same people that say they don't want the government in their lives but yet they want to have control of a woman's uterus.

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