I think it’s time to have my uterus removed. Considering we are planning if we ever have another child to go unassisted.

And over 50 million (50,000,000) preborn little boys and girls have been abused by the good old Planned Parenthood system. Hey, ladies, try this one on for size. If you don’t want to be pregnant, don’t perform the activity that could make it so. DUH!!!

@Scott- the same applies to your gender. If you don’t want to be a father, don’t have sex. And ditto what Danielle625 said: this is not an abortion debate.

Why am I surprised that you even said that, Scott? Once again, men can do what they want, but women are treated like second class citizens.

It’s disgusting and wrong and evil.

@Megan – There are good and bad providers out there. They are everywhere. I had a crappy OB with my first son, and the OB that ended up delivering my second son after I was unable to birth on my own was great.
I also wrote a long piece on a crappy Certified Nurse Midwife on Sunday. There are good and bad in every profession, but trying to make laws that will impact women on this level is nothing short of irresponsible, and a step backwards for women everywhere.

@Ireene – I am not exactly sure what a “life center” is but I have never heard of one.

The point is, without the federal funding, hundreds of thousands of women will lose access to vital services. 1 out of every 5 women in America have gotten some form of health care (excluding abortion services) from Planned Parenthood in their lifetime.

@Ireene – I have met women who have had abortions also, I have family members who have also been in that boat. I also know many women in real life that have used Planned Parenthood for health services. The numbers are not ones I have made up, they were from the news.
As for the “life centers” we have nothing like that in our area. We have crisis pregnancy centers, or planned parenthood. Our crisis pregnancy centers do nothing but council and make offers to mothers they cannot live up to. I had it happen to a close friend… they promised her diapers, clothes, car seats, cribs, and the moon. They gave her a shopping bag with 10 diapers and wished her luck once her baby was born.

These centers certainly are not all over the country by any means.
As a mother of two, almost three, no abortions, and someone who used planned parenthood, I have nothing but the best to say about them. They never forced me into anything, or counciled me to do anything but what I wanted to do.

Fortunately, it looks like the Republican’s wont get very far with this because of the amount of problems it will create, and the amount of lives it will cost. Our maternal mortality rate is high enough, and this will only cost more lives, along side their proposed cuts for medicaid and WIC.

@Danielle I’m sorry that happened to your friend. It makes me sick when people do that. If you can’t make good on a promise to someone, especially a new mom you should keep your mouth shut!
@Bunnytwenty Not lying. I don’t work for a life center, I have friends that do. They had abortions, they care about the women that they’re talking to. The centers I know of do not receive government funding. Plain and simple.

Private donors. It all comes from people who want to help women and babies.

Danielle I wish I had the numbers for you.

It is ironic and hypocritical that the Jesus-hating terrorist Scott Melvin Evans would comment.
I know from personal experience.
I live two blocks away from where Scott bullies people nearly every Saturday (Scott Evans calls his bullying and harassing behavior “sidewalk counseling”). We all know exactly who Scott is and every single time I drive by there (like this past Saturday morning), he is out there with a ridiculous looking small video camera mounted to his shoulder, makes terrible loud noises blowing on some horn, all in some vain attempt to overcome some major insecurities, and all while trying to videotape everyone and violating everyone’s right to privacy. My neighbors and I have researched these people and almost all of them are criminals!
Scott Melvin Evans and convicted criminals Jo Anne Scott (convicted of federal charges of conspiring to bomb a clinic!) and Ken Tyler Scott (convicted deadbeat dad!), are all Jesus-hating “sidewalk counselors” and have disgusting, photo-shopped signs, bloody plastic children’s baby dolls, morbid “baby caskets”, and fake ‘abortion’ posters of bloody babies, and these are all over the streets in our neighborhood. They have giant signs of miscarriages and knowingly falsely present them as “abortions”.
I recently found out that Ken Scott has been committed to a mental hospital before because of his actions! Before I found this out, Ken had invited me out to join them after my neighbor’s church went out for the 40 days for life protest. I was appalled at what I witnessed out on the public street! Their tactics are awful and even anti-human.
I have two daughters, both on birth control until they are ready to have my grandchildren (hopefully soon!), and if Scott harassed them like that, I would call the police on him. I met several of the other horrible bullies next to the driveway on that Saturday and got their names: Beau Ballentine, Leslie Hanks, Tony Massey, and Cliff Powell. They are out there regularly and are yelling nasty stuff too. They all try to emulate Scott Evans or Ken Scott’s aggressive, obnoxious, anti-Jesus behaviour.
They know no boundaries, are very loud, obnoxious and aggressive and I can often hear them yelling and making noise from my back yard! NONE of my neighbors want to drive near these horrible images and activities, especially when we have our young children in the car. Everyone reading this take a minute and imagine how you would feel if you had these grotesque signs lining the streets in your neighborhood! We are sick of it. These “protestors” all seem to try to video tape and intimidate anyone who drives down Pontiac street here in Denver and will lie to and mislead ANYONE who they can get to stop to listen, or otherwise is within earshot.
These “sidewalk counselors” are out there nearly every day, and apparently paid to be there by Bob Adolph Enyart of Denver Bible Church in Arvada.
Fact: “Pastor” Bob Adolph Enyart was sentenced to 60 days in jail for beating a 7 year old boy so hard with a belt that he bled! This is the kind of person he truly is the leader of the pack and Scott Evans and Ken Scott follow his every whim, doing the devil’s work.
They are all blasphemous towards the sacred Christian Bible and are harassing many REAL Christians, most whom are going into a clinic for birth control and other needed medical services (many from our surrounding neighborhood!). They do so much harm to the anti-abortion cause, which should be peaceful. I personally would like to see us get to the point where abortion is rare or non-existent.
GOD will be the judge of all of us one way or another, NOT these terrible bullies! Jesus was peaceful and would have never done any of this and would not have approved in any way. These “sidewalk counselors” are the new Westboro Baptist Church of our community and their arrogant ignorance is so sad and pathetic that it sickens me.
These are the worst of the worst of anti-abortion (and anti-gay) extremists. Anyone that associates with these people will be judged the same way by the public and by God (as mentally ill, sadistic and psychopathic!) There is a special place in Hell for all of these people, but it’s just as well, since these “sidewalk counselors” hate Jesus and are doing the devil’s work.
I am a member of a very large and REAL Christian Church south of Denver and our Pastor gave a wonderful sermon on Sunday about how these “sidewalk counselor” bullies blaspheme the name of the Lord. Our Pastor encouraged us to engage Voice of Choice (http://www.vochoice.org) to help attempt to get the protesters to see that this should not be about anyone’s stance on abortion, but to NOT BULLY and NOT HARRASS your fellow human beings.
Hundreds of the parishioners have contacted Voice of Choice and offered their services to do what they could do to help. I hope you will do the same. Please pray for the protesters!