Look at this headline on ABC’s World Newser Blog:

Gift Certificates for an Abortion?

Sounds like something to really get the religious right up in arms – don’t it. The story they are talking about is this one, which I posted about last week.

The network of 35 clinics across the state announced it is offering holiday vouchers for basic health care services “or the recipient’s choice of birth control method.”

The organization decided to offer the vouchers because so many people are uninsured or are putting off health care because of prohibitive costs, said Betty Cockrum, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Indiana. Nearly 800,000 Indiana residents don’t have health insurance, she said.

ABC follows their typical path of being a right-wing pandering news organization. They want people to think that all Planned Parenthood does is “kill babies”.

We are facing a possible depression in this country. People won’t have the money to go out and do things, so they need to find ways to entertain themselves. Guess what one popular thing to do is? If you said screwing then you are right. Also consider how much it costs to raise a baby today. Do we really want to see an onslaught of new babies that the parents can’t afford to raise?

I think Planned Parenthood is going to be a key ally in our fight against a failing economy.