Planned Parenthood Ideas Restrict Population Growth
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011Some oppose Planned Parenthood, because as they see it, Planned Parenthood needlessly restricts population growth. These types feel that people should “be fruitful and multiply” whether or not they can afford the resulting children financially, and whether or not they’re mature enough to properly raise babies. In their view, population growth should never be restricted; no matter the chaos that ill-advised pregnancies continues to impose on society.
My response: I’m wondering why they think that restricting population growth is a bad thing. We already fail at taking care of many of the babies that are out there now (lots of kids dropping out of school, joining gangs, doing drugs, and generally left by their parents to their own devices). We currently have over-crowded inner cities, schools, and jails. So it’s obvious that our ability to adequately provide for all these babies, is stretched too thin, as we’re doing a way inadequate job at caring for and educating these children born strictly from lust. So maybe we should have fewer children for a while.
This is where Planned Parenthood comes in. Though perhaps an unintended side-effect, This group achieves lower birth rates by way of its educational materials, contraceptive devices, and if necessary, abortion provisions. The higher the education levels in society, the lower the birth rates generally. So since Planned Parenthood achieves higher education of the masses about sex, pregnancy, babies, and such, their efforts are probably responsible for at least some of the lower birth rates seen over the past three decades, though they do not campaign for government dollars on this point.
Now understand that Planned Parenthood’s mission is not to promote restricted population growth per se, but rather to thwart unwanted pregnancy and encourage well-thought-out pregnancies. One byproduct of this effort however, is likely to be restricted population growth, though Planned Parenthood does not specifically state this as one of their objectives. In fact, I would not expect them to list restricting population growth in their educational materials, given how strong the be-fruitful-and-multiply ideology is in America, even still today.
Abortion is by no means a perfect solution, and it’s probably one that I’d avoid if ever faced with an unwanted pregnancy. But abortion is a necessary offering to help ensure a brighter future for society (fewer unwanted children roaming the streets getting into trouble). So I’m glad that as a last resort, Planned Parenthood makes the abortion option available to young couples. It is abortion, probably, more so than the issue of restricting population growth that those purporting to favor unlimited population growth are taking issue with. That is: they probably care more about stopping all abortions than about halting the over all restriction of population growth. Sneaky, aren’t they?
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