Kitchener-Waterloo Right to Life re Planned Parenthood.Note: Recently, Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood A service mark used for an organization that provides family planning services. , Waterloo Region, ON, appealed to the Regional Council for an additional $100,000, or it said PP would be forced to close its doors. It already receives a yearly grant of about $35,000 and has a budget of approximately $200,000. The Commissioner of Health hires Planned Parenthood to offer its services in the Region of Waterloo. Public Health, in turn, receives funding from the Region for sexual health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract . The following is a letter that was written to the Commissioner of Health. Should Planned Parenthood receive additional funding from Public Health and the Region of Waterloo? Planned Parenthood is a special interest group and should not be funded by public money. The question we have to ask is: Is Planned Parenthood truly serving the best interests of women and children? It is difficult to sustain an impartial image when Planned Parenthood referral for abortion over adoption is about 100 to 1. Is it desensitizing de·sen·si·tize tr.v. de·sen·si·tized, de·sen·si·tiz·ing, de·sen·si·tiz·es 1. To render insensitive or less sensitive. 2. Immunology To make (an individual) nonreactive or insensitive to an antigen. women to the value of pre-born human life? Planned Parenthood counsels young girls, saying they do not need to tell their parents about receiving birth control and abortion referrals. What is that doing to parent-child relationships? Should Planned Parenthood be handling difficult cases such as victims of rape and incest? This is an area where public sexual health, mental health, social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales and law enforcement should work closely together. There is the problem of sexually transmitted diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely (STDs) increasing dramatically. The influence of Planned Parenthood is prevalent in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of this. Helpful solutions 1. Public Health could recognize that medical discoveries and data support the fact that abortion has detrimental effects on a woman's physical and mental health. There should be full disclosure to clients, and parents of young clients. 2. There could be the addition of character-building programs in the schools and public clinics, along with abstinence programs that can and should be incorporated into currently mandated curricula and programs. 3. There could be more interaction with Mental Health instead of with Planned Parenthood, to reach troubled and high-risk youth. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a Canada Youth and AIDS study, a "risk profile" for ages 11-21, there is a high correlation between sexual activity and alcohol and drug abuse and cigarette smoking. This segment of youth requires special needs care. Mental Health should be given more money and be fully engaged in helping young people who are at risk; there is much overlap in the area of mental health and sexual health. Ethical character building and abstinence programs can provide a message that youth today should be hearing more about, and deserve at least equal attention as current programs. Choice is not a right. It is a responsibility. We all should look for new ways to encourage better understanding for the common good. Our organization offered to help set up abstinence programs for schools two years ago. We hope you will consider our offer. A right to choose is not an unlimited right. Public Health has the jurisdiction and duty to work toward the greater good. Pro-life people are encouraged to challenge Public Health and their School Boards regarding the activities of Planned Parenthood and its funding. This is an area that needs concerted concentration and action across Canada Across Canada was an afternoon program that formerly aired on The Weather Network. The segment ran from early 1999 until mid 2002. The show ran from 3:00PM ET until 7:00 PM ET. . Kitchener, ON Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Opposition to the public funding of Planned Parenthood is also being expressed by the Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC CFAC California First Amendment Coalition CFAC Canada Family Action Coalition CFAC Combined Forces Air Component CFAC Commandement de la Force Aérienne de Combat CFAC Clear Facilities CFAC Call Forwarding All Calls CFAC Central Florida Activity Club ) (www.familyaction.org) and by REALwomen. Also, Theresa Matters, a university student in Waterloo, Ontario has launched a petition she hopes will attract many signatures urging Waterloo Region to stop using taxpayers' money to fund the controversial organization. The petition is at www.petitiononline.com/stopppwr/pet ition.html. |
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