http://www.plannedparenthood.org/birth-control-pregnancy/abortion-4260.htm
I found this description of abortion on the Planned Parenthood website very interesting because they portray abortion as if it were just another common medical procedure as if there were no ethical issues involved at all. Just the other day I was listening to a couple members of my family disagree on this issue exactly- one was saying that Planned Parenthood advertises abortion and portrays it as a positive solution to pregnancy, and the other was saying that it absolutely does not not do that, it simply offers abortions if someone so chooses to have one. I was agreeing with the opinion of the latter until I read this- although it does not straight out advertise abortions, it does portray them positively; although it is good that they make a point of the procedure being safe I do not think it necessary to elaborate on the history of it being a "common" procedure, not to mention portraying the outcome of Roe vs. Wade as being this great victory by concluding the paragraph with "today, abortion is legal nationwide and is one of the safest of all available medical procedures." The part that shocked me the most, however, was the last sentence- informing readers on where to find "information about the thousands of fake clinics that have been set up to frighten women away from choosing abortion." Frighten women away? This is almost comical; women should be frightened- they should be fully informed and aware of the decision they make and it shouldn't be portrayed as having them be "frightened away." It is ridiculous that they are portraying such an enormous decision that could have potentially enormous emotional consequences so nonchalantly.
I found this description of abortion on the Planned Parenthood website very interesting because they portray abortion as if it were just another common medical procedure as if there were no ethical issues involved at all. Just the other day I was listening to a couple members of my family disagree on this issue exactly- one was saying that Planned Parenthood advertises abortion and portrays it as a positive solution to pregnancy, and the other was saying that it absolutely does not not do that, it simply offers abortions if someone so chooses to have one. I was agreeing with the opinion of the latter until I read this- although it does not straight out advertise abortions, it does portray them positively; although it is good that they make a point of the procedure being safe I do not think it necessary to elaborate on the history of it being a "common" procedure, not to mention portraying the outcome of Roe vs. Wade as being this great victory by concluding the paragraph with "today, abortion is legal nationwide and is one of the safest of all available medical procedures." The part that shocked me the most, however, was the last sentence- informing readers on where to find "information about the thousands of fake clinics that have been set up to frighten women away from choosing abortion." Frighten women away? This is almost comical; women should be frightened- they should be fully informed and aware of the decision they make and it shouldn't be portrayed as having them be "frightened away." It is ridiculous that they are portraying such an enormous decision that could have potentially enormous emotional consequences so nonchalantly.
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