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July 17, 2006
And Kissing Makes Your Face Explode
You're paying for religious right wing scare mythology and propaganda, did you know that?
Yep. Your tax dollars are going to "pregnancy centers" (read: christian right wing extremist propaganda centers) so they can knowingly and willingly lie to their clients, deliberately spreading misinformation designed to scare women who have unintended pregnancies.
Congressional aides, posing as pregnant 17-year-olds, called 25 pregnancy centers that have received some federal funding over the past five years. The aides were routinely told of increased risk for cancer, infertility and stress disorders, said the report, which was prepared for Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.
In February 2003, a National Cancer Institute workshop concluded that having an abortion or miscarriage does not increase a woman's subsequent risk of developing breast cancer. The report from the Democratic aides also said the pregnancy resource centers provided false information about the mental health effects of abortion, telling the aides that it could cause severe long-term emotional harm. However, an American Psychological Association panel said, "Severe negative reactions are rare."
What's worse is that when these religious police were caught red-handed, they basically said 'we don't care that we're dispensing false information. We know it's false, and we don't have any intention of stopping.'
"This isn't about a medical statistic to us. We do post-abortion counseling every day," Ford said.
In other words, we know we're lying, but we know that the White House is in our pocket and cowering in fear while catering to our every whim. We know you can't touch us. So we're going to keep doing it and being right in your face about it. And most of all, we're going to make you pay for it. What do you think about that?
Typical right wing christian extremism... based in propaganda, no basis in fact, and blatantly against the law... and yet they don't care. What else did you expect?
Comments
While the fact that these centers are intentionally spouting false information is bad, I think it's worse that there isn't enough information readily available that women know hasn't been used for propaganda.
One would hope the safest bet is to talk to your parents, but in the situation you can't, who can you trust?
Posted by: Sarah at July 18, 2006 11:49 AM
