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The Ultimate Gift Certificate ? OMG - samintx - 11-28-2008
http://forums.timesdaily.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4771054867/m/3771073808/r/5991014808
Whether you believe in abortion or no...this is in such bad taste I cannot believe it. Tell me it ain't so, Joe.
Re: The Ultimate Gift Certificate ? OMG - Greg the dogsitter - 11-28-2008
samintx wrote:
http://forums.timesdaily.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4771054867/m/3771073808/r/5991014808
Whether you believe in abortion or no...this is in such bad taste I cannot believe it. Tell me it ain't so, Joe.
Does it sound true to you?
Re: The Ultimate Gift Certificate ? OMG - MacGurl - 11-28-2008
Looks like you can use it for any service PP offers, which are numerous things beyond abortions.
And, what up with the crazy verbiage from that poster?
Just when we had begun to absorb the fact that we will have the Liberal Obamanation for the next four years; and have actually started to believe that nothing could be worse -- up pops our little Abortion Genie with a great new idea that makes even having Obama seem nice: Give The Gift Of Death!
The guy sounds like a real wacko.
Kathy
Re: The Ultimate Gift Certificate ? OMG - samintx - 11-28-2008
Greg the dogsitter wrote:
[quote=samintx]
http://forums.timesdaily.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4771054867/m/3771073808/r/5991014808
Whether you believe in abortion or no...this is in such bad taste I cannot believe it. Tell me it ain't so, Joe.
Does it sound true to you?
the are bylines if you looked at the article/ links.
Re: The Ultimate Gift Certificate ? OMG - Mike Sellers - 11-28-2008
I searched the PP website and could find no mention of holiday gift certificates. Maybe someone has a link.
Re: The Ultimate Gift Certificate ? OMG - Greg the dogsitter - 11-28-2008
Gift certs, yes.
For abortions, not necessarily.
Re: The Ultimate Gift Certificate ? OMG - Greg the dogsitter - 11-28-2008
Mike Sellers wrote:
I searched the PP website and could find no mention of holiday gift certificates. Maybe someone has a link.
PP of Indiana...http://www.ppin.org/news.aspx?NewsID=84
Re: The Ultimate Gift Certificate ? OMG - samintx - 11-28-2008
http://www.lifenews.com/state3669.html
but even the mention of a Gift Certificate in the same breath as PP is tacky, IMO. What do you think of with the mention of the two? You don't think of PP in the same vein a sterling porridge bowl for a baby.
Re: The Ultimate Gift Certificate ? OMG - MacGurl - 11-28-2008
Would I buy one of their GCs - maybe, maybe not. I don't think it's tacky though. If I had a friend who went there, using any of PPs women's services, and it looked like she could use the financial help, I might though. I generally buy everyone on my holiday list GCs for the holidays - be it to a book store or an auto parts store, depending on their needs or interests.
Kathy
Re: The Ultimate Gift Certificate ? OMG - Ted King - 11-28-2008
http://www.startribune.com/nation/35213619.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
(quote)
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.
Planned Parenthood's annual exams for women, which include Pap tests and breast exams, typically cost $58. The vouchers can be used for the exams, but also for insurance copays and for medication.
(unquote)
As MacGurl said, the vouchers can be used for many of Planned Parenthood's services. Can the vouchers be used for abortions as well? Yes. The chances of anyone giving one of these vouchers specifically for the purposes of an abortion? Just about zero. Chances that anti-abortion advocates would pass up a chance to cast this in the most provocative way possible even though the chances of being used in that most provocative way are about zero are zero. The author of the cited site verges on, if is not actually guilty of, demagoguery.