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To: longnshort who wrote (420921)	4/9/2011 12:31:17 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793866

Throwing out the issue of where to go, I would go along with Derek that you stand a better chance of getting good pre-natal care from an NP than a GP these days.

To: longnshort who wrote (420921)	4/10/2011 5:19:10 PM
From: Brumar89	3 Recommendations Respond to of 793866

Things Planned Parenthood's 'Truth Team' Forgot to Mention [332,278 abortions per year 7,021 prenatal care clients per year 977 adoption referrals per year fewer than 20,000 primary health care services per year Providing crappy advice and unreliable contraceptives knowing failure will bring them back for the more profitable STD/abortion services. " In 2005, Consumer Reports ranked dead last (among 23 brands) two of the condom brands that PPFA affiliates offer free to customers, due to their rating of "poor" in strength and reliability." ] ..... Intentionally or not, Planned Parenthood has put in place a business plan that is certain to generate repeat business for a wide variety of services throughout the client's lifetime: Planned Parenthood combines compelling marketing (kids, you can enjoy "safe sex" without consequences!); location (often low-income neighborhoods where most services are paid for by a third party, such as state or federal Medicaid or Title X, eliminating any financial barrier to using their services); and products that don't live up to the promise of protection from STDs and pregnancy, due to method and user errors. In 2005, Consumer Reports ranked dead last (among 23 brands) two of the condom brands that PPFA affiliates offer free to customers, due to their rating of "poor" in strength and reliability. [ How clever, give out crappy condoms knowing they'll fail and will bring them back for more profitable "services". ] All this adds up to a revolving door of customers, constantly returning for the pricier services: emergency contraception; pregnancy tests; STD testing and treatment, including Pap tests for cervical cancer (100 percent of which is caused by certain persistent strains of the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus [HPV]), diagnostic colposcopies and LOOP/LEEP procedures; cryotherapy; HIV testing; and, of course, the big money-maker, abortions. Why haven't supporters of PPFA funding in Congress and the press noticed that something is amiss? Here is an organization that offers contraception (35 percent of 2009 services)[16] for "safe sex," yet also reports that 35 percent of its services deal with the failure of "safe sex" to protect against STDs (testing and treatment), and 11 percent of clients undergo abortions. Is it not likely that some of the same clients going to Planned Parenthood for contraception are returning for these other services when PPFA and contraception fail them? After all, 54 percent of women seeking abortions report they were using contraceptives in the month they became pregnant (see Table 61, p.98). .... Rest of article here: Message 27299603