Guest post by Anonymous in Pennsylvania
Trigger warning: sexual assault
The recent debates about defunding Planned Parenthood have gotten me really riled up. At first I just assumed it is because I know the array of services they provide and how often they are the only point of access for people to obtain reproductive healthcare. I understand that Planned Parenthood often needs to step in to fill in the gaps where people have had woefully inaccurate (or no) sexuality education and find themselves in need of care to become healthier and stay that way. Unlike some people engaging in the discussion, I actually recognize how much would be at stake if Planned Parenthood were to lose its federal funding.
It took me a while to realize that while all of this stuff was contributing to how I felt, a big part of why I was upset was because of the whole…
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This is a bang-on article. Well written, clear and forthright. Thank you. Louise Goueffic, Canada