Comments on: New Guttmacher report: publically funded family planning services = good http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/02/24/new-guttmacher-report-publically-funded-family-planning-services-good/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: MissyAnne Thrope http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/02/24/new-guttmacher-report-publically-funded-family-planning-services-good/#comment-228388 MissyAnne Thrope Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:21:13 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=11926#comment-228388 And here we have the ultimate study in contrasts: Title X - subject to constant assault by ignorant, blowhard conservatives in Congress who want to starve it out of existence. Yet the program continually operates effectively and successfully, providing real, demonstrable good to the population it serves and saving the American people money in the bargain. Abstinence Only - coddled darling of the same ignorant, blowhard Congressional conservatives. Swaddled in billions of taxpayer dollars, this misshapen freak of public policy has utterly, absolutely, completely and demonstrably FAILED. It is a bottomless pit of ignorance, homobigotry and frightening danger to our young people. Gosh, with policy making like that, I cannot for the life of me imagine how we ended up a nation so well and truly fuckered. And here we have the ultimate study in contrasts:

Title X – subject to constant assault by ignorant, blowhard conservatives in Congress who want to starve it out of existence. Yet the program continually operates effectively and successfully, providing real, demonstrable good to the population it serves and saving the American people money in the bargain.

Abstinence Only – coddled darling of the same ignorant, blowhard Congressional conservatives. Swaddled in billions of taxpayer dollars, this misshapen freak of public policy has utterly, absolutely, completely and demonstrably FAILED. It is a bottomless pit of ignorance, homobigotry and frightening danger to our young people.

Gosh, with policy making like that, I cannot for the life of me imagine how we ended up a nation so well and truly fuckered.

]]> By: Rob http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/02/24/new-guttmacher-report-publically-funded-family-planning-services-good/#comment-228249 Rob Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:56:25 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=11926#comment-228249 The adage that "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" has a lot of truth in it. And this report demonstrates this. The adage that “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” has a lot of truth in it. And this report demonstrates this.

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