Planned Parenthood petition

[asterroc]

If you live in MA, there are a few House budget amendments coming up that you should urge your Rep to vote on. Following that link will allow you to send an automatic letter to your Rep agreeing w/ the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) stance. Below are my one-sentence summaries of the amendments, all of which PPLM supports.

House Budget Amendment 704 would reject federal abstinence-only funding and make the Department of Public Health study whether abstinence-only programs are effective.

House Budget Amendment 652 would increase the funding for the state's comprehensive family planning program.

House Budget Amendment 987 would increase funding to teen pregnancy prevention programs.

There's one sentence in the whole thing that grabs me:

"For every $1 invested in family planning services, $3.80 is saved in other costs related to unintended pregnancy."

If that's true, it's amazing. They say nothing about how the number is calculated though, I wish I knew.

Comments

[rumorofrain.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting this!

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

No prob Bob. I'm on the PPLM email list and assorted other lists, and whenever I find simple things that we can do I repost them.