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From: michaelm@3comvax.UUCP (Michael McNeil)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Planned Parenthood posting
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Date: Wed, 4-Sep-85 18:38:37 EDT
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[Chomp, chew, munch!]  

> > Sigh.
> > Again we get back to "how dare my child get information from the outside
> > world against my wishes" argument.
> > First off, let us remember we are dealing with the real world. In the
> > real world, NOT ALL PARENTS KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING! It's not
> > necessarily all their fault. What is true is that they exit.  A result
> > of this is that there are a large portion of kids with little or no
> > guidence,or trust,in their parents. These kids need somewhere to find
> > information. Planned parenthood had as one of its tennants to provide
> > such info -- info from a NON-THREATENING SOURCE! LOTS of parents will
> > not OR cannot provide any information on sex,birth control,pregnancy
> > or such. PPclinics provide this in addition to possibly performing 
> > abortions.
> > 
> > No one stated you family was such a case , or could be. The 
> > suggestions were that you put yourself in the place of such a
> > person and see thing from that viewpoint.
> > 
> > (Sorry.I had more to say,but have to go.Maybe more later.)
> > 						P.M.Pincha-Wagener
> 
> NOT ALL PP COUNSELORS KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.  It's not necessarily
> all their fault.  What is true is that they exist.  A result of this
> is that there are a large portion of kids who are misguided.
> 
> My juxtaposition.
> Sound familiar?  [FRANK RAY]

I don't believe anyone in this group is arguing that *parents*
should not exist, misguided though many are, or that they should
not exert influence on their children.  Why then should Planned
Parenthood not exist, even if imperfect?  Since many parents *are*
misguided, why shouldn't there exist other sources of information,
admittedly also imperfect, to compensate?  No one can provide
perfect advice, but given a spectrum of ideas, kids *can* choose.  

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Michael McNeil
3Com Corporation
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