According to the numbers offered in the above article, only about 13,000 of those 800,000 unwanted pregnancies would result in adoptions. As many as 787,000 of those unwanted pregnancies – again, according to the figures here – would result in abortions.

Therefore, it can reasonably be argued that Planned Parenthood’s programs prevent a net 482,000 abortions every year.

So, you have to ask yourself whether you sincerely want to reduce abortion by overwhelming numbers, or you want to hang on to an ideological identity, a brand if you will, that genuinely objects to the idea of abortion, but in real numbers of lives lost, defeats its own purpose.

It’s a difficult dilemma for abortion opponents, and a great number, perhaps most, reading this will dismiss the numbers in favor of sticking with a comforting and familiar idea that, while noble in theory, is fallacious in reality.

Abortion is your enemy. Planned Parenthood is your enemy, or is not, depending upon how rationally you view the issue.

Of course, predictably, many of the faithful will focus on the act of abortion itself, rather than the overall effect of Planned Parenthood’s programs in general.

As always, the difficult decision is yours to make.

1.6% is what that works out to be. I guess it’s enough that they’re technically not just an abortion clinic. But think about this – if I was to wear a purple hat for 98.4% of each day, and take it off for 23 minutes* a day (1.6%), should I be surprised if I were known as “the guy in the purple hat”? Is it intellectually honest for me to say “I don’t always wear a purple hat!”?

* Most of those 23 minutes would be when I was in the shower, washing that area under the hat where hair refuses to grow anymore…

As part of my research, a friend of mine went into a local PP with his girlfriend and they explained that she was pregnant but was uncertain what they should do. In 30 minutes of counseling the only person that mentioned adoption was my friend, and only toward the end after hearing a “lesson” on how safe, easy and “the right thing to do” abortion is. They even promised her that her parents would not find out (she claimed to be 16).

Obviously these people have a far different perspective than many of us. I’ve written a short story, based partially on true experiences, that offers a contrast in this perspective.

http://conceptionday.blogspot.com/2010/01/parasite.html

Sad, isn’t it? They are doing this for nothing more than money.