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I must admit that I can find no words to describe the level of hypocrisy being shown by the Trump administration:
On Wednesday, three organizations — the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association — joined together to sue the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Population Affairs for drastically rewriting its Title X funding priorities to grant awards to programs that favor abstinence programs over contraception provision. Title X was explicitly created in 1970 to help low-income women obtain contraception, but the Trump administration's new guidelines indicate a preference for programs that discourage contraception use in favor of advising women to abstain from sex when not seeking pregnancy.
The article continues:
President Trump, who told Howard Stern in 1998 that he was "getting the Congressional Medal of Honor" for what Stern described as "screwing a lot of women," initially appointed a religious-right advocate named Teresa Manning to run the Title X program. In 2001, Manning described contraception as "anti-family" and has said it promotes "promiscuity." She also claimed, in a 2003 interview, that “contraception doesn’t work."
Manning stepped down this January and was replaced with Valerie Huber, who used to run the National Abstinence Education Association, a group that rebranded itself as Ascend when the term "abstinence" became too toxic. Huber's group not only opposed straightforward contraception education, but also promoted health education guidelines in Tennessee public schools barring teachers from teaching any "message that encourages students to experiment with sexual activity." None of those terms were well-defined, leading to concerns that even acknowledging that teens hold hands and kiss might be against the rules.
No sex for fun for poor people, 'cause that leads to - *gasp!* - promiscuity!!!!
In related news, gotta get rid of immigrants since they're breeding! "There is a Revolution going on in California. Soooo many Sanctuary areas want OUT of this ridiculous, crime infested & breeding concept. Jerry Brown is trying to back out of the National Guard at the Border, but the people of the State are not happy. Want Security & Safety NOW!"
I guess immigrants (legal or otherwise) aren't supposed to have sex...or if they do, they shouldn't use contraception to avoid getting pregnant. :doh
On Wednesday, three organizations — the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association — joined together to sue the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Population Affairs for drastically rewriting its Title X funding priorities to grant awards to programs that favor abstinence programs over contraception provision. Title X was explicitly created in 1970 to help low-income women obtain contraception, but the Trump administration's new guidelines indicate a preference for programs that discourage contraception use in favor of advising women to abstain from sex when not seeking pregnancy.
The article continues:
President Trump, who told Howard Stern in 1998 that he was "getting the Congressional Medal of Honor" for what Stern described as "screwing a lot of women," initially appointed a religious-right advocate named Teresa Manning to run the Title X program. In 2001, Manning described contraception as "anti-family" and has said it promotes "promiscuity." She also claimed, in a 2003 interview, that “contraception doesn’t work."
Manning stepped down this January and was replaced with Valerie Huber, who used to run the National Abstinence Education Association, a group that rebranded itself as Ascend when the term "abstinence" became too toxic. Huber's group not only opposed straightforward contraception education, but also promoted health education guidelines in Tennessee public schools barring teachers from teaching any "message that encourages students to experiment with sexual activity." None of those terms were well-defined, leading to concerns that even acknowledging that teens hold hands and kiss might be against the rules.
No sex for fun for poor people, 'cause that leads to - *gasp!* - promiscuity!!!!
In related news, gotta get rid of immigrants since they're breeding! "There is a Revolution going on in California. Soooo many Sanctuary areas want OUT of this ridiculous, crime infested & breeding concept. Jerry Brown is trying to back out of the National Guard at the Border, but the people of the State are not happy. Want Security & Safety NOW!"
I guess immigrants (legal or otherwise) aren't supposed to have sex...or if they do, they shouldn't use contraception to avoid getting pregnant. :doh