<p>So Smushed says: </p>
<p>“If Planned Parenthood is so good at preventing unwanted pregnancies then why is it that in 1984, 5% of all abortions took place in PP, but then recently over 27% of ALL abortions take place in PP? Why?”</p>
<p>Well, I’ll tell you why, Smushed.</p>
<p>Here it is: Because people who promote your political views about a woman’s right to choose have politicked and sometimes even made physical threats against hospitals and clinics that previously offered abortion services. What hospital wants to take the risk of having a madman lurking around their doors, like madman Scott Roeder, the anti-choice activist who assassinated Dr. George Tiller two years ago because he worked at Planned Parenthood. As a result of this type of pressure, those who support your point of view have been able to scare hospitals from providing this fully-legal service, and Planned Parenthood is often the only place where a woman can turn to get a legal abortion. </p>
<p>Wesleyan students who use their American right of free speech to support Planned Parenthood should be praised for their civic mindedness and courage, and not be attacked. On the other hand, the vitriol that the haters espouse, like the madman anti-choice activist who murdered Dr. George Tiller, should be absolutely condemned. </p>
<p>I am sure you support the US Constitution, and our laws and reject violence.To eliminate Planned Parenthood is to force women needing to terminate a pregnancy to go back to the dark ages of the back alley abortions.</p>