This is part two of a series. You can read part one here.
As good as the previous questions are, though, one must ask themself a deeper question first: Does Planned Parenthood meet the ethical standards mentioned for organizations the Christian should support? In other words, does Planned Parenthood seek the good of all mankind and not simply their own profit? Do they seek to advance human rights and dignity, and not just the movement of some volatile political issue at the expense of the people most effected by it?
To answer this question, one only need look at the organization's response to the signing of HB1210 by Gov. Mitch Daniels. To quote,
As many as 22,000 Hoosires will lose their medical home...Our legislative leadership has unplugged those most in need from [access to birth control]...Decreased birth control means more unintended pregnancy. More unintended pregnancy means increased medical spending.
They go on to state that Indiana already spends $450 million in Medicaid money on pregnancy coverage and that this cost will be higher with all the new children added to Medicaid as a result of these "unintended" births.
When one reads this response, especially in its entirety, one notices that there is little talk of how this will actually effect these women and children. The focus is on the cost, both Planned Parenthood's loss of patients and the cost added to the State as a result. It would appear that Planned parenthood is not so much concerned with providing care to these women as it is with turning a profit. Their practice of abortion is a case in point.
As a commentor to the first part pointed out, while it may be true that only 3% of the services they provide are abortions, for example, these account for over a quarter of their income (37%). This can only happen in a couple of ways. Either abortions are exorbitantly expensive in comparison to every other service they offer, or, they are putting the main thrust of their efforts into getting women to choose this service over others. The only reason they would do the latter is because they make more money on it than they do the other services.
Since it seems that Planned Parenthood is concerned more with money than they are people, it would appear that this organization does not fit the ethical guidelines laid out above. Therefore, it is not an organization that the Christan should support in any meaningful way.
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