"My Body My Choice" Reply

After reading my classmate, Tasha Houze's piece on women's rights, I was interested in sharing my perspective on this issue.
This is an issue that is very close to me, seeing as how me and many people that I know have been provided services at Planned Parenthood for many years. Just this past month I went to Planned Parenthood to get my yearly exam. My results came back abnormal and when this happens it is protocol to have a Colposcopy, which is a biopsy of the cervix to test for cervical cancer. This is a really big deal and many women I know have been through this. The procedure is very expensive, but with the incredible resources that Planned Parenthood provide to low income people such as myself, I was able to get this procedure done for an incredible $16. They also asked that I make a donation at my own discretion. Had it not been for PPH, I'm almost positive I would not have been able tp get this important procedure and in the time manner it was needed.
PPH provides many services to over five million men, women and adolescents worldwide. This is a pretty substantial amount of people. I find it difficult at times to understand why it's okay to provide Welfare and Medicaid to people who sometimes have babies irresponsibly and at times are on drugs and not working to give back in any way he funds they are receiving. This is why I do not support Texas Governor, Rick Perry. He has been adimant in pulling funds from PPH. In an article on the Huffington Post discussing a few sates have tried and failed to pull federal funding from PPH it states that "The governor of one of those states (Rick Perry), however, decided that if federal rules won't allow him to de-fund Planned Parenthood, so be it. H e would achieve his goal by forfeiting hundreds of millions of federal dollars in Medicaid togged for women's health care".
It's like you said, Tasha, it's not that the people who go to PPH are necessarily pro abortion, they are pro choice. It is a women's right to privacy and to make her own decisions regarding her body. I support a persons choice to do whatever they deem necessary and in the best interest for everyone in the situation. It is not the governments job to mingle in the personal live's and well being of anybody. This is a time in society when women are CEO's of huge companies, holding positions in the Supreme Court and making a huge impact on the world, yet we are still putting at restrictions on what a women can or can't do with her body.
I hope that PPH is able to overcome the hardships it has endured. The staff at the location I go to are very helpful, smart and caring. At some point I hope everyone can realize how many good things that the organization has done for so many people.

Sources:
www.huffingtonpost.com
www.plannedparenthood.org