Blogathon 2007 - Mission
Jul. 29th, 2007 08:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mllelaurelAlmost there; we're in the home stretch, ladies and gentlemen. So isn't it about time for me to say why it is I'm blogging for Planned Parenthood?
I'm blogging for them because they're willing to provide sex education and resources to young adults, some of whom would never be able to procure the information otherwise. I, personally, went to a high quality, progressive high school, and our sex ed was still shit. Problem was, they started us on Health classes in middle school, when the teachers couldn't actually talk about sex, and once we got to high school, the teachers assumed we already knew everything we needed to know. So where did most of us get the information? Parents, if we were extremely lucky. The internet, with its Russian roulette of valid info and utter bs. Personal experience, more often than not. If one looked really hard, they could find brochures and such at the nurse's office. And where did those brochures come from? Planned Parenthood.
I'm blogging for the nonjudgmental care they've (at least the Boston branch) offered people I knew. Medical examinations. Psychological counseling. Contraceptives. The option to have an abortion - or not have one.
What seals it for me, though, is their reaction when their patient is an adolescent who would not be able to pay in cash for the needed medical services. They'd be covered by their family's insurance, but the bills would be sent straight to their parents, thus violating their privacy and (depending on the parents) safety. For this, I found PP had a contingency plan. In the situation where the patient was dependent on an outside party, PP would cover the necessary services for free. Where does the money for this come from, in a non-profit organization? Why, from viewers like you!
And that, my friends, is why I'm blogging for Planned Parenthood
I'm blogging for them because they're willing to provide sex education and resources to young adults, some of whom would never be able to procure the information otherwise. I, personally, went to a high quality, progressive high school, and our sex ed was still shit. Problem was, they started us on Health classes in middle school, when the teachers couldn't actually talk about sex, and once we got to high school, the teachers assumed we already knew everything we needed to know. So where did most of us get the information? Parents, if we were extremely lucky. The internet, with its Russian roulette of valid info and utter bs. Personal experience, more often than not. If one looked really hard, they could find brochures and such at the nurse's office. And where did those brochures come from? Planned Parenthood.
I'm blogging for the nonjudgmental care they've (at least the Boston branch) offered people I knew. Medical examinations. Psychological counseling. Contraceptives. The option to have an abortion - or not have one.
What seals it for me, though, is their reaction when their patient is an adolescent who would not be able to pay in cash for the needed medical services. They'd be covered by their family's insurance, but the bills would be sent straight to their parents, thus violating their privacy and (depending on the parents) safety. For this, I found PP had a contingency plan. In the situation where the patient was dependent on an outside party, PP would cover the necessary services for free. Where does the money for this come from, in a non-profit organization? Why, from viewers like you!
And that, my friends, is why I'm blogging for Planned Parenthood
