Feb 5 My response to Gail Collins' Planned Parenthood Under Siege

Editor:

RE: Gail Collins’ February 4th column, The Siege of Planned Parenthood.

Ms Collins accurately asserts that “planned parenthood doesn’t use government money to provide abortions.” However, the truth is that money is fungible. Planned Parenthood takes my tax money and their accountants show that it is used for basic medical care. However, the tax money floats the organization’s abortion boat.

Let Planned Parenthood supporters replace the lost government funds with their own money. Then, let us all join together to assure that public, church, and charitable systems provide adequate health and medical services, not abortion, to the women and children who need it.

I agree that 20% of low-income teens in Texas having a baby deserve community effort to stop that. The abortion of the Forty One percent of pregnancies in New York City requires a greater effort.