Life choices

By Megan McArdle
I'm not sure what I think about this.  I will note that I have gotten non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood, and been disgusted by the fact that they need metal detectors and bag searches.  Whatever your opinion on abortion--and mine is rather deeply conflicted--women getting medical care should not have to choose between invasive searches, and fearing for their lives.  Nor did I care for the rosary-praying woman who told me I would regret "it" for the rest of my life, as if there were no reason to go to a women's health care center unless you were getting your womb vacuumed out.  On the other hand, I was also struck by how pitifully, pitifully young were the girls there for pregnancy tests.  Overall, everything about the visits made me think "there has to be a better way".  

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http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/08/life-choices/4019/