The 3 percent dodge

Jewish World Review ^ | August 4, 2015 | Rich Lowry

[Idaho_Cowboy]

The nation's premier provider of abortions doesn't want to be known for providing abortions.

Planned Parenthood, embroiled in a scandal over secret videos capturing its cavalier dismemberment of unborn babies and sale of their body parts, insists that abortion is only 3 percent of what it does.

Practically every defender of the organization, fighting to preserve its federal funding, reverts to the 3 percent figure. How could you possibly, they ask, defund a group that devotes itself overwhelmingly to uncontroversial procedures and services for women?

The 3 percent figure is an artifice and a dodge, but even taking it on its own terms, it's not much of a defense. Only Planned Parenthood would think saying that they only kill babies 3 percent of the time is something to brag about. How much credit would we give someone for saying he only drives drunk 3 percent of the time, or only cheats on business trips 3 percent of the time, or only hits his wife during 3 percent of domestic disputes?

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[Idaho_Cowboy]

Interesting article. I'm tired of hearing about all the "good" that Planned Parenthood hood does. It's the same as saying "The Nazi's were bad, but at least the trains ran on time."

[Sacajaweau]

There is no longer any reason for PP...now that Obamacare has arrived.

[JoeFromSidney]

It's the same as saying "The Nazi's were bad, but at least the trains ran on time."

I sympathize with your point, but at least let's get the history right. It was Mussolini who allegedly made the trains run on time. The Nazis claim to fame was the autobahns.

[nascarnation]

It’s like a criminal saying “I’ve only killed 3% of the people I’ve encountered today”

[Idaho_Cowboy]

It's the same as saying “The Nazi's were bad, but at least the trains ran on time.”
I sympathize with your point, but at least let's get the history right. It was Mussolini who allegedly made the trains run on time. The Nazis claim to fame was the autobahns.

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