Monday, August 03, 2015

If slavery were only one part of an organization's purpose, should taxpayers have to fund it?

Planned Parenthood is the subject of growing controversy because it is no longer just killing babies (which is acceptable in some parts of our culture), but selling their parts. It has even given Hillary Clinton pause. And that's saying something: Very few things give robots pause.

Maybe killing babies is only wrong in the eyes of progressives when capitalism is involved.

I have now heard one particular argument in defense of Planned Parenthood several times. It goes like this: "Abortion is only one part of Planned Parenthood's services and it is hardly a sufficient cause to de-fund their entire operation."

Okay. Fine. If killing babies is just one part of your business, your still legitimate if you do other, less horrific things.

So let's just replace the word "abortion" in this argument with another word and ask what we would think if anyone ever actually uttered it in defense of any organization: "Slavery is only one part of [Insert Organization Name Here]'s services and it is hardly a sufficient cause to de-fund their entire operation."
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1 comment:

  1. Lee8:15 AM

    I've asked the same question. You want to shut down Auschwitz? They actually do some good work there. Only about 3% of the camp was dedicated to killing. Did you know they have string quartet concerts? Why are you against string quartet concerts?

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