To achieve greatness we must put aside our differences for the greater good. There is a strong ongoing controversy about Planned Parenthood, mostly due to the debate about abortion. However, for the sake of millions of people, this federation should have your support. Planned Parenthood deserves your support because they offer multiple helpful services, support and educate teenagers about their sexuality, and their main goal is to assist those in need by providing them with the reproductive health care services. We should all want to help the less fortunate. Planned Parenthood’s roots began in 1916 with Margaret Sanger. That year, Sanger and two other women opened up a birth control …show more content…
Every aspect of Planned Parenthood is necessary in today’s society. For example, birth control is needed for sexually active couples who do not wish to conceive a child. Couples who refrain from using birth control have an 85% chance of becoming pregnant within a year. Additionally, it is predicted that 1 in 10 people identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. While there are many other support groups and federations that they can join to learn more about their sexual orientation, LGBT members may also go to Planned Parenthood to seek information on same-sex intercourse that may be difficult to find otherwise. These services are vital to the people today; and therefore should be easily obtainable and affordable. There is the common misconception that outlawing abortions and preaching strictly about abstinence to young adults will end all abortions and teen pregnancies. This is not the case; illegal or not, abortions will still be performed and teenagers will still have sexual relations. Globally, almost half of all abortions are performed in unsafe conditions, which can result in severe damage, sometimes even death, to the mother. You can oppose abortion all you want; it is still going to happen. For instance, in Uganda, abortion is completely illegal and abstinence is the only aspect taught in sex education; however, the abortion rate there is 54 in 1,000, which is twice the rate that it is in the United States. Furthermore, Western Europe has the lowest abortion rates in the world, an estimated 12 in 1,000; this is due to the fact that Western Europe offers legal abortion services and contraception methods are highly available. What Planned Parenthood does is make sure that its abortions are medically