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Should Planned Parenthood Be Defunded?

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I believe that the American government should always protect the life of human beings. The government should eliminate access to abortions and artificial contraceptives and defund abortion services through organizations like Planned Parenthood. However, I don’t think that Planned Parenthood should be defunded because it provides other positive health services for women like breast exams. As for abortions, my Christian faith provides me with an opportunity to believe that life begins at conception and ends at a natural death. A baby’s heart starts beating at 18 days after conception, so why does the baby not have the same rights that a living person may have. Some may say that, “Well, an unborn baby is not born yet, so the baby has no voice …show more content…

Opposed to contrary beliefs, I “hate the sin, but not the sinner.” I will not condone it. I will not vote for it. I will not hate them, and I will not be a bully. I recognize that we live in a nation full of Christians and not a Christian nation which separates the church from the state, but my Christian faith does not agree with the practices of homosexuallity. On top of that, if gay marriage is not a “big deal” then why did people force the Supreme Court embedded gay marriage in the Constitution? With everyone arguing about the Supreme Court decision and that “Same-sex marriage is [now] a fundamental constitutional right guaranteed under the 14th Amendment”, an easy response is to attack the opponent by arguing that what happens under the roof of someone’s home is not the business of the government. My bigger question, however, is if the marital status of two people is not the business of the national government, then why did the Supreme Court have to hear and review to the court case to please the people? Shouldn’t the judiciary branch of the government focus on imposing more important policies for the betterment of the American nation instead of personal

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