This is part of the Answering Planned Parenthood series
Pro-Life: Right to Life takes no position on contraception.
Planned Parenthood: The same people who oppose legal abortion are attempting to cripple federal and provincial family planning both by defunding and by administrative regulations. The "human life amendment" in the US would outlaw birth control methods such as the IUD and mini-pills, which act after fertilization. The charter of Birthright, the anti-abortion "problem pregnancy" counselling organization, prohibits referral for contraception.
I will do a line by line analysis:
The same people who oppose legal abortion are attempting to cripple federal and provincial family planning both by defunding and by administrative regulations.
It's assumed in the statement that support for contraception automatically translates into support for government funding for it.
The issue is not funding contraception. It's: what do pro-lifers believe about contraception?
A large number of pro-lifers are against contraception, because a large number of them are Catholics. But there are plenty Protestant pro-life Christians who support contraception. There are secular pro-life people who support contraception.
Believing in fetal equality does not require rejection of contraception.
The "human life amendment" in the US would outlaw birth control methods such as the IUD and mini-pills, which act after fertilization
Confusing contraception with abortion is a bit disingenuous, too. It's evading the real issue of whether unborn humans have rights.
What this statement fails to say is that recognizing unborn children would mean some contraceptives are abortive, In fact they are abortions.
But not all contraception is.
The charter of Birthright, the anti-abortion "problem pregnancy" counselling organization, prohibits referral for contraception.
Because abstinence is the best means of assuring that no subsequent pregnancies happen, and if you refer to contraception, you're essentially telling them it's okay to have sex again, even though contraception can fail.
I note, though, that Feminists for Life takes no position on contraception precisely because its members have such widely divergent views on the issue. Some are Catholics, some are Protestants, some are Jewish (no barrier contraception), some are hippie-type (no chemical contraception) and so forth.
What the PP tract is trying to do is instill this notion is that one is in favour of fetal rights, one MUST ALSO reject contraception.
That is not automatic. There are a variety of views among pro-lifers as to the acceptance of contraception, when it's acceptable and what kinds are acceptable.
