Have you heard the “pro-life” argument for Planned Parenthood? It’s being promoted everywhere by center-left journalists from Dana Milbank, to Ruth Marcus, to Damon Linker, to Will Saletan. Writing for the New York Times, Ross Douthat sums up this view:
“..even though Planned Parenthood performs hundreds of thousands of abortions each year (while lobbying constantly against any restriction on the practice), to oppose channeling public dollars to its family planning operations is to be objectively pro-abortion, because these operations prevent many more abortions still.”
Douthat then debunks this argument in multiple ways and from multiple angles. If you’re talking to friends or co-workers who are disturbed by the Planned Parenthood videos, but who think Planned Parenthood still serves “the greater good,” you’ll definitely want to read this piece.