War on women

While most of us were sleeping Republicans in the house of representatives were hard at work. Under the guise of balancing the budget they passed legislation that will cut all funding to planned parenthood and would further impede on a woman's reproductive rights and safety.
The Republicans did not pass this obscene piece of legislation strictly to save money, oh no, it was passed because they want to send a clear message that abortion is wrong. The three and a half hour "budget" debate focused not on saving money but on attacking women and reproductive rights and safety.
John Boehner called it democracy in action,yes that's right stripping women of health care and family planning is something he thinks we should be proud of.
What they fail, or don't care, to realize is that planned parenthood has prevented unwanted pregnancy, not through abortion, but through education and contraception.
Without planned parenthood millions of sexually active people will have no place to go for STI screenings and tests. Millions of women will go without gynecologic exams. Millions of preventable pregnancies will drain other state programs and cash strapped families.
It is an outrage to me that in this decade men are climbing over each other to take away my right to protect myself from unwanted disease and pregnancy.
In the interest of full disclosure, I cannot imagine ever getting an abortion. That said I cannot imagine living in an America where I don't have the choice.
This legislation is sending a clear message to women that their health safety and well being do not matter at all to the Republican party.
I am shocked and horrified by this behavior, and whether you believe in abortion or not, whether you are religious or not, the thought that your rights as a woman can be cast aside so thoughtlessly should horrify you to.
This is the link to the article about the vote.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/19/AR2011021900503.html?hpid=topnews
This is a link to an earlier article about the debate that happened Thursday, this article has video of the bill's sponsor as well as quotes from both sides of the isle. Please read.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/02/house-debate-on-defunding-plan.html