Planned Parenthood, under siege, fights back
Rancor against the Planned Parenthood Federation of America has exploded this year, the fuse lit by videos that surfaced this summer showing a national Planned Parenthood executive discussing the selling of fetal body parts.
The agency is fighting back with rallies, social media campaigns and celebrations of its services across the country Tuesday, including a rally by the chapter that oversees services in Georgia at the state Capitol in downtown Atlanta.
The nonprofit organization provides mammograms, Pap smears, testing for sexually transmitted diseases — and, yes, at some facilities it performs abortions.
Political voices for and against Planned Parenthood have been loud and proud.
But what about a voice such as Jen Rafanan’s? The 40-year-old Gainesviille, Ga., woman said Planned Parenthood saved her sanity — if not her life. And she didn’t go to the group for pregnancy counseling or abortion services.
About the Author
Michelle Miller has been an editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2000, for the first decade as a newspaper copy editor, and thereafter as a story editor for digital platforms and print. She has been a journalist for more than 35 years.
