I dislike long subject lines.
Subject: An abortion can cost anywhere from around $350 to more than $1,000. In 2009, it was estimated that a total of $831 million is spent on abortions annually.
And some people have the nerve to say that abortion is not a business, and abortionists are not out to make a profit.
I’m tempted to ask of what church you’re a member, and what their annual revenue is.
Healthcare is a business; many elements of healthcare are profit-motivated. Of all the doctors I’ve met, the abortionists have been about as profit-minded as the pediatricians. Of all the drug reps I’ve met, the RU-486 drug rep (they haveone) is the only one who wasn’t profit-minded.
…ditto clinic managers, clinic owners, and (in case it needed saying) nurses and other staff. For some of them, it’s their jobto make sure the place turns a profit, but they are still motivated primarily by a desire to provide abortions the way they should be provided.
Additionally, I’m not profit-minded.
(Bad abortionists exist — if you think bringing them up will substantiate your argument, we should talk about your church.)
You know, I just love it when people demand professionals provide services for no compensation - that they should all be doing their job purely out of the goodness of their hearts. I mean, who cares if abortion providers need to pay their bills and feed their kids? Who cares that they spent roughly ten years and thousands of dollars earning their medical degree? Who cares that the blood and urine lab work, counseling, sonogram, post-op medications, anesthesia, and follow-up exam, plus the time and materials used, all cost money?
That’s not even getting to the number of clinics (including Planned Parenthood) that provide services on a sliding scale, so low-income clients can afford health care. What’s that? They’re giving patients the option to pay them less money for the same services?
You want to talk about being in it for the money? Let’s talk about doctors in hospitals paid by the procedure, instead of on salary. Let’s talk about how much it costs to actually give birth. Let’s talk about how fucking ridiculous it is to assume that every abortion provider would take a job made so dangerous for them and their families by people like you - all for the money. Let’s talk about the reasons a medical professional would willingly bear the stigma from their colleagues and their communities to provide one of the safest, most common procedures in the country.
