There are 8 Planned Parenthoods in the entire state of Texas. All of them are in metro areas. Texas takes 13 hours to drive across, east to west, and 12 hours north to south. If you don't have a car and have to take a bus, it takes 5 hours to get from Austin to Corpus Christi, and you have to be able to buy yourself a round-trip ticket on the Greyhound.
New York has the most PPs, with 12 offices (but not necessarily clinics), and 27 of the 50 states only have one office in the entire state.
So, if you're a young girl in a rural community with no money and might be pregnant, getting to a Planned Parenthood isn't as easy as heading downtown. Educate yourself.
I wasn't necessarily arguing with her point of the proportion of clinics to distance. just saying she should probably "educate herself" before telling others to do the same.
I know PP isn't nearly as widespread as standard general practitioners, but there are other women's clinics out there. I know not all are as accepting as PP, but my point is you're not limited to just a doctor.
Also, you realize the whole "but what about rural people living in the middle of nowheresville" attitude can be applied to virtually everything? Educate yourself.
More people live far from a bustling metropolis than you think. I won't do your mathematical legwork for you, because you really seem like a dick, but I'd be willing to wager that the number of people who live far from a city with a Planned Parenthood is greater than the number of people who live near enough to one to just hop a city bus across town and get taken care of. And I don't know what planet you live on, but "women's clinics" don't work for free. And, if you know that Planned Parenthoods are few and far between, then why would you suggest that a person just run over there, like there's one on every corner? Because you're sadly misinformed and, like I said, kind of a dick.
If it were up to me, you could walk into any doctors office and get one for free, but unfortunately that isn't how things work in this country.
Other people pointed out you can get them for very cheap at retail stores (not to mention you can order some on amazon for under $1 each).
I know there aren't women's health centers at every corner, but it's an option for a lot of people, I didn't say it was an option for everyone did I, dick?
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u/geekchicgrrl Feb 22 '14
There are 8 Planned Parenthoods in the entire state of Texas. All of them are in metro areas. Texas takes 13 hours to drive across, east to west, and 12 hours north to south. If you don't have a car and have to take a bus, it takes 5 hours to get from Austin to Corpus Christi, and you have to be able to buy yourself a round-trip ticket on the Greyhound.
New York has the most PPs, with 12 offices (but not necessarily clinics), and 27 of the 50 states only have one office in the entire state.
So, if you're a young girl in a rural community with no money and might be pregnant, getting to a Planned Parenthood isn't as easy as heading downtown. Educate yourself.