I found free access to Wall Street!

Sort of. I found a blog that addresses the article I mentioned in my last post, regarding whether or not Planned Parenthood's new, suburban "express clinics" are cause for alarm for the vast majority of its clients who live in urban areas and are uninsured or have limited insurance. According to the Wall Street Journal Health Blog, "Planned Parenthood insists it’s not compromising is long-held focus on serving the poor with birth control, sexual-health care and abortions. Officials there say they take a loss of nearly $1 on each packet of birth-control pills distributed to poor women under a federal program that funds reproductive care. But they make a profit of nearly $22 on each month of pills sold to an adult who can afford to pay full price. That money helps subsidize other operations, including care for the poor as well as pursuing Planned Parenthood’s political agenda."

Sorry for the long quote, but it's important. It seems, to a person with no background in and limited understanding of Economics,
that encouraging the sector of adults who CAN pay for birth control and who provide this $22 profit margin should be encouraged, with additional clinic access, to do so. Also it seems it would benefit PP to support a shift in the awareness of their image to include the vast majority of their services which provide unwanted pregnancy PREVENTION instead of termination. Abortion services represent a measly 2% of their total provided services. If the demand is in the upscale shopping malls, and this demand allows for more substantial and reliable funding of other important programs such as their political action and their services to college students or women without health insurance, more power to Sarah Stoesz (PP MN, ND, SD CEO woah that's a lot of acronyms) for making a smart decision. Can't wait to talk to my contacts on the Planned Parenthood Board of Directors about how this press and the changes to their budget have been playing out there. These "Express Clinics" have been in the works for YEARS and I'm anxious to see whether or not they are successful.

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/06/23/planned-parenthood-goes-upscale/