PP's Richards Asserts: Abortion Is Matter of “Economic Security and Opportunity”
In a recent op-ed piece for the women’s fashion magazine Elle Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, asserted that “reproductive health” — a euphemism for both contraception and abortion — “isn’t a theoretical issue, a social issue, or a distraction — it’s a fundamental issue of economic security and opportunity.”
Lamenting that not a single question about “reproductive rights” was asked during eight Democratic presidential debates, Richards wrote:
It’s time to move this issue from the sidelines to the center of the conversation — because women’s reproductive rights are essential to our country’s economic success. And they are absolutely on the line in this election.
Richards’ article was filled with claims that defy basic rules of logic, such as use of the common fallacy post hoc, ergo proper hoc (“after this,...