It's Now "Big"

It seems that whenever someone wants to denigrate an industry or entity these days, they do so by applying the modifier "big." For example, we hear people say "Big oil", "Big tobacco", "Big government", "Big law" and I've even heard "Big beef." The insinuation is that something is bad simply because it is big. You can argue whether or not that is true, but perhaps we can no longer debate this: "Big abortion." Planned Parenthood, the nation's leading abortion provider, announced this week that it had over a billion dollars (yes, billion with a "b") in income last year. That's just one provider. Looking at the numbers alone forces us to acknowledge that abortion is not just a debate being waged in America, but an industry driven by profit. If abortions decline, the industry suffers. Thus, we can never trust groups like Planned Parenthood who claim to care for the best interest of women. Are they willing to cease existing for the well being of women? No. Are they willing to support reasonable measures that would curb the total numbers of abortions (like parental notification/consent)? No. Today, it is no longer about a woman's "right" to choose, it is about dollars and cents. The provider has gotten "big." The monster is all grown up. Feed it money or it will die.