Representation without education.

I am just as lost as Lauren, author of Cowboys vs. Politics, when it comes to understanding conservative lawmakers' reasoning where family planning is concerned.  All sorts of excuses have been thrown out there in regards to their attempt at defunding Planned Parenthood, namely concern about state money being spent on abortions.  The obviousness of their desire to impose their beliefs on the public and blatant oversight for the actual wellbeing of Texan women is appalling.  In 2009, Planned Parenthood reported that abortion services only comprised three percent of total services rendered, which include general exams and screenings, as well as access to contraceptives ( which prevent unplanned pregnancies, thus reducing the need for abortions in the first place), proving that these facilities are extremely important to women's health.  The icing on the cake was when the hosts of Fox & Friends spurning the great need for these facilities, falsely stating on national television that women can just pop down to their local Walgreens to receive pap-smears and breast exams.  We should all be concerned, as this incident is a just gross display of ignorance and disregard to the health of the very people these legislators are meant to be representing.