Our Disintegrating Society, by Eric Sammons
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By Aubrey Harris, The American Spectator, April 29, 2026
Aubrey Harris is a graduate of Hillsdale College (2023), the former Intercollegiate Studies Institute fellow at The American Spectator and current columnist. She writes Spectator P.M. Newsletter for American Spectator subscribers where she rambles on current events, historical topics, and life in general. …
Don’t ignore behavior you don’t want repeated.
Planned Parenthood isn’t doing well.
Some 50 clinics closed in just the last year, including in states where abortion is still legal. It’s probably just as well because, according to the New York Times, patients at Planned Parenthood have experienced botched abortions, misplaced IUDs, and sewage leaking into recovery rooms.
The organization and its affiliates blame funding issues on the Trump administration’s recent moves to cut the federal flow of cash by refusing to cover the organization under Medicare. That’s not quite accurate — back in the 1990s, Planned Parenthood ran some 900 clinics serving 5 million women. Today, that number is 600 clinics serving 2.1 million. While many closures have happened in the last few years, the trend started before Congress tried to defund the organization. …