I just noticed that my favorite soy protein company is promoting Dr. Christiane Northrup’s book “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom.”  Revival Soy is a company promoted by Pat Robertson (CBN and The 700 Club) and has been mentioned on his show and his web site probably hundreds of times.  My issue is that Dr. Northrup’s favorite charities page lists Planned Parenthood.

I have no doubt that her book is informative and full of wisdom for today’s woman.  It is probably a literal Godsend to women who have health issues, and I would like to read it myself, even though I think I am pretty well-educated when it comes to my health.

So, what would you do?  I have nothing against learning information from people who support causes with which I disagree.  I believe everyone has something to contribute, and we can all learn from each other, we must really.  However, there is no telling how much money she contributes to Planned Parenthood, while, it’s only fair to mention, also contributing to very worthy causes.

My head is not in the sand here, at least I hope it isn’t.  I buy products that are produced and marketed by companies with practices with which I don’t agree.  I’m just wondering where to draw the line.

We all go through things like this I would hope, wondering if we are doing the right thing.  I have been studying groupthink in my psychology class, and  I don’t want to do something because everyone else is doing it.  I want to make my own decisions about what is right and what is wrong.  And on top of that, I don’t want to do something silly or downright ignorant because I am stubborn and not willing to consciously consider what real impact my decision will have.