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"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves" - Mary Shelley. Mary Shelley’s great words still speak today as the issue of Planned Parenthood’s funding has risen. The Republicans in the US House of Representatives, along with the help of some Democrats, may pass a bill aimed at barring Planned Parenthood from receiving federal aid for any purpose. With the introduction by Mike Pence, this ruling would cut reimbursements for medical services such as cancer-saving tests, STD testing, oral contraceptives, and other kindnesses. Planned Parenthood is a vital access to healthcare for millions of men and women around the U.S. There are several misconceptions about where the Planned Parenthood’s funding comes from and how it is used. The federal government does not happily send trucks full of dollar bills to every Planned Parenthood in the country. Firstly, Planned Parenthood files a claim for it’s services to Medicaid, and Medicaid reimburses Planned Parenthood. Then, the state Medicaid bills the government for all of it’s claims statewide. Finally, the government repays the state as part of the state’s costs. Another large …show more content…

Only 3% of all the health services Planned Parenthood provides are abortions (Canal 1). Statistics show that Planned Parenthood’s services, such as cancer screens, saved just under 90,000 lives between 2012 and 2013 (Canal). Another earth-shattering fact was brought into light by Karen Shea, the director of medical standards at Planned Parenthood Federation of America: Planned Parenthood had provided nearly 500,000 breast exams and 400,000 Pap tests just in 2014 (Canal). These numbers may not be as large as some people would like, but breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women. The number of lives begin to add up when there isn’t a low income forgiving organization such as Planned

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Recently, it has been known that the Trump administration is helping states to defund Planned Parenthood. In January the government had decided to make, the decision of rescinding guidance from the Obama guidance. This way the Obama administration's previous choice of healthcare will be reversed, and make it easier for states to defund the non-profit organization. This is due to the fact that the Trump administration is heavily influenced by Republican ideals—which includes anti-abortion practices—that can be backed up by the Trump previously signing a legislation that “nullified an Obama-era rule that effectively barred state and local government from withholding federal planning services to groups that provide abortions.” However, Planned Parenthood is much more than an abortion clinic.

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Lastly, the number of abortions would go up if Planned Parenthood were to be defunded. Planned Parenthood offers more than just abortions, whilst they are a very small part of what Planned Parenthood offers. 42% of what they offer is STI/STD testing and treatment, 34% is contraception, an 11% is other women’s health services, 9% being cancer screening and prevention, then abortion at a small 3% of what they offer, while 1% is other services. This

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Planned Parent Hood Funding Planned Parent Hood is funded by multiple different ways, by donations, money that they profit off from there services and federal tax dollars. There has always been an argument between are politicians rather there should be a cut in government funding towards Planned Parenthood and many Americans would argue the fact that rather their tax payer money should or shouldn’t fund Planned Parent, personally I think it should be founded by federal tax dollars. But, what really is Planned Parenthood, and what are American tax payers’ money paying for?

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Planned Parenthood Clinics are not needed because there are many federally qualified health centers across the country that can provide service in rural areas that provide family planning services, cancer screenings, and women’s health exams. According to Sarah Toree, a policy analyst at the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, of the Institute for Family, Community, and Opportunity, at The Heritage Foundation, In 2013, FQHC centers provided services to 21 million people, that is about eight times as many patients as the 2.7 million Planned Parenthood reported seeing. With this report, we can see that it would be better to give more funding to FQHC and defund Planned Parenthood because FQHC are helping more people and without involving abortion. Besides, there are videos circulating the internet that show that Planned Parenthood organizations could be selling the organs of aborted unborn. Also, it is said that Planned parenthood educated people about contraceptives.

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As a majority of the patients are low-income and living in Medically Underserved Areas, they are dependent on the organization because it is their only source for healthcare. To view in specifics, “In 2013, 78 percent of Planned Parenthood patients had incomes at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty line, which is $36,375 for a family of four” (Four Reasons). A majority of the individuals that are assisted are women of color; 22 percent being Latino and 14 percent being African American according to 2013 statistics. Further so, these two groups

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Abortion has become virtually inaccessible to the average woman in the United States. The American government has passed over 280 abortion bans since 2011, the most recent and compelling being the bill that restricts hospitals and clinics around the country from receiving any federal assistance for carrying out abortions. These restrictions have forced a multitude of abortion clinics to shut down. Consequently, with diminishing accessibility and essentially no resources to support abortions in the country, the pro-choice movement is losing it’s gumption. Many people are looking for ways to boost the campaign’s momentum again.

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Most of planned parenthood funding is from medicaid reimbursements for preventative care and some are form Title X. For example, say a woman with “medicaid coverage goes to her local planned parenthood health center for

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Some “clinics have also been accused of failing to report sexual abuse of minor girls” (Torre). This evidence only strengthens the beliefs of those on the “pro-life” side of the argument. Although both articles identify the issue related to Planned Parenthood, Torre is a firm believer in pro-life and the defunding of Planned Parenthood, whereas Jacobs believes in pro-choice and continuous funding. They both provide evidence to support their belief, but the reality is,

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Women, men, teenagers, and educators all benefit from the resources Planned Parenthood provides, and they do supply many services such as contraceptives, cancer screenings, STD testing, and a broad, diverse amount of information that thoroughly covers topics related to sex education. Senate is not only defunding the small amount of abortion services PP provides, but they are defunding many other much needed healthcare services. Abortion may not please everyone, but the United States of America is becoming benighted by defunding Planned

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According to their 2013-2014 annual report, Planned Parenthood provided 865,721 pap tests and breast exams, 3,577,348 birth control information and services, and 4,470,597 tests and treatments for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Out of all their services, STI/STD testing and treatment made up 42%, contraception made up 34%, other women’s health services made up 11%, cancer screenings and prevention made up 9%, and abortion made up 3%. The last 1% is noted as “Other Services”, which can include various miscellaneous services that do not fall into the other categories. It is clear from these statistics that abortions, which only make up 3% of services, is not the main focus, and that there are so many other helpful services that can help people prevent the spread of STIs and STDs, provide important contraception, and identify and prevent cancer. Also, abortions are not always a choice.

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Planned Parenthood performs many breast exams, which are needed to detect early cancer, and pap tests, which can find pre-cancerous cells. There’s no question that Planned Parenthood helps prevent and treat very serious sexually transmitted infections and diseases. Moreover, the organization tests for and treas STI’s quite inexpensively. Without Planned Parenthood, women who are uninsured or have a low income would have nowhere to go to get these necessary tests done. Yet in 2015, the republicans attempted to shut down the United States government over funding women’s

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In some cases these can be free depending on the patient’s financial situation. With so many people depending on legitimate sexual education and sexual health services and exams, defunding or completely getting rid of Planned Parenthood would be a step back in improving not just women’s health but men’s as

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In Obama’s last months in office, he signed an executive order stating that states could not stop funding Planned Parenthood or any other free family clinic. Planned Parenthood has been a major point of controversy among politicians because they do provide abortions for women who would like them; however, they do not use federal funding to provide abortions. Instead, the funding for abortions comes from individual donations, while the federal funding is used for STD tests, pregnancy tests, yearly doctor visits, and pap smears. Right-winged politicians, including Trump and his entire administration, choose to ignore these facts. So much so, that Trump has recently signed an executive order overturning the law Obama put into place to protect Planned Parenthood funding.

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A majority of these lower income areas is in Republican states, so that leads to confusion as to why this political party would want to defund such organizations when the people they represent need them. The Republican party’s attempts to derail Planned Parenthood has already had vast negative impacts upon the people in those states. Places like Florida and Texas, which have already cut down on the number of Planned Parenthood facilities, have some of the highest STD rates, the highest teen pregnancy rates, and lowest equality rates among women. And the lack of Planned Parenthood and restrictive laws to prevent similar organizations from popping up might be a direct reason why. Planned Parenthood is an organization that offers affordable assistance

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On Wednesday September 30th the House of Representatives passed a temporary spending bill. President Obama has signed that bill to avoid a government shutdown over the issue of defunding Planned Parenthood to cut spending. Planned Parenthood is the nations largest abortion provider, which is the reason why Republicans want to defund it, along with a recent video leak by anti- abortionist republicans of officials apart of Planned Parenthood discussing the illegal sale of fetal tissue. The video was said to be edited and the group denied any illegal activity. Planned Parenthood receives about twelve percent of its $528.4 million dollars from the government through grants and reimbursements from a law called Title X. Title X gives money to not only Planned Parenthood but also hospitals, schools, health departments, and other non- profits.

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