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Planned Parenthood And Abortion

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There are mixed reviews about the choice of Planned Parenthood. They have eight million activists, supporters, and donors nationwide (Who We Are, 2014). However, some people still have an issue with how strongly Planned Parenthood support contraception, or abortion. They believe that every woman should have access to the full range reproductive health care services, including access to and legal abortions (Our Issues: Where We Stand, 2015). It will forever be a controversial issue within the views of abortions, but as a social worker, realistically, we have to accept the fact that abortions could be an option for the clients we are seeing. They could have possibly been raped by a family member and choose not to have the baby, so then we would …show more content…

Using their views on the accessibility of birth control, Planned Parenthood has been educating teens in schools about being sexually active and the different Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) that students could put themselves at risk for (Who We Are, 2014). Teaching kids about sex in school as a mandatory course has some mixed reviews. Some parents think that is not ethical to bring intercourse to the thoughts of their children when they should be learning more from their core curriculums. On the other hand, teenagers are known to have sex regardless if it is to their parents knowledge or not and the parents find it okay to enlighten the child about this type of …show more content…

Planned Parenthood has allegedly been taking the tissues of aborted fetuses and profiting from it (Rettner, 2015). The prices of these fetus tissues ranged from $30 to $100, or enough to cover related expenses, such as transporting the tissue (Rettner, 2015). Tissue selling of the fetus has been an issue because: they come from babies that have been aborted, there are still quite a few people who are opposed to abortions, and in some instances the aborted baby is able to move their ligaments, such as arms and legs (Rettner, 2015). This is a fairly new case brought upon the Planned Parenthood Organization so details are limited. However, the organization does deny all allegations and assumptions about fetus tissue donations (Rettner,

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With the attack on Planned Parenthood and regarding the video scandal which blew Planned Parenthood in the spotlight once again, is the problem its self that checking the facts are number one. People are so quick to see a video about an unborn child and act, without checking the facts. With Planned Parenthood they do perform abortions, yes but safe legal abortions they do use tissue and organs from these abortions to do lifesaving scientific research they also don’t mention in the video that the patients and the woman and families they make the decision to donate the fetal tissue, for research “this research should be honored not attacked and demeaned. “ What the facts don’t show in this edited video, which actually the video is over three

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In September of 2011 Planned Parenthood was excluded from receiving any state funds and in 2013 Planned Parenthood was denied from participating in the Texas Women’s Health Program. This recent ruling adds more fuel to Gov. Abbot’s LIFE Initiative plan. LIFE Initiative is a plan to protect the unborn and prevent the selling of body parts. The ‘F’ in LIFE refers to remove funding specifically for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers out of taxpayer money completely, both at the State and local levels.

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Why Planned Parenthood Should not be Defunded by the Government “Trying to block women from getting access to contraception or defunding Planned Parenthood is completely nonsensical from a policy standpoint.” - Richard Carmona, american physician and nurse. This is exactly why Planned Parenthood should not be defunded. It offers many things from contraception, abortion, cancer screenings and preventions along with much more. Also, if they were to be defunded and abortions could no longer go on, many more unplanned pregnancies would happen and the cost of welfare would escalate a lot.

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Flippen 1 Shaunice Flippen Planned Parenthood is considered a public interest group, which are citizen activist groups that try to represent what they deem to be the interest of the public at large. The most recent controversy in the news today is the proposal by the Republican Party to defund Planned Parenthood for one year, which is expected to fail, which could shut down the government. President Obama and Senate Democrats are willing to shut down the federal government to ensure that tax dollars keep flowing to the Planned Parenthood organization, one of their biggest political allies and financial contributor of millions of dollars to the Democratic Presidential campaign and Party. Lobbyist who works for the Planned Parenthood

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Throughout history Planned Parenthood has been in the spotlight of the court. In 1973, the supreme court case Roe v. Wade made headlines when it “ruled unconstitutional a state law that banned abortions except to save the life of the mother” (McBride) The case was brought up by Jane Roe, who said that banning abortions was in direct violation with her 14th amendment right to privacy.

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There are 650 health centers, and 56 independent local affiliations (Planned Parenthood at a Glance). That is a substantial amount of facilities to offer just abortions, but the truth is that only three percent of what Planned Parenthood does is for abortion services, 80 percent of their patients receive services to prevent unintended pregnancy (Planned Parent at a Glance). Planned Parenthood offers health care to 2.5 million men and women, 270,000 pap test and 579,000 unintended pregnancies each year(Planned Parenthood Provides Essential Services That Improve Women 's Health Planned Parenthood Provides Essential Services That Improve Women 's Health), and if it was defunded that it would not just affect the funding of abortions but it would cause an estimate of “390,000 women to lose their access to these essential services altogether, and up to 650,000 women might face reduced access to preventive health care within a year” (Planned Parenthood Provides Essential Services That Improve Women 's Health Planned Parenthood Provides Essential Services That Improve Women 's Health). They provide 1.2 million pregnancy test, 360,000 breast exams, and 4.2 million test for sexually-transmitted diseases (Standing with Planned Parenthood) which include more than 650,000 HIV test (Planned Parenthood at a Glance).

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Before Roe v. wade the number of deaths from illegal abortions was around 5000 and in the 50s and 60s the number of illegal abortions ranged from 200,000 to 1.2 million per year. These illegal abortions pose major health risks to the life of the woman including damage to the bladder, intestines as well as rupturing of the uterus. The choice to become a mother must be given to the woman most importantly because it’s her body, her health, and she will be taking on a great responsibility. A woman’s choice to choose abortion should not be restricted by anyone; there are multiple reasons why abortion will be the more sensible decision for the female.

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Planned Parenthood is a topic that is continuously discussed in correlation with the concept of money as many believe that it “...emphasizes abortions instead of preventative care” (Attira). Because of birthrights, abortions, and the controversy that surrounds such issues, many individuals believe that the government should not be responsible for providing funding. Therefore, actually defunding Planned Parenthood is often brought up as a solution to the highly-debated consensus of government-funded healthcare services. Although many believe that creating a barrier between opinion and action is a positive push, actually defunding the program would be more catastrophic than perceived. Defunding Planned Parenthood would mean blocking and preventing individuals from receiving the health care that they are reliant on.

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Planned Parenthood is a National issue fighting for abortion access, giving women facing an unintended pregnancy must have access to safe, legal abortion services. Birth control and the fact all people deserve access to birth control and other preventive care, health care equality and the idea all people should have equal access to reproductive health care. For years politicians in Congress and statehouses across the country have attacked Planned Parenthood’s patients’ access to care. But I believe Planned Parenthood’s health centers provide high quality, affordable reproductive health care, to 2.4 million people across the country. When politicians talk about defunding Planned Parenthood, they really mean depriving patients who depend on public

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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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35th 35 of all u.s. abortions 35% of all of the U.S abortions are done by Planned Parenthood. Even as a nation National Abortion rate declines, Planned Parenthood abortion numbers continue to rise. Breast exams less than 1% Pap test and zero mammograms annually. Planned Parenthood has been caught lying about what services they provide and submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims Planned Parenthood is currently under investigation by the Department of Justice and the FBI for its role on harvesting and selling fetal tissue.” N.d (2018)“President Trump has kept his promise to protect the live of the unborn.

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Abortion opponents want this bill passed because it would reduce the amount of abortions being performed in the country. Planned parenthood serves mainly lower income women, and if Planned Parenthood could not perform abortions for a year, few lower income women could get abortions. Some could get abortions by paying more for them, but not all. The reason abortion opponents are pushing for this is recent reports that Planned Parenthood has been selling fetal tissue for research. This has not been proven.

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Back in December 2013, the Michigan Senate Minority Leader, Gretchen Whitmer, told her colleagues in Lansing a story that she did not want to tell. Years ago she was a victim of rape who felt enormous relief that she was not pregnant and forced to consider an unwanted pregnancy from a rapist. No response was uttered by a single member of Michigan's overwhelmingly Republican-dominated, male legislature. Nevertheless, only hours before the Christmas recess, and without holding hearings or having any real debate whatsoever, Michigan’s state legislature passed some of the most backwards anti-abortion legislation ever seen in this country. They passed an act that bans abortion health insurance coverage for incest and rape.

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As the culture of America advances, a new part has grown and become prominent in this society, sex. The sexual appeal is everywhere from billboard, game, to movies, and it is not surprising that teens will want to experience this early on. As a result, the schools have the responsibility to give the teens the information they need to be able to make the best choice for themselves. However, it is an issue because not all students are getting this education. Whether a child is informed of the risks going into their decision depends on their state, and whether a child gets a quality education on this subject depends on their district.

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Introduction 1. Attention Getter: The provision of sex education in schools has been a controversial subject matter among different education stakeholders ranging from parents to educators. A focus, however, on the prevalence of adolescents’ abortion, pregnancy, and HIV and AIDS rates indicates significantly high rates.

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