{"id":159085,"date":"2017-01-03T13:29:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T18:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=159085"},"modified":"2017-01-05T18:27:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T23:27:08","slug":"planned-parenthood-desperate-to-hold-onto-taxpayer-funding-heres-why-they-dont-deserve-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-desperate-to-hold-onto-taxpayer-funding-heres-why-they-dont-deserve-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood desperate to hold onto taxpayer funding; here’s why they don’t deserve it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Planned Parenthood could be close to being defunded<\/a>, and the abortion giant\u00a0knows it.<\/p>\n

After months of claiming that Donald Trump and his supporters would take away “healthcare” from women, the organization is now suddenly claiming that President-Elect Trump’s supporters are against<\/em> defunding Planned Parenthood. In a\u00a0piece for Medium<\/a>, Planned Parenthood’s executive vice president Dawn Laguens says that interviews with 50 voters (yes, you read that correctly: 50) “in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada” have revealed that voters would be “angry” and “disappointed” if legislation defunding Planned Parenthood were signed into law.<\/p>\n

Laguens and the Planned Parenthood PR machine are making the rounds<\/a>, it seems, touting a recent poll<\/a>\u00a0that found 48 percent of Trump supporters “backed funding for the cancer screenings, birth control, STD testing and treatment, and other preventive services provided by Planned Parenthood….”\u00a0This\u00a048 percent opposed to ending Planned Parenthoods federal funding is just barely a plurality. 47\u00a0percent favored defunding the abortion organization — even though the poll’s skewed questions claimed that Planned Parenthood “provides some abortion services.” In\u00a0reality, Planned Parenthood is\u00a0the nation’s largest<\/em> abortion provider, committing 323,999 abortions<\/a>\u00a0in 2014-15,\u00a0according to its\u00a0own annual report. Had\u00a0the truth about Planned Parenthood’s abortion business model been presented to poll respondents, the number in favor of defunding may have been much greater than 47 percent.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood emphasizes the legitimate health care services they provide, but those services\u00a0have decreased over the years<\/a>, and Planned Parenthood continues to close down its non-abortion healthcare centers<\/a>. While the organization claims only three percent of its services are abortion,\u00a0this claim has been debunked:<\/a><\/p>\n

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As Live Action News has repeatedly emphasized<\/a>, Planned Parenthood is not the only place women and their families can access health care services<\/a>, though Planned Parenthood and its friends\u00a0continue to deceive.<\/p>\n

For example, the 2.5 million customers Planned Parenthood claims to serve\u00a0is actually a decrease<\/a>. The abortion giant also only provides a small share of cancer screenings,<\/a> including 0.97 percent of all Pap Smears and 1.8 percent of all breast exams. As for mammograms, they merely refer for these, providing none<\/em>, according to the group’s own CEO:<\/p>\n

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There are approximately 665 Planned Parenthood locations, which are vastly outnumbered by the 13,540 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)<\/a>, which provide a wide range of comprehensive health services.<\/p>\n

While taxpayer dollars are not legally able to go toward Planned Parenthood’s abortion services, with some exceptions, money is fungible. Whatever Planned Parenthood pays for with these funds, money is freed up for abortions.<\/p>\n

The Huffington Post<\/a>, in attempting to defend Planned Parenthood’s funding,\u00a0included some telling comments. One Trump supporter from Las Vegas said if Trump signs legislation defunding Planned Parenthood, “it’s gonna cause more disruption in our society. If he doesn\u2019t sign it, it\u2019s gonna make a big statement that he\u2019s fighting for the little ones.” The irony here is that Planned Parenthood hardly counts as being part of “the little ones.” It’s a multi-million dollar behemoth. The real “little ones” are the 323,999 babies aborted by Planned Parenthood every year.<\/p>\n

But there are many more opinions beyond the small sample Planned Parenthood, a wealthy organization full of political power and prowess, found. For those who are concerned that without Planned Parenthood, women will have less access to contraception, Kelsey Hazzard, president of Secular Pro-Life (and\u00a0not a Trump supporter) shared with Live Action News an article about the dangers of a “PP monopoly on family planning<\/a>.” Hazzard promotes the benefits of FQHCs even in this regard, noting:<\/p>\n

With so many more locations, FQHCs and health departments are in a better position to help a greater number of people access contraception. But they’ve barely gotten an opportunity to show it, because Planned Parenthood has historically gotten the money, and keeps suing to claim entitlement to FQHC and health department family planning funds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hazzard also shared a comment she submitted with regard to a proposed rule from Health and Human Services<\/a> to keep Planned Parenthood funded against the wishes of many states<\/a>. Part of her comment mentioned, with original emphasis:<\/p>\n

First, by making funding contingent upon which provider is *currently* serving the most individuals, instead of which providers *could* serve the most individuals if given sufficient Title X funding and time, the proposed rule would encourage monopolies and make it next to impossible for new providers to receive funding through the program….<\/p>\n

Although I am no longer low-income, I can assure you that during the time I was a student and unemployed, I would not have been caught dead walking into a Planned Parenthood for my gynecological needs. I was fortunate to have adequate care from other sources. All women deserve that, and FQHCs and health departments are in the best position to provide care to women regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Media outlets which are friendly to Planned Parenthood, like the Huffington Post, try to put forth these claims of Trump supporters decrying plans to defund Planned Parenthood as news.When asked to respond to the claims from Medium and The Huffington Post, David Bozell, President of ForAmerica<\/a>, said “I can respond in two words: Fake news.”\u00a0 The real news is that Planned Parenthood ought to be and could be defunded, and that there are people who want that to happen, especially when it is a scandal ridden abortion giant.<\/p>\n

On my Facebook page,<\/a>\u00a0I asked for thoughts on why Planned Parenthood\u00a0should be defunded. Several people responded, including some who identify\u00a0as pro-choice\u00a0and some who are\u00a0Trump supporters.\u00a0Some of the comments I received are listed below:<\/p>\n