{"id":163798,"date":"2017-03-16T08:39:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T12:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=163798"},"modified":"2017-03-16T12:38:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T16:38:59","slug":"planned-parenthood-says-abortion-is-vital-heres-what-it-really-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-says-abortion-is-vital-heres-what-it-really-is\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the ‘necessary service’ Planned Parenthood says is ‘vital’ to their mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier this month, Republicans introduced the replacement bill to the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. The bill includes a provision which would defund Planned Parenthood, but Donald Trump made them an offer that would let them keep their billions of dollars in taxpayer funding: stop providing abortions. Planned Parenthood, to no one’s surprise, refused<\/a>, even though it has been reported that they could receive even more<\/em> federal earmarks if they stopped performing abortions and focused on legitimate health care.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood President and CEO Cecile Richards also tweeted about the offer, saying that abortion is “vital” to their mission:<\/p>\n

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Planned Parenthood is proud to provide abortion\u2014a necessary service that\u2019s as vital to our mission as birth control or cancer screenings. https:\/\/t.co\/TWGOcVjBJ4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) March 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While Richards tries to make it seem that abortion is equally important as health care, the reality is that health care — like cancer screenings — is actually not vital to the Planned Parenthood mission at all anymore. Legitimate health care at Planned Parenthood has been decreasing for years<\/a>; the health care they do perform is minimal<\/a>: less than 2 percent of all cancer screenings, less than 1 percent of all pap exams, and less than 2 percent of all breast exams in the entire country. They do not provide mammograms<\/a> and never have, despite repeatedly misleading the public on the matter.<\/p>\n

Abortion is what matters to Planned Parenthood. It is their bread and butter (despite their claims to the contrary<\/a>). So what is it that is so vital to Planned Parenthood?<\/p>\n

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Dr. Anthony Levatino, a former abortionist who is now pro-life, has outlined for Live Action\u00a0what happens during abortion procedures<\/a>. Dr. Levatino is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist with over 40 years of experience, and has performed over 1,200 abortions. He taught as associate professor of OB-GYN at Albany Medical Center, and has practiced in Florida, New York, and New Mexico, where he currently practices.<\/p>\n

One of the procedures discussed by Dr. Levatino is a chemical abortion, performed in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, which is quickly growing in popularity.<\/p>\n

During a chemical abortion, a woman first takes Mifepristone (or RU-486), which blocks progesterone, causing the lining of the woman’s uterus to break down, which in essence starves the baby of the nutrients he needs to survive. 24 to 48 hours later, she takes Misoprostol, which triggers contractions and bleeding to expel the baby from\u00a0her womb. This drug can cause severe cramping, contractions, and heavy bleeding, as well as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and headaches. Some women have died, usually due to infection or an undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy.<\/p>\n