{"id":167675,"date":"2016-09-14T16:33:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T20:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/?p=15769"},"modified":"2016-09-14T16:33:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T20:33:27","slug":"as-planned-parenthood-spends-millions-to-influence-election-analysis-reveals-that-womens-health-care-isnt-priority-abortion-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/as-planned-parenthood-spends-millions-to-influence-election-analysis-reveals-that-womens-health-care-isnt-priority-abortion-is\/","title":{"rendered":"As Planned Parenthood spends millions to influence election, analysis reveals that \u201cwomen\u2019s health care\u201d isn\u2019t priority, abortion is"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Live Action video looks at the numbers to debunk Planned Parenthood’s “3%” abortion myth<\/strong><\/p>\n

Link to video: \u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/youtu.be\/qtgqxvaV-8U<\/a><\/p>\n

ARLINGTON, VA (September 14, 2016) — As Planned Parenthood spends $30 million in an attempt to influence the November elections and keep its taxpayer funding flowing, today Live Action<\/a> released a video<\/a> that shows voters how the abortion chain covers up a business model that is focused on abortion, not on women\u2019s health care.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo justify its half billion dollars in taxpayer funding, Planned Parenthood downplays abortion — falsely claiming that it only makes up three percent of its business — and instead plays up its cancer screenings and so-called \u2018women\u2019s health care.\u2019 \u00a0However, Planned Parenthood\u2019s own numbers prove it\u2019s an abortion corporation, focused on abortion, not on women\u2019s health care.\u00a0 Planned Parenthood doesn\u2019t perform a single mammogram, and it performs less than two percent of all women\u2019s cancer screenings in the United States, yet it commits over 30 percent of America\u2019s abortions<\/strong>,\u201d said Lila Rose, president and founder of Live Action.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood is the single largest abortion chain in America, committing 887 abortions a day and over 320,000 abortions last year alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlanned Parenthood is spending the most it ever has — and double what it spent in 2012 — to influence this year\u2019s election.\u00a0 Citizens have a right to know the truth behind an organization that has their politicians\u2019 ears,\u201d said Rose. \u00a0\u201cWe are giving activists a powerful new tool to counter one of Planned Parenthood\u2019s biggest lies, and we have the platforms in place to ensure this video is seen by tens of millions of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Live Action\u2019s last video project — \u201cAbortion Procedures\u201d — went viral earlier this year with 50 million views, becoming the most-watched pro-life video series in history.<\/p>\n

Live Action\u2019s new motion-graphics video not only shows that Planned Parenthood\u2019s market share of abortions dwarfs its share of cancer screenings, it also illustrates how Planned Parenthood calculates its misleading three percent statistic.\u00a0 The figure is derived by dividing the number of abortions it does by the total number of services it provides, and counts a $10 pregnancy test or a pack of condoms the same as a $500 abortion.<\/p>\n

Rose continued, \u201cThe \u20183% Abortion Myth\u2019 video shows voters how Planned Parenthood calculates its absurd three percent number to deliberately mislead the public and downplay its abortion business.\u00a0 Even the Washington Post<\/em> and Slate.com have called out the abortion chain for its deception.\u00a0 Three percent is not a real number, but over 320,000 abortions a year and a 30 percent market share of all U.S. abortions are.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlanned Parenthood is so focused on abortion that it aborts 160 children for every one child it refers out for adoption.\u00a0 If a woman with an unwanted pregnancy goes to Planned Parenthood, that child is 160 times more likely to be poisoned or dismembered than to be put up for adoption to a waiting family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood by the numbers:<\/p>\n