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Goodbye Planned Parenthood? What You Need to Know

Alden Wicker
Posted on February 28, 2011

Goodbye Planned Parenthood

The other week we laid out Obama’s budget plan for you, but the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has its own proposal for cutting the deficit. Last Friday, the Republicans passed a bill in the House, by a vote of 240 to 185, to cut funding to Planned Parenthood.

The budget proposes to cut the estimated $75 million Planned Parenthood currently receives from federal funds. The organization also receives state and local funding, but federal funding cuts would be crippling to the organization. These proposed cuts have ignited debate and protests around the country on both sides.

If this bill stays intact through the Senate and is signed into law, Planned Parenthood would lose all federal funding now and in the future.

Why Is Planned Parenthood Being Targeted?

The organization is a leader in contraceptive and family planning services, operating 800 clinics across the country. Though the majority of their services consist of screenings for STDs, HIV and cancer, as well as providing contraceptives, pregnancy tests, counseling and education, they also provide abortions, making it a target of conservatives looking for ways to cut the budget.

While Planned Parenthood claims it doesn’t use federal funds to pay for abortions, the association is there. To add fuel to the fire, an organization called Live Action, started by a student, paid actors to go undercover into Planned Parenthood clinics with cameras, capturing footage of a supposed pimp and prostitute engaged in human trafficking and receiving services (you can see the footage here and here). While some dispute their authenticity, these controversial videos have been circulating and the allegedly illegal activity shown has been cited by Republicans as justification to cut funding to Planned Parenthood.

Why Should You Care?

How defunding Planned Parenthood could affect you:

  • If you don’t have insurance, you may have to pay for a doctor’s visit to receive a prescription for birth control and pay full price at the pharmacy for it.
  • Be careful! Without easily available screenings, counseling and treatment, the transmission of STDs and HIV may rise.
  • Your daughter, niece, or younger cousin (and her boyfriend) may lose a free place to receive counseling, birth control, and testing.
  • If you are low income and/or without insurance, you may have to pay the full price of STD screenings, which can cost $85 to $220 for each type. That doesn’t include the cost of the doctor’s visit, which can be another $200.
  • You will have to visit a private practice for prenatal health care and, if you don’t have insurance, pay full price.
  • Depending on the location, you may lose access to free or reduced cost general services like anemia testing, cholesterol screening, diabetes screening, physical exams, flu vaccines, help with quitting smoking, high blood pressure screening, tetanus vaccines, and thyroid screening.
  • If you are an OB/GYN, your number of patients may increase.

Your opinion matters. If you feel strongly about this issue either way, let the Senate know before it goes to vote. Email your senator.

Post-publication note from Maria Lin, Editor In Chief: Thank you to everyone who took time to read the story and submit a comment. I really appreciate your thoughts on this issue.
To those who have expressed concern over our coverage of this topic, it is challenging to present sensitive political issues, and we appreciate your feedback. We felt that our readers should know about this important national budget issue that impacts women and finances. Please continue to let us know what you think — feel free to email me directly anytime at maria@learnvest.com.

To those who have joined the spirited debate, please remember to keep your comments civil and respectful to the others in the community. This is a sensitive subject to many, and we want LearnVest to be a safe space for readers to share viewpoints. Your comments will be moderated.
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  • Hippy Lippy

    Planned Parenthood does NOT care about women. Or Families. If anyone thinks differently, read the following quotes by Margaret Sanger, herself.

    Margaret Sanger- Founder of Planned Parenthood
    (In Her Own Words)

    “The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.”
    Margaret Sanger, Women and the New Race
    (Eugenics Publ. Co., 1920, 1923)

    Margaret Sanger (1883-1966)
    On blacks, immigrants and indigents:
    “…human weeds,’ ‘reckless breeders,’ ‘spawning… human beings who never should have been born.” Margaret Sanger, Pivot of Civilization, referring to immigrants and poor people

    On sterilization & racial purification:
    Sanger believed that, for the purpose of racial “purification,” couples should be rewarded who chose sterilization. Birth Control in America, The Career of Margaret Sanger, by David Kennedy, p. 117, quoting a 1923 Sanger speech.

    On the right of married couples to bear children:
    Couples should be required to submit applications to have a child, she wrote in her “Plan for Peace.” Birth Control Review, April 1932

    On the purpose of birth control:
    The purpose in promoting birth control was “to create a race of thoroughbreds,” she wrote in the Birth Control Review, Nov. 1921 (p. 2)

    On the rights of the handicapped and mentally ill, and racial minorities:
    “More children from the fit, less from the unfit — that is the chief aim of birth control.” Birth Control Review, May 1919, p. 12

    On religious convictions regarding sex outside of marriage:
    “This book aims to answer the needs expressed in thousands on thousands of letters to me in the solution of marriage problems… Knowledge of sex truths frankly and plainly presented cannot possibly injure healthy, normal, young minds. Concealment, suppression, futile attempts to veil the unveilable – these work injury, as they seldom succeed and only render those who indulge in them ridiculous. For myself, I have full confidence in the cleanliness, the open-mindedness, the promise of the younger generation.” Margaret Sanger, Happiness in Marriage (Bretano’s, New York, 1927)

    On the extermination of blacks:
    “We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,” she said, “if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.” Woman’s Body, Woman’s Right: A Social History of Birth Control in America, by Linda Gordon

    On respecting the rights of the mentally ill:
    In her “Plan for Peace,” Sanger outlined her strategy for eradication of those she deemed “feebleminded.” Among the steps included in her evil scheme were immigration restrictions; compulsory sterilization; segregation to a lifetime of farm work; etc. Birth Control Review, April 1932, p. 107

    On adultery:
    A woman’s physical satisfaction was more important than any marriage vow, Sanger believed. Birth Control in America, p. 11

    On marital sex:
    “The marriage bed is the most degenerating influence in the social order,” Sanger said. (p. 23) [Quite the opposite of God's view on the matter: "Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled; but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge." (Hebrews 13:4)

    On abortion:
    "Criminal' abortions arise from a perverted sex relationship under the stress of economic necessity, and their greatest frequency is among married women." The Woman Rebel - No Gods, No Masters, May 1914, Vol. 1, No. 3.

    On the YMCA and YWCA:
    "...brothels of the Spirit and morgues of Freedom!"), The Woman Rebel - No Gods, No Masters, May 1914, Vol. 1, No. 3.

    On the Catholic Church's view of contraception:
    "...enforce SUBJUGATION by TURNING WOMAN INTO A MERE INCUBATOR." The Woman Rebel - No Gods, No Masters, May 1914, Vol. 1, No. 3.

    On motherhood:
    "I cannot refrain from saying that women must come to recognize there is some function of womanhood other than being a child-bearing machine." What Every Girl Should Know, by Margaret Sanger (Max Maisel, Publisher, 1915) [Jesus said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep... for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed (happy) are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts which never gave suck." (Luke 23:24)]

    • RoseRiveter

      A lot of organizations are very different from the reason they were created. Margaret Sanger was… a bit heartless. However things change. What she advocated almost a century ago is dead. I doubt if you talk to current leaders in Planned Parenthood they would share her sentiment. The fact remains that it is a leading provider in reproductive services and education to many people. Young women can get yearly exams and the care and knowledge they need to have a healthy baby while men can have prostate and colon cancer screenings.

    • RoseRiveter

      A lot of organizations are very different from the reason they were created. Margaret Sanger was… a bit heartless. However things change. What she advocated almost a century ago is dead. I doubt if you talk to current leaders in Planned Parenthood they would share her sentiment. The fact remains that it is a leading provider in reproductive services and education to many people. Young women can get yearly exams and the care and knowledge they need to have a healthy baby while men can have prostate and colon cancer screenings.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

      • Advocate

        If you check the dates on what you have citied you will find that they are from an era were a majority of America held similar views and that the PP operations that are being targeted now hold different ideologies. The issue here is not whether the organization offers abortions-though I will say that if someone is inclined to obtain abortion services at least PP offers safe procedures that ensure the physical health of said person- it is that it offers so many more services. A majority of young, universty woman use Planned Parenthood as a way to practice safe sex and to have safe sexual health. These women are educated individuals who use the reduced rates of Planned Parenthood in order to prevent pregnancies. Planned Parenthood’s main purpose is in the title. It’s an organization that allows women who cannot afford other medical services to plan when they want to have children. Really, it is a pre-emptive strike against abortion. So perhaps those conservatives who believe that Planned Parenthood is an awful organization should consider the benefits it has and contemplate the fact that abortions can be obtained in a number of ways (some of which are unsafe). I also urge these people to consider the debt on taxpayers when people are unable to support their children, or children are placed into state care. Yes, I agree that every child has a chance to live, but I think that a way to combat unwanted pregnancy is to offer affordable contraception and sexual health screenings to all.

    • RoseRiveter

      A lot of organizations are very different from the reason they were created. Margaret Sanger was… a bit heartless. However things change. What she advocated almost a century ago is dead. I doubt if you talk to current leaders in Planned Parenthood they would share her sentiment. The fact remains that it is a leading provider in reproductive services and education to many people. Young women can get yearly exams and the care and knowledge they need to have a healthy baby while men can have prostate and colon cancer screenings.

    • RoseRiveter

      A lot of organizations are very different from the reason they were created. Margaret Sanger was… a bit heartless. However things change. What she advocated almost a century ago is dead. I doubt if you talk to current leaders in Planned Parenthood they would share her sentiment. The fact remains that it is a leading provider in reproductive services and education to many people. Young women can get yearly exams and the care and knowledge they need to have a healthy baby while men can have prostate and colon cancer screenings.

    • Stephanie Hernandez

      When were these passages written? In the 1920′s? The Bible also has been used for many hateful things. It has been used to enforce slavery and the subjugation of women. Please stop. Just because the founder wrote these things over a century ago does not mean that is what the organization stands for today. Please keep things in true context. I have a Sister who is alive today because of Planned Parenthood. We could not afford private insurance at the time and this service was available.

    • Stephanie Hernandez

      When were these passages written? In the 1920′s? The Bible also has been used for many hateful things. It has been used to enforce slavery and the subjugation of women. Please stop. Just because the founder wrote these things over a century ago does not mean that is what the organization stands for today. Please keep things in true context. I have a Sister who is alive today because of Planned Parenthood. We could not afford private insurance at the time and this service was available.

    • Stephanie Hernandez

      When were these passages written? In the 1920′s? The Bible also has been used for many hateful things. It has been used to enforce slavery and the subjugation of women. Please stop. Just because the founder wrote these things over a century ago does not mean that is what the organization stands for today. Please keep things in true context. I have a Sister who is alive today because of Planned Parenthood. We could not afford private insurance at the time and this service was available.

    • Pony_girl86

      Frederick S. Jaffe, vice president of Planned Parenthood, held similar views to Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood.

      Memorandum to Bernard Berelson (President, Population Council) found in “Activities Relevant to the Study of Population Policy for the U.S.” 3/11/69 by Frederick S. Jaffe:

      Social Constraints:
      Restructure Family:
      a.) Postpone or avoid marriage
      b.) Alter image of ideal family size

      Compulsory education of children

      Encourage increased homosexuality

      Educate for family limitation

      Fertility control agents in water supply

      Encourage women to work

      Economic Deterrents

      Modify tax policies:
      a.)Substantial marriage tax
      b.)Child Tax
      c.)Tax married more than single
      d.)Remove parents tax exemption
      d.)Additional taxes on parents with more than 1 or 2 children in school

      Reduce/eliminate paid maternity leave or benefits

      Reduce/eliminate children’s or family allowances

      Bonuses for delayed marriage and greater child-spacing

      Pensions for women of 45 with less than n children

      Eliminate Welfare payments after first 2 children

      CHRONIC DEPRESSION

      Require women to work and provide few child care facilities

      Limit/eliminate public-financed medical care, scholarships, housing, loans, and subsidies to families with more than N children

      SOCIAL CONTROLS

      Compulsory abortion of out-of-wedlock pregnancies

      Compulsory sterilization of all who have two children except for a few who would be allowed three

      Confine childbearing to only a limited number of adults

      Stock certificate type permits for children

      Housing policies:

      a.) Discouragement of private home ownership
      b.) Stop awarding public housing based on family size

      Payments to encourage sterilization
      Payments to encourage contraception
      Payments to encourage abortion
      Abortion and sterilization on demand
      Allow certain contraceptives to be distributed non-medically
      Improve contraceptive technology
      Make contraception truly available and accessible to all
      Improve maternal health care, with family planning a core element

    • Pony_girl86

      Frederick S. Jaffe, vice president of Planned Parenthood, held similar views to Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood.

      Memorandum to Bernard Berelson (President, Population Council) found in “Activities Relevant to the Study of Population Policy for the U.S.” 3/11/69 by Frederick S. Jaffe:

      Social Constraints:
      Restructure Family:
      a.) Postpone or avoid marriage
      b.) Alter image of ideal family size

      Compulsory education of children

      Encourage increased homosexuality

      Educate for family limitation

      Fertility control agents in water supply

      Encourage women to work

      Economic Deterrents

      Modify tax policies:
      a.)Substantial marriage tax
      b.)Child Tax
      c.)Tax married more than single
      d.)Remove parents tax exemption
      d.)Additional taxes on parents with more than 1 or 2 children in school

      Reduce/eliminate paid maternity leave or benefits

      Reduce/eliminate children’s or family allowances

      Bonuses for delayed marriage and greater child-spacing

      Pensions for women of 45 with less than n children

      Eliminate Welfare payments after first 2 children

      CHRONIC DEPRESSION

      Require women to work and provide few child care facilities

      Limit/eliminate public-financed medical care, scholarships, housing, loans, and subsidies to families with more than N children

      SOCIAL CONTROLS

      Compulsory abortion of out-of-wedlock pregnancies

      Compulsory sterilization of all who have two children except for a few who would be allowed three

      Confine childbearing to only a limited number of adults

      Stock certificate type permits for children

      Housing policies:

      a.) Discouragement of private home ownership
      b.) Stop awarding public housing based on family size

      Payments to encourage sterilization
      Payments to encourage contraception
      Payments to encourage abortion
      Abortion and sterilization on demand
      Allow certain contraceptives to be distributed non-medically
      Improve contraceptive technology
      Make contraception truly available and accessible to all
      Improve maternal health care, with family planning a core element

    • Pony_girl86

      Frederick S. Jaffe, vice president of Planned Parenthood, held similar views to Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood.

      Memorandum to Bernard Berelson (President, Population Council) found in “Activities Relevant to the Study of Population Policy for the U.S.” 3/11/69 by Frederick S. Jaffe:

      Social Constraints:
      Restructure Family:
      a.) Postpone or avoid marriage
      b.) Alter image of ideal family size

      Compulsory education of children

      Encourage increased homosexuality

      Educate for family limitation

      Fertility control agents in water supply

      Encourage women to work

      Economic Deterrents

      Modify tax policies:
      a.)Substantial marriage tax
      b.)Child Tax
      c.)Tax married more than single
      d.)Remove parents tax exemption
      d.)Additional taxes on parents with more than 1 or 2 children in school

      Reduce/eliminate paid maternity leave or benefits

      Reduce/eliminate children’s or family allowances

      Bonuses for delayed marriage and greater child-spacing

      Pensions for women of 45 with less than n children

      Eliminate Welfare payments after first 2 children

      CHRONIC DEPRESSION

      Require women to work and provide few child care facilities

      Limit/eliminate public-financed medical care, scholarships, housing, loans, and subsidies to families with more than N children

      SOCIAL CONTROLS

      Compulsory abortion of out-of-wedlock pregnancies

      Compulsory sterilization of all who have two children except for a few who would be allowed three

      Confine childbearing to only a limited number of adults

      Stock certificate type permits for children

      Housing policies:

      a.) Discouragement of private home ownership
      b.) Stop awarding public housing based on family size

      Payments to encourage sterilization
      Payments to encourage contraception
      Payments to encourage abortion
      Abortion and sterilization on demand
      Allow certain contraceptives to be distributed non-medically
      Improve contraceptive technology
      Make contraception truly available and accessible to all
      Improve maternal health care, with family planning a core element

    • Pony_girl86

      Frederick S. Jaffe, vice president of Planned Parenthood, held similar views to Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood.

      Memorandum to Bernard Berelson (President, Population Council) found in “Activities Relevant to the Study of Population Policy for the U.S.” 3/11/69 by Frederick S. Jaffe:

      Social Constraints:
      Restructure Family:
      a.) Postpone or avoid marriage
      b.) Alter image of ideal family size

      Compulsory education of children

      Encourage increased homosexuality

      Educate for family limitation

      Fertility control agents in water supply

      Encourage women to work

      Economic Deterrents

      Modify tax policies:
      a.)Substantial marriage tax
      b.)Child Tax
      c.)Tax married more than single
      d.)Remove parents tax exemption
      d.)Additional taxes on parents with more than 1 or 2 children in school

      Reduce/eliminate paid maternity leave or benefits

      Reduce/eliminate children’s or family allowances

      Bonuses for delayed marriage and greater child-spacing

      Pensions for women of 45 with less than n children

      Eliminate Welfare payments after first 2 children

      CHRONIC DEPRESSION

      Require women to work and provide few child care facilities

      Limit/eliminate public-financed medical care, scholarships, housing, loans, and subsidies to families with more than N children

      SOCIAL CONTROLS

      Compulsory abortion of out-of-wedlock pregnancies

      Compulsory sterilization of all who have two children except for a few who would be allowed three

      Confine childbearing to only a limited number of adults

      Stock certificate type permits for children

      Housing policies:

      a.) Discouragement of private home ownership
      b.) Stop awarding public housing based on family size

      Payments to encourage sterilization
      Payments to encourage contraception
      Payments to encourage abortion
      Abortion and sterilization on demand
      Allow certain contraceptives to be distributed non-medically
      Improve contraceptive technology
      Make contraception truly available and accessible to all
      Improve maternal health care, with family planning a core element

    • Pony_girl86

      Frederick S. Jaffe, vice president of Planned Parenthood, held similar views to Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood.

      Memorandum to Bernard Berelson (President, Population Council) found in “Activities Relevant to the Study of Population Policy for the U.S.” 3/11/69 by Frederick S. Jaffe:

      Social Constraints:
      Restructure Family:
      a.) Postpone or avoid marriage
      b.) Alter image of ideal family size

      Compulsory education of children

      Encourage increased homosexuality

      Educate for family limitation

      Fertility control agents in water supply

      Encourage women to work

      Economic Deterrents

      Modify tax policies:
      a.)Substantial marriage tax
      b.)Child Tax
      c.)Tax married more than single
      d.)Remove parents tax exemption
      d.)Additional taxes on parents with more than 1 or 2 children in school

      Reduce/eliminate paid maternity leave or benefits

      Reduce/eliminate children’s or family allowances

      Bonuses for delayed marriage and greater child-spacing

      Pensions for women of 45 with less than n children

      Eliminate Welfare payments after first 2 children

      CHRONIC DEPRESSION

      Require women to work and provide few child care facilities

      Limit/eliminate public-financed medical care, scholarships, housing, loans, and subsidies to families with more than N children

      SOCIAL CONTROLS

      Compulsory abortion of out-of-wedlock pregnancies

      Compulsory sterilization of all who have two children except for a few who would be allowed three

      Confine childbearing to only a limited number of adults

      Stock certificate type permits for children

      Housing policies:

      a.) Discouragement of private home ownership
      b.) Stop awarding public housing based on family size

      Payments to encourage sterilization
      Payments to encourage contraception
      Payments to encourage abortion
      Abortion and sterilization on demand
      Allow certain contraceptives to be distributed non-medically
      Improve contraceptive technology
      Make contraception truly available and accessible to all
      Improve maternal health care, with family planning a core element

    • Pony_girl86

      Frederick S. Jaffe, vice president of Planned Parenthood, held similar views to Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood.

      Memorandum to Bernard Berelson (President, Population Council) found in “Activities Relevant to the Study of Population Policy for the U.S.” 3/11/69 by Frederick S. Jaffe:

      Social Constraints:
      Restructure Family:
      a.) Postpone or avoid marriage
      b.) Alter image of ideal family size

      Compulsory education of children

      Encourage increased homosexuality

      Educate for family limitation

      Fertility control agents in water supply

      Encourage women to work

      Economic Deterrents

      Modify tax policies:
      a.)Substantial marriage tax
      b.)Child Tax
      c.)Tax married more than single
      d.)Remove parents tax exemption
      d.)Additional taxes on parents with more than 1 or 2 children in school

      Reduce/eliminate paid maternity leave or benefits

      Reduce/eliminate children’s or family allowances

      Bonuses for delayed marriage and greater child-spacing

      Pensions for women of 45 with less than n children

      Eliminate Welfare payments after first 2 children

      CHRONIC DEPRESSION

      Require women to work and provide few child care facilities

      Limit/eliminate public-financed medical care, scholarships, housing, loans, and subsidies to families with more than N children

      SOCIAL CONTROLS

      Compulsory abortion of out-of-wedlock pregnancies

      Compulsory sterilization of all who have two children except for a few who would be allowed three

      Confine childbearing to only a limited number of adults

      Stock certificate type permits for children

      Housing policies:

      a.) Discouragement of private home ownership
      b.) Stop awarding public housing based on family size

      Payments to encourage sterilization
      Payments to encourage contraception
      Payments to encourage abortion
      Abortion and sterilization on demand
      Allow certain contraceptives to be distributed non-medically
      Improve contraceptive technology
      Make contraception truly available and accessible to all
      Improve maternal health care, with family planning a core element

    • Pony_girl86

      Frederick S. Jaffe, vice president of Planned Parenthood, held similar views to Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood.

      Memorandum to Bernard Berelson (President, Population Council) found in “Activities Relevant to the Study of Population Policy for the U.S.” 3/11/69 by Frederick S. Jaffe:

      Social Constraints:
      Restructure Family:
      a.) Postpone or avoid marriage
      b.) Alter image of ideal family size

      Compulsory education of children

      Encourage increased homosexuality

      Educate for family limitation

      Fertility control agents in water supply

      Encourage women to work

      Economic Deterrents

      Modify tax policies:
      a.)Substantial marriage tax
      b.)Child Tax
      c.)Tax married more than single
      d.)Remove parents tax exemption
      d.)Additional taxes on parents with more than 1 or 2 children in school

      Reduce/eliminate paid maternity leave or benefits

      Reduce/eliminate children’s or family allowances

      Bonuses for delayed marriage and greater child-spacing

      Pensions for women of 45 with less than n children

      Eliminate Welfare payments after first 2 children

      CHRONIC DEPRESSION

      Require women to work and provide few child care facilities

      Limit/eliminate public-financed medical care, scholarships, housing, loans, and subsidies to families with more than N children

      SOCIAL CONTROLS

      Compulsory abortion of out-of-wedlock pregnancies

      Compulsory sterilization of all who have two children except for a few who would be allowed three

      Confine childbearing to only a limited number of adults

      Stock certificate type permits for children

      Housing policies:

      a.) Discouragement of private home ownership
      b.) Stop awarding public housing based on family size

      Payments to encourage sterilization
      Payments to encourage contraception
      Payments to encourage abortion
      Abortion and sterilization on demand
      Allow certain contraceptives to be distributed non-medically
      Improve contraceptive technology
      Make contraception truly available and accessible to all
      Improve maternal health care, with family planning a core element

    • Pony_girl86

      Frederick S. Jaffe, vice president of Planned Parenthood, held similar views to Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood.

      Memorandum to Bernard Berelson (President, Population Council) found in “Activities Relevant to the Study of Population Policy for the U.S.” 3/11/69 by Frederick S. Jaffe:

      Social Constraints:
      Restructure Family:
      a.) Postpone or avoid marriage
      b.) Alter image of ideal family size

      Compulsory education of children

      Encourage increased homosexuality

      Educate for family limitation

      Fertility control agents in water supply

      Encourage women to work

      Economic Deterrents

      Modify tax policies:
      a.)Substantial marriage tax
      b.)Child Tax
      c.)Tax married more than single
      d.)Remove parents tax exemption
      d.)Additional taxes on parents with more than 1 or 2 children in school

      Reduce/eliminate paid maternity leave or benefits

      Reduce/eliminate children’s or family allowances

      Bonuses for delayed marriage and greater child-spacing

      Pensions for women of 45 with less than n children

      Eliminate Welfare payments after first 2 children

      CHRONIC DEPRESSION

      Require women to work and provide few child care facilities

      Limit/eliminate public-financed medical care, scholarships, housing, loans, and subsidies to families with more than N children

      SOCIAL CONTROLS

      Compulsory abortion of out-of-wedlock pregnancies

      Compulsory sterilization of all who have two children except for a few who would be allowed three

      Confine childbearing to only a limited number of adults

      Stock certificate type permits for children

      Housing policies:

      a.) Discouragement of private home ownership
      b.) Stop awarding public housing based on family size

      Payments to encourage sterilization
      Payments to encourage contraception
      Payments to encourage abortion
      Abortion and sterilization on demand
      Allow certain contraceptives to be distributed non-medically
      Improve contraceptive technology
      Make contraception truly available and accessible to all
      Improve maternal health care, with family planning a core element

    • Ashley

      Teddy Roosevelt and Alexander Graham Bell were both Eugenisists, a president and an inventor that’s what Margaret Sangre was. They thought that the lower class shouldn’t freed as ma.g people. A PRESIDENT of ours had the same views, and it was a popular idea early in the 20th century. So how about you all look into history before singling out just one supporter of the movement, idiot.

      • Ashley

        * breed as many people

      • Ashley

        * breed as many people

      • Ashley

        * breed as many people

    • Ashley

      Teddy Roosevelt and Alexander Graham Bell were both Eugenisists, a president and an inventor that’s what Margaret Sangre was. They thought that the lower class shouldn’t freed as ma.g people. A PRESIDENT of ours had the same views, and it was a popular idea early in the 20th century. So how about you all look into history before singling out just one supporter of the movement, idiot.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=651323976 Kellie Blair Alexander

    You MAY have to take responsibility for your own behavior.

    • RoseRiveter

      Many women and couples use Planned Parenthood to take responsibility. They can get yearly exams as well as pre and post-natal care. Abortion is just one thing offered there and it’s not even covered by the federal funding. Some things that are covered, however, are cancer screenings for men and women, trauma counciling, and even general health services. So many Americans can’t get health insurance, who’s right is it to say that they don’t deserve help? Besides if it were shut down that would be a lot of lower income citizens who don’t have the access to sexual health knowledge and services, thus a lot of women and men who haven’t a clue about their new baby.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=651323976 Kellie Blair Alexander

    You MAY have to take responsibility for your own behavior.

  • Anonymous

    If we were talking about men, this would be a different issue. If a man, who works a part-time job and doesn’t have health-insurance due to the fact that his job doesn’t offer it, has to support his wife (who also has has a part-time job and no health insurance) wants to prevent pregnancy with his wife (since they can’t afford a child at the moment) wanted to get counseling, prescriptions, and assistance, where would he go? Where would his wife go? As a professional who used to work at a physician’s clinic, we had to turn people like this away all the time. The only thing we were allowed to say to them, is that “there are other programs for you” but we did not have resources to give them. Is this right? No, but that is the system we have. We should support or CREATE programs that offer people a choice and an alternative.

    Honestly, people don’t understand things until it happens to them. Imagine yourself without the ability to pay for your child’s health care or your own prescriptions. Don’t underestimate the value of having another option to help you out.

  • Anonymous

    If we were talking about men, this would be a different issue. If a man, who works a part-time job and doesn’t have health-insurance due to the fact that his job doesn’t offer it, has to support his wife (who also has has a part-time job and no health insurance) wants to prevent pregnancy with his wife (since they can’t afford a child at the moment) wanted to get counseling, prescriptions, and assistance, where would he go? Where would his wife go? As a professional who used to work at a physician’s clinic, we had to turn people like this away all the time. The only thing we were allowed to say to them, is that “there are other programs for you” but we did not have resources to give them. Is this right? No, but that is the system we have. We should support or CREATE programs that offer people a choice and an alternative.

    Honestly, people don’t understand things until it happens to them. Imagine yourself without the ability to pay for your child’s health care or your own prescriptions. Don’t underestimate the value of having another option to help you out.

    • Guest

      Susie, I think your former employment in a physicians clinic isn’t as relevant as you think it is, and expresses the mistaken notion that those in the medical profession have any special authority to speak on this issue. In fact, I believe you have a misunderstanding of the key issues. First, the chief issue is a moral one–whether the public is obligated to support organizations that provide, not just health care, but abortion-on-demand. Second, there’s the economic issue: it hardly follows from the fact that people have a given need that the state is best equipped to look after such needs. We need options when we fall on hard times, but those options are not to be secured by the state, and they may not include coercion to commit or be complicit in an immoral act–or even what they think to be an immoral act.

  • Anonymous

    this was so interesting how many women are passionate about this issue. thank you everyone for sharing your thoughts with us.

  • Anonymous

    this was so interesting how many women are passionate about this issue. thank you everyone for sharing your thoughts with us.

  • Anonymous

    this was so interesting how many women are passionate about this issue. thank you everyone for sharing your thoughts with us.

  • Mary M

    PP offers few if any real medical tests. They often refer people to doctors and hospitals. Their main business is abortion . If you are pro life , why should your tax dollars go to support them. Regardless of undercover actors, they still said what they said and those were not isolated events. You, the author of this article, must have also defended ACORN when they were caught with undercover cameras. One of the managers of a PP office quit and told her story of late term abortions and the site of late term babies being killed. Again, why should pro life advocates support this cause. I bet I can find a few programs you would disagree with and I am certain you wouldn’t be happy giving tax dollars to support them.
    I am glad the Republicans are taking a stand

  • Mary M

    PP offers few if any real medical tests. They often refer people to doctors and hospitals. Their main business is abortion . If you are pro life , why should your tax dollars go to support them. Regardless of undercover actors, they still said what they said and those were not isolated events. You, the author of this article, must have also defended ACORN when they were caught with undercover cameras. One of the managers of a PP office quit and told her story of late term abortions and the site of late term babies being killed. Again, why should pro life advocates support this cause. I bet I can find a few programs you would disagree with and I am certain you wouldn’t be happy giving tax dollars to support them.
    I am glad the Republicans are taking a stand

    • http://twitter.com/apacheangel Naomi C. Brown

      I love both of these undercover girls. Hannah Giles and Lila Rose are an inspiration to women everywhere. It’s too bad there aren’t more people like them doing REAL undercover journalism, exposing corruption.

    • Mimihaha

       How much does Fox pay you to spread this manure?

      • Guest

        Mimihaha, that’s your response? You don’t dispute the claims, but essentially say that you don’t like them. That tells me that the facts aren’t that important to you.

  • Mary M

    PP offers few if any real medical tests. They often refer people to doctors and hospitals. Their main business is abortion . If you are pro life , why should your tax dollars go to support them. Regardless of undercover actors, they still said what they said and those were not isolated events. You, the author of this article, must have also defended ACORN when they were caught with undercover cameras. One of the managers of a PP office quit and told her story of late term abortions and the site of late term babies being killed. Again, why should pro life advocates support this cause. I bet I can find a few programs you would disagree with and I am certain you wouldn’t be happy giving tax dollars to support them.
    I am glad the Republicans are taking a stand

  • Mary M

    PP offers few if any real medical tests. They often refer people to doctors and hospitals. Their main business is abortion . If you are pro life , why should your tax dollars go to support them. Regardless of undercover actors, they still said what they said and those were not isolated events. You, the author of this article, must have also defended ACORN when they were caught with undercover cameras. One of the managers of a PP office quit and told her story of late term abortions and the site of late term babies being killed. Again, why should pro life advocates support this cause. I bet I can find a few programs you would disagree with and I am certain you wouldn’t be happy giving tax dollars to support them.
    I am glad the Republicans are taking a stand

  • Mary M

    PP offers few if any real medical tests. They often refer people to doctors and hospitals. Their main business is abortion . If you are pro life , why should your tax dollars go to support them. Regardless of undercover actors, they still said what they said and those were not isolated events. You, the author of this article, must have also defended ACORN when they were caught with undercover cameras. One of the managers of a PP office quit and told her story of late term abortions and the site of late term babies being killed. Again, why should pro life advocates support this cause. I bet I can find a few programs you would disagree with and I am certain you wouldn’t be happy giving tax dollars to support them.
    I am glad the Republicans are taking a stand

  • Mary M

    PP offers few if any real medical tests. They often refer people to doctors and hospitals. Their main business is abortion . If you are pro life , why should your tax dollars go to support them. Regardless of undercover actors, they still said what they said and those were not isolated events. You, the author of this article, must have also defended ACORN when they were caught with undercover cameras. One of the managers of a PP office quit and told her story of late term abortions and the site of late term babies being killed. Again, why should pro life advocates support this cause. I bet I can find a few programs you would disagree with and I am certain you wouldn’t be happy giving tax dollars to support them.
    I am glad the Republicans are taking a stand

  • Mary M

    PP offers few if any real medical tests. They often refer people to doctors and hospitals. Their main business is abortion . If you are pro life , why should your tax dollars go to support them. Regardless of undercover actors, they still said what they said and those were not isolated events. You, the author of this article, must have also defended ACORN when they were caught with undercover cameras. One of the managers of a PP office quit and told her story of late term abortions and the site of late term babies being killed. Again, why should pro life advocates support this cause. I bet I can find a few programs you would disagree with and I am certain you wouldn’t be happy giving tax dollars to support them.
    I am glad the Republicans are taking a stand

  • http://twitter.com/JSWardell Jody Wardell

    Did some research regarding Planned Parenthood Finances – It appears, according to the latest available information PPFA receives taxpayer funds through a variety of grants, government contracts, and reimbursements.

    According to a 2010 GAO report, PPFA receives close to a quarter of the $317 million Title X funding earmarked for projects like HIV testing, breast exams, and family planning services. In total, federal funding floats almost a third of Planned Parenthood’s $1 billion budget, providing over $360 million to the abortion provider in 2008–2009 alone. See http://gao.gov/products/GAO-10-533R

    Unlike the hard economic times faced by American families and the burgeoning national deficit looming over congressional budget talks, Planned Parenthood has ridden the waves of taxpayer funding to millions of dollars in annual surpluses.

    ***** In 2008–2009 (the latest year for which financial information is available), the organization saw over $1 billion in revenue, while performing nearly a quarter of the 1.2 million abortions in the U.S. during 2008. See: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/PP_AR_011011_vF.pdf

  • http://twitter.com/JSWardell Jody Wardell

    Did some research regarding Planned Parenthood Finances – It appears, according to the latest available information PPFA receives taxpayer funds through a variety of grants, government contracts, and reimbursements.

    According to a 2010 GAO report, PPFA receives close to a quarter of the $317 million Title X funding earmarked for projects like HIV testing, breast exams, and family planning services. In total, federal funding floats almost a third of Planned Parenthood’s $1 billion budget, providing over $360 million to the abortion provider in 2008–2009 alone. See http://gao.gov/products/GAO-10-533R

    Unlike the hard economic times faced by American families and the burgeoning national deficit looming over congressional budget talks, Planned Parenthood has ridden the waves of taxpayer funding to millions of dollars in annual surpluses.

    ***** In 2008–2009 (the latest year for which financial information is available), the organization saw over $1 billion in revenue, while performing nearly a quarter of the 1.2 million abortions in the U.S. during 2008. See: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/PP_AR_011011_vF.pdf

  • http://twitter.com/JSWardell Jody Wardell

    Did some research regarding Planned Parenthood Finances – It appears, according to the latest available information PPFA receives taxpayer funds through a variety of grants, government contracts, and reimbursements.

    According to a 2010 GAO report, PPFA receives close to a quarter of the $317 million Title X funding earmarked for projects like HIV testing, breast exams, and family planning services. In total, federal funding floats almost a third of Planned Parenthood’s $1 billion budget, providing over $360 million to the abortion provider in 2008–2009 alone. See http://gao.gov/products/GAO-10-533R

    Unlike the hard economic times faced by American families and the burgeoning national deficit looming over congressional budget talks, Planned Parenthood has ridden the waves of taxpayer funding to millions of dollars in annual surpluses.

    ***** In 2008–2009 (the latest year for which financial information is available), the organization saw over $1 billion in revenue, while performing nearly a quarter of the 1.2 million abortions in the U.S. during 2008. See: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/PP_AR_011011_vF.pdf

  • http://twitter.com/JSWardell Jody Wardell

    Did some research regarding Planned Parenthood Finances – It appears, according to the latest available information PPFA receives taxpayer funds through a variety of grants, government contracts, and reimbursements.

    According to a 2010 GAO report, PPFA receives close to a quarter of the $317 million Title X funding earmarked for projects like HIV testing, breast exams, and family planning services. In total, federal funding floats almost a third of Planned Parenthood’s $1 billion budget, providing over $360 million to the abortion provider in 2008–2009 alone. See http://gao.gov/products/GAO-10-533R

    Unlike the hard economic times faced by American families and the burgeoning national deficit looming over congressional budget talks, Planned Parenthood has ridden the waves of taxpayer funding to millions of dollars in annual surpluses.

    ***** In 2008–2009 (the latest year for which financial information is available), the organization saw over $1 billion in revenue, while performing nearly a quarter of the 1.2 million abortions in the U.S. during 2008. See: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/PP_AR_011011_vF.pdf

  • http://twitter.com/JSWardell Jody Wardell

    Did some research regarding Planned Parenthood Finances – It appears, according to the latest available information PPFA receives taxpayer funds through a variety of grants, government contracts, and reimbursements.

    According to a 2010 GAO report, PPFA receives close to a quarter of the $317 million Title X funding earmarked for projects like HIV testing, breast exams, and family planning services. In total, federal funding floats almost a third of Planned Parenthood’s $1 billion budget, providing over $360 million to the abortion provider in 2008–2009 alone. See http://gao.gov/products/GAO-10-533R

    Unlike the hard economic times faced by American families and the burgeoning national deficit looming over congressional budget talks, Planned Parenthood has ridden the waves of taxpayer funding to millions of dollars in annual surpluses.

    ***** In 2008–2009 (the latest year for which financial information is available), the organization saw over $1 billion in revenue, while performing nearly a quarter of the 1.2 million abortions in the U.S. during 2008. See: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/PP_AR_011011_vF.pdf

  • http://twitter.com/Mellohmars Melissa Marsh

    Something I never thought of as impacting my finances, it is amazing what we don’t think about. Although I live in Canada, this still has an impact on me and makes me think about what kinds of questions to ask at election and budget time!

  • http://twitter.com/Mellohmars Melissa Marsh

    Something I never thought of as impacting my finances, it is amazing what we don’t think about. Although I live in Canada, this still has an impact on me and makes me think about what kinds of questions to ask at election and budget time!

  • http://twitter.com/Mellohmars Melissa Marsh

    Something I never thought of as impacting my finances, it is amazing what we don’t think about. Although I live in Canada, this still has an impact on me and makes me think about what kinds of questions to ask at election and budget time!

  • http://twitter.com/Mellohmars Melissa Marsh

    Something I never thought of as impacting my finances, it is amazing what we don’t think about. Although I live in Canada, this still has an impact on me and makes me think about what kinds of questions to ask at election and budget time!

  • http://twitter.com/Mellohmars Melissa Marsh

    Something I never thought of as impacting my finances, it is amazing what we don’t think about. Although I live in Canada, this still has an impact on me and makes me think about what kinds of questions to ask at election and budget time!

  • http://twitter.com/Mellohmars Melissa Marsh

    Something I never thought of as impacting my finances, it is amazing what we don’t think about. Although I live in Canada, this still has an impact on me and makes me think about what kinds of questions to ask at election and budget time!

  • http://twitter.com/Mellohmars Melissa Marsh

    Something I never thought of as impacting my finances, it is amazing what we don’t think about. Although I live in Canada, this still has an impact on me and makes me think about what kinds of questions to ask at election and budget time!

  • http://twitter.com/Mellohmars Melissa Marsh

    Something I never thought of as impacting my finances, it is amazing what we don’t think about. Although I live in Canada, this still has an impact on me and makes me think about what kinds of questions to ask at election and budget time!

  • http://twitter.com/Mellohmars Melissa Marsh

    Something I never thought of as impacting my finances, it is amazing what we don’t think about. Although I live in Canada, this still has an impact on me and makes me think about what kinds of questions to ask at election and budget time!

  • http://twitter.com/Mellohmars Melissa Marsh

    Something I never thought of as impacting my finances, it is amazing what we don’t think about. Although I live in Canada, this still has an impact on me and makes me think about what kinds of questions to ask at election and budget time!

  • http://twitter.com/Mellohmars Melissa Marsh

    Something I never thought of as impacting my finances, it is amazing what we don’t think about. Although I live in Canada, this still has an impact on me and makes me think about what kinds of questions to ask at election and budget time!

  • http://twitter.com/Mellohmars Melissa Marsh

    Something I never thought of as impacting my finances, it is amazing what we don’t think about. Although I live in Canada, this still has an impact on me and makes me think about what kinds of questions to ask at election and budget time!

  • http://twitter.com/apacheangel Naomi C. Brown

    It would be worthwhile to note that Planned Parenthood — a non-profit organization — turns out around a $1 billion profit every year from its abortion services. Whether your are pro-life or pro-choice, a company/organization that makes $1 billion profit from one service, does not need federal funding. Further, crisis pregnancy centers/women’s health clinics that take a pro-life stance survive on donor funding; PP has a much larger base than these local clinics and should be able to do the same.

    • Kmiraglia

      Where do you find that information? Outside of Planned Parenthood being much more accessable for women’s health than any private clinic, it also provides a non-judgemental, safe atmosphere for young women to go to receive information and protection. Not every planned parenthood clinic provides abortion services, and many of those sites are located in more accessable areas for teens and young adults without transportation options, what would you advise those women do to seek safe sex education, protection, and health services?

      • iDomyresearch

        Actually, it’s not the most accessible. FQHCs (Federally Qualified Health Centers), which are also government-funded, have 400 more facilities in the US than Planned Parenthood does. FQHCs have about 1200 while Planned Parenthood has only about 800.

      • iDomyresearch

        Actually, it’s not the most accessible. FQHCs (Federally Qualified Health Centers), which are also government-funded, have 400 more facilities in the US than Planned Parenthood does. FQHCs have about 1200 while Planned Parenthood has only about 800.

      • iDomyresearch

        Actually, it’s not the most accessible. FQHCs (Federally Qualified Health Centers), which are also government-funded, have 400 more facilities in the US than Planned Parenthood does. FQHCs have about 1200 while Planned Parenthood has only about 800.

      • iDomyresearch

        Actually, it’s not the most accessible. FQHCs (Federally Qualified Health Centers), which are also government-funded, have 400 more facilities in the US than Planned Parenthood does. FQHCs have about 1200 while Planned Parenthood has only about 800.

      • iDomyresearch

        Actually, it’s not the most accessible. FQHCs (Federally Qualified Health Centers), which are also government-funded, have 400 more facilities in the US than Planned Parenthood does. FQHCs have about 1200 while Planned Parenthood has only about 800.

      • Omojevwe 83

        Planned parenthood cannot be a non judgmental safe environment when they are reaping major dollars for abortion services. They are profit based in that regard therefore they are biased and that puts clients at risk of coercion. I work with pregnant women and numerous times they say they were pressured by the staff or the staff didn’t give them accurate info about the procedures. I think planned parenthood provides some useful services but it should be completely separate from abortion services. Additionally, there are plenty of reputable low cost prenatal care clinics that women can receive services from that do not gain or lose from their decisions. If women want accurate non biased,non jugdemental information on pregnancy and abortion then they shouldn’t be looking for it from someone who profits from their choice. Think about it? Would people still feel the same if they were doing this with adoption instead of abortion? It’s especially sickening that planned parenthood strategically places so many abortion clinics in low income poor communities. They target the under privileged, lower class populations for abortion services. So many people say they are pro choice. Planned parenthood doesn’t provide choices, they provide abortions, that’s one choice. Think about it people. I’m for women having options not being pigeon holed intoa corner.

    • Kmiraglia

      Where do you find that information? Outside of Planned Parenthood being much more accessable for women’s health than any private clinic, it also provides a non-judgemental, safe atmosphere for young women to go to receive information and protection. Not every planned parenthood clinic provides abortion services, and many of those sites are located in more accessable areas for teens and young adults without transportation options, what would you advise those women do to seek safe sex education, protection, and health services?

    • Kmiraglia

      Where do you find that information? Outside of Planned Parenthood being much more accessable for women’s health than any private clinic, it also provides a non-judgemental, safe atmosphere for young women to go to receive information and protection. Not every planned parenthood clinic provides abortion services, and many of those sites are located in more accessable areas for teens and young adults without transportation options, what would you advise those women do to seek safe sex education, protection, and health services?

    • Kmiraglia

      Where do you find that information? Outside of Planned Parenthood being much more accessable for women’s health than any private clinic, it also provides a non-judgemental, safe atmosphere for young women to go to receive information and protection. Not every planned parenthood clinic provides abortion services, and many of those sites are located in more accessable areas for teens and young adults without transportation options, what would you advise those women do to seek safe sex education, protection, and health services?

    • Kmiraglia

      Where do you find that information? Outside of Planned Parenthood being much more accessable for women’s health than any private clinic, it also provides a non-judgemental, safe atmosphere for young women to go to receive information and protection. Not every planned parenthood clinic provides abortion services, and many of those sites are located in more accessable areas for teens and young adults without transportation options, what would you advise those women do to seek safe sex education, protection, and health services?

  • Rachel

    When I was not insured b/c it was in between college graduation and when I didn’t have a job, I used Planned Parenthood to get a very necessary pap smear and discounted birth control pills. This is not an attack on an abortion provider. It’s an attack on women’s health.

  • Defiant

    So according to Republicans, if women want to have sex (whether they are going to college or even married) they have to enrich the pockets of health insurance providers in order to have half of their birth control pay, they have to take their chances and get pregnant, or they have to live in celibacy.

    This is why I would never vote for the Republican party. They are really misogynist. It’s more of a control issue rather than handling the deficit.

    • Guest

      Well, no one’s telling women when to have sex or whether they have to enrich the pockets of a health insurance provider. Women already have the liberty to do either whether or not Planned Parenthood exists. What they’re saying is that those, like me, whose taxes are used to fund Planned Parenthood, ought to likewise have the liberty not to have that money go toward supporting such an organization. Don’t confuse the issues by thinking it’s about misogynism. I think Planned Parenthood is the one that’s misogynist and controlling here, but that’s another discussion.

  • Nathan

    Once upon a time, my wife and I used Planned Parenthood regularly whenever we were low-income. We found out we were pregnant there, twice; I got my vasectomy there. My wife has had her pap smears done there. PP gave us access to reproductive health services that we wouldn’t have been able to afford otherwise. The staff were awesome in every case. When we found out we were pregnant, they didn’t offer us an abortion, they offered us counseling and let us know what to expect. Termination never came up, not once, not in their literature nor in their consultations with us. They counseled me and put me on a cooling off list when I booked my vasectomy, for goodness’ sake. I appreciate everything they’ve done for my family.

  • Kpmhg1

    Most counties in most states have Health Departments which will provide all of these services except abortion.  If you have no insurance or low income, you can easily go to the Health Department.  I think that Planned Parenthood does not do enough good to outweigh the bad that it does.  It promotes abortion and used to sterilize women in third world countries according to news services around the country.  You can look this up on the internet for yourself if you want to know more.  

    • Kpmhg1

      Also, QUIT acting without regard to consequences if you can’t handle them.  Act responsibly and then you won’t have to have some of these services that PP offers that the Health Departments don’t.  You can also get screenings and general healthcare at most Health Departments.  Like I said, PP does offer abortions and the Health Departments don’t.  I don’t think my tax payer dollars should be funding something that I am completely against.  With the horror stories that I have seen and heard about what PP does concerning abortions and late term abortions, it sickens me that my dollars are helping support that.  And why in the world are we helping fund a company that makes these kinds of profits?!  They are supposed to be a non-profit company that is there to help, but it sounds to me like all they care about is their profits.  Of course the only requirement to be “non-profit” is to give about 1/10th of profit to charity.  Look at the Salvation Army’s profits.  But I would rather support the Salvation Army than to support Planned Parenthood.

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