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The Defunding of Planned Parenthood
The president-elect has made this part of his first 100 days in office. Planned Parenthood is a privately run business that does not need tax payer money to fund the murder of human beings. 500 million that is being used of tax payer money can now be used to help grow small business and put people back to work and not fund the murder of innocent human life that does not have a voice in whether they live or die. 50 plus million lives have been snuffed out by Planned Parenthood but one black criminal is killed by police and the Left loses their mind. Planned Parenthood is a money laundering scheme for the Left if it wasn't then Leftist would not fund such murder and without question oppose such practice.
What will the Leftist do and how will they react when the murder mill of Planned Parenthood is defunded and those tax payer dollars are lost ?
Planned Parenthood needs tax money to pay for the health services it provides women that aren't abortions. Women go to planned parenthood for more than just abortions.
What free services do any of those companies provide? Planned Parenthood provides free cancer screenings, and other needed medical exams for women. Why do you hate women? Or do you just hate poor women?
You know that there is more than one kind of cancer right? One wouldn't use a mammogram machine for uterine cancer or cervical cancer. PP doctors conduct breast exams then refer patients and sometimes individual clinics have a mobile mammography van.
Keep in mind the picture for the breast exam is of a mammogram machine but we know there are other methods of checking for lumps, most of which wouldn't be suitable to place on the website as it is a stock photo.
So to take away the 3% of Planned Parenthood that goes towards abortions, you want to also take away cancer screenings, sex education and sexuality information, STD testing, treatment, contraception, health care, breast exams, prenatal services, adoption referrals to other agencies, UTI treatments and other procedures for both men and women who can't afford other options?
Let me guess, you don't want abortions but you also don't want to pay parent's' who can't afford to properly care for the child you are making them have, by also taking away free testing and contraception and prenatal care, right?
Planned Parenthood does not do cancer screening. I quote Cecil Richards here. Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards’s repeated claim at a Sept. 29 congressional hearing that the organization does not, in fact, offer mammograms or have mammogram machines in its clinics.
Keep in mind the picture for the breast exam is of a mammogram machine but we know there are other methods of checking for lumps, most of which wouldn't be suitable to place on the website as it is a stock photo.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America claims that the 665 clinics run by its affiliates provide a “wide range” of health care as justification for taxpayers providing more than 40 percent of their funding, and that abortion is a small proportion of their services.Yet, data show that Planned Parenthood Federation of America is the country’s largest abortion provider with affiliates performing more than 300,000 abortions per year, which amounts to approximately one out of every three in the country.
Sorry abortion is what Planned Parenthood is in business for.
Sorry abortion is what Planned Parenthood is in business for.
Incorrect. It's primary goal is prenatal care, cancer screening and testing for STD's as well as treatment, and birth control -including a morning after pill. Assistance with referrals for adoptions and yes unfortunately a small percentage of it deals with abortions but that's not what it "is in business for". One wouldn't go to Home Depot, see curtains and think Home Depot is mainly in the business of curtains.
You haven't given me any fact. I've met your counter arguments with fact and logic and now you are trying to smoke screen. I understand that the word "abortion" is a word that sets people off but you have to look at the facts. If you decrease the funding to planned parenthood you are taking away money that goes to SO much more than just the 3% of something YOU don't agree with. Cancer screening, pregnancy prevention (birth control), STD testing and treatment, free information to help people make responsible choices, parent-child communication assistance, sexuality education, Pap tests, prenatal services...some people NEED this help and all you focus on is the one trigger word.
Their last figure was 327,166 to be exact. Now. Tell me, why did the woman decide to go through with it? Why would a woman chose that. It's not always because she just didn't want the baby. Maybe she has a health issue, maybe her family pushed her for it or the other person who contributed towards making the baby decided to leave and she couldn't do it alone? You haven't walked in her shoes so don't you dare think you have the right to judge anyone who goes through such a heart breaking decision. That may have been her only choice and because you simply can't conceive of something other than your own belief you feel you can take it away, not just from the woman making that decision but from the other people who need the funding given to Planned Parenthood to help them with their other medical issues.
You have come to an agreement that your number is greater than mine. So you support more being run through the murder mill known as Planned Parenthood. Good job Progressive.
I'm not afraid of the numbers. It's sad that that many women had to make that choice. What astonishes me is that you still you can't figure out that PP is more than just abortions. There's a lot of people that need Planned Parenthood and I don't know how many more times someone needs to say it's just 3% of 100% that use it for you to understand that. Out of (and the numbers are give and take) 10,933,675 people who used PP services, only 327,166 used it for abortions. Even taking away that 327,166 there is still OVER TEN MILLION people who used their services. But no, you'd rather deny services to all for the one thing you don't agree with so again I refer to my original question.
You don't want abortions but you also don't want to pay parent's' who can't afford to properly care for the child you are making them have, by also taking away free testing and contraception and prenatal care, right?
And yet you continue to prove that number is the only number you'll see, it's ok, admitting that 97% of it is for the good of everyone else won't kill you. I get that abortion is a trigger word for some people, I don't necessarily agree with it either but I'm not going to let it blind me to all the good that Planned Parenthood does. And again, you still haven't answered my question so I'm fairly certain I know the answer to it.
Still can't, huh? You can try to point in a different direction all you want, doesn't mean it'll work.
3,724,558 people come to PP for contraception.
1,167,755 women come to it for pregnancy tests and prenatal services.
That's 4,892,313 that come in for services dealing with pregnancy alone. But because of 327,166 people that do something you don't agree with personally, you want to reduce funding which will punish the people in the first two categories.
Think on those numbers a second. If you take away the assistance for contraception's (birth control) you are going to get more unwanted pregnancies, if you take away the health care pregnant women,who most likely can't afford typical gynecological/pediatric services and the MASSIVE costs associated with growing a baby in their belly, need... do you seriously think that the number of abortions won't increase?
Planned Parenthood is a privately run business that does not need tax payer money to fund the murder of human beings.
Will you also support the removal of the multi-trillion dollar budget of the US army...? just asking since those are tax payer money funding the murder of human beings.
According to FactCheck.org only 3% of PP's total services were abortions making only 10% of their clients people who received an abortion. Planned Parenthood also cannot use tax dollars to fund abortions by law. So no tax money wasted on abortions
(CNSNews.com) – Planned Parenthood clinics did 327,653 abortions in its fiscal year 2014 (which ran from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014), according to Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s newly released annual report.
That works out to an average of 37 abortions per hour or nearly 1 every 90 seconds.
(AP Photo)
Planned Parenthood also received $528.4 million from government grants and reimbursements, which equaled 41 percent of its revenue.
The federal government is prohibited from paying directly for abortions through Title X family planning grants and reimbursements, however, federal funds do pay for Planned Parenthood operations, including the clinics where abortions are performed.
The 327,653 abortions Planned Parenthood reports that it did in its organizational fiscal 2014 exceeds by 487 the number of abortions it did the previous year.
The report also reveals that Planned Parenthood actually provided fewer contraceptives -- 3,577,348 patients in fiscal 2014 compared to 3,724,558 in fiscal 2013.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards and President Barack Obama. (AP)
According the latest 990 form filed with the IRS for 2013, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards’ base compensation was $396,138. Including retirement funds and other benefits, Richards’ total compensation was $492,200.
A statement from one young woman, cited only as “Shireen” in the report but accompanied by a photo, says: “Birth control has changed my life. It has allowed me to attend college, travel and be a working woman. I get my birth control at Planned Parenthood because it is accessible and affordable, and because Planned Parenthood advocates for women like me – a young woman of color – every day.”
Did you tell a woman to kill your baby, and that's why you support Planned Parenthood? How many of your babies did they kill, or do you just support them killing other people's babies, like your daughter?
Why do you want to take away health screenings that can save lives? Is it because only poor people would be screened, or is it because only women would be screened?
(CNSNews.com) – Planned Parenthood clinics did 327,653 abortions in its fiscal year 2014 (which ran from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014), according to Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s newly released annual report.
That works out to an average of 37 abortions per hour or nearly 1 every 90 seconds.
(AP Photo)
Planned Parenthood also received $528.4 million from government grants and reimbursements, which equaled 41 percent of its revenue.
The federal government is prohibited from paying directly for abortions through Title X family planning grants and reimbursements, however, federal funds do pay for Planned Parenthood operations, including the clinics where abortions are performed.
The 327,653 abortions Planned Parenthood reports that it did in its organizational fiscal 2014 exceeds by 487 the number of abortions it did the previous year.
The report also reveals that Planned Parenthood actually provided fewer contraceptives -- 3,577,348 patients in fiscal 2014 compared to 3,724,558 in fiscal 2013.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards and President Barack Obama. (AP)
According the latest 990 form filed with the IRS for 2013, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards’ base compensation was $396,138. Including retirement funds and other benefits, Richards’ total compensation was $492,200.
There should be no taxpayer dollars given to any organization which promotes abortion, and Planned Parenthood boasts of providing for killing hundreds of thousands of babies each year.
This is stupid, even for you. Perverts like you killing babies, not caring about the whore you used and abused, spreading STD's.......if you or your loved ones get AIDS, you deserve it for your attitude. Not saying that to be mean, it's just the truth....you need to wake up and quit loving your sin more than life before you wake up in Hell.
I'm not fighting, simply stating the truth. Idiots like you fight against the truth in favor of your sin which you try to keep in the dark behind your mental block wall where you think you can hide safe away from God.
Why are you a pervert? My guess is that you are in a wheel chair unable to engage in sex, yet your mind is still twisted so you enjoy the fact that some who are able actually do the perverted things you want to do....and somehow you feel better by encouraging them with Planned Parenthood to pretend they are not responsible when they kill their children.
Planned Parenthood is just a tool for women who can't keep their legs crossed and their hot dog men who use them like whores. Planned Parenthood is the back up of perverts to kill the baby if it interferes with their fun.....and get help with those pesky STD's which get passed around by perverts. It should receive no taxpayer funds.
And the evil people running the business and doing the work get paid for it.....sick. America has a lot of innocent blood on it's hands. No taxpayer funds should support abortion in any way. You have to be perverted to support Planned Parenthood.....twisted.
college atheist punk............................figures. This is the garbage they produce. Show yourself some more, punk. First time I read your post, the body of it was "stupid", very punky. Pardon me for the observation, if you are going to act that way you have to take it the same as you dish it out.
Maybe you should have bit your tongue instead of making your "stupid" comment. I thought it was quite stupid of you to say "that's stupid" without explaining why you think any part of what I said was stupid, let alone the whole post which you called stupid....making yourself sound stupid.
Are you saying you are a pervert who thinks loose women and their whore-dog men should have a back up plan for the reckless cheap indulgence of their body for moments of pleasure, and killing your baby is the best back up plan to continue being irresponsible and spreading STD's in the name of "I'm not a pervert, I'm an animal"?
When you can answer why Planned Parenthood needs 500 million of taxpayer money when Planned Parenthood has a 1.3 billion annual revenue then feel free to explain that.
They provide $500 million worth of services to tax payers without charging them. Someone has to pay for it. Are you one of those liberals that think free stuff doesn't have to be paid for?
Why don't you worry about the taxpayer$ that go to "subsidizing" Exxon, BP, etc.? Maybe we should worry some about taxpayer$ that will be going, under Trump, to subsidize the coal (black lung) industry which kills many thousands directly, and millions indirectly! About the taxpayer$ going to corporate farms that make billions a year. As usual, that $ helps the very rich, does nothing for the poor, as Planned Parenthood does. I'd rather put the money where the "hungry" mouths are!
I believe that he will quickly move to keep the promises that he made to us during the campaign.
Trump will ask the House and Senate leadership to send him legislation defunding Planned Parenthood. Once this is signed, the abortion giant, which has killed over 7,000,000 babies since Roe v. Wade and which spent $38 million in a vain effort to elect Hillary Clinton, will no longer be on the receiving end of federal funding. Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars will no longer flow into Planned Parenthood’s coffers. The loss of roughly 40% of its annual revenue will surely slow down the killing.
Trump will also back the passage of legislation banning abortions after 20 weeks. He has pledged to sign the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which will save tens of thousands of lives each year.
Trump has also pledged to “repeal and replace” Obamacare. With its demise will go hundreds of burdensome regulations, including those that brought the Little Sisters of the Poor and other plaintiffs to the federal courts to seek relief from its abortion mandates.
With Trump’s support, I also expect the Mexico City policy, first passed by President Reagan in 1984, to be written into permanent law. This will require non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that receive federal funding to certify that they will not perform, promote, or lobby for the legalization of abortion in other countries.
We will also, again with Trump’s support, be able to permanently defund the UN Population Fund. The UN’s population control arm has been a cheerleader of China’s program of forced abortions and sterilizations from the beginning. We should have no part of it.
(CNSNews.com) – Planned Parenthood clinics did 327,653 abortions in its fiscal year 2014 (which ran from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014), according to Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s newly released annual report.
That works out to an average of 37 abortions per hour or nearly 1 every 90 seconds.
(AP Photo)
Planned Parenthood also received $528.4 million from government grants and reimbursements, which equaled 41 percent of its revenue.
The federal government is prohibited from paying directly for abortions through Title X family planning grants and reimbursements, however, federal funds do pay for Planned Parenthood operations, including the clinics where abortions are performed.
The 327,653 abortions Planned Parenthood reports that it did in its organizational fiscal 2014 exceeds by 487 the number of abortions it did the previous year.
The report also reveals that Planned Parenthood actually provided fewer contraceptives -- 3,577,348 patients in fiscal 2014 compared to 3,724,558 in fiscal 2013.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards and President Barack Obama. (AP)
According the latest 990 form filed with the IRS for 2013, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards’ base compensation was $396,138. Including retirement funds and other benefits, Richards’ total compensation was $492,200.
A statement from one young woman, cited only as “Shireen” in the report but accompanied by a photo, says: “Birth control has changed my life. It has allowed me to attend college, travel and be a working woman. I get my birth control at Planned Parenthood because it is accessible and affordable, and because Planned Parenthood advocates for women like me – a young woman of color – every day.”
I hate most abortions, but I am against defunding Planneddd Parenthood because abortion is not their only service. They provide healthcare and advocacy. They help women make their own healthcare choice.
You are a lost soul. The stunningly high black abortion rate.Abortions of black children make up almost 40 percent of total U.S. abortions each year, despite black Americans comprising only 12 percent of the population.
Again, abortion is not their only service. Planned Parenthood provides contraception, STI treatment and prevention, cancer screenings, sex ed, advocacy, and so on.
You hate "most" abortions? So that means you hate 160,677 of the abortions enabled by taxpayer funds through Planned Parenthood, and 160,676 babies killed was okay, as long as they claim to provide other services?
Planned Parenthood: We Aborted 327,653 in FY2014
By Penny Starr | December 31, 2014 | 12:40 PM EST
(CNSNews.com) – Planned Parenthood clinics did 327,653 abortions in its fiscal year 2014 (which ran from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014), according to Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s newly released annual report.
That works out to an average of 37 abortions per hour or nearly 1 every 90 seconds.
(AP Photo)
Planned Parenthood also received $528.4 million from government grants and reimbursements, which equaled 41 percent of its revenue.
The federal government is prohibited from paying directly for abortions through Title X family planning grants and reimbursements, however, federal funds do pay for Planned Parenthood operations, including the clinics where abortions are performed.
The 327,653 abortions Planned Parenthood reports that it did in its organizational fiscal 2014 exceeds by 487 the number of abortions it did the previous year.
The report also reveals that Planned Parenthood actually provided fewer contraceptives -- 3,577,348 patients in fiscal 2014 compared to 3,724,558 in fiscal 2013.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards and President Barack Obama. (AP)
According the latest 990 form filed with the IRS for 2013, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards’ base compensation was $396,138. Including retirement funds and other benefits, Richards’ total compensation was $492,200.
A statement from one young woman, cited only as “Shireen” in the report but accompanied by a photo, says: “Birth control has changed my life. It has allowed me to attend college, travel and be a working woman. I get my birth control at Planned Parenthood because it is accessible and affordable, and because Planned Parenthood advocates for women like me – a young woman of color – every day.”
Did you tell a woman to kill your baby, and that's why you support Planned Parenthood? How many of your babies did they kill, or do you just support them killing other people's babies, like your daughter
Planned Parenthood is just a tool for women who can't keep their legs crossed and their hot dog men who use them like whores. Planned Parenthood is the back up of perverts to kill the baby if it interferes with their fun.....and get help with those pesky STD's which get passed around by perverts. It should receive no taxpayer funds.
And the evil people running the business and doing the work get paid for it.....sick. America has a lot of innocent blood on it's hands. No taxpayer funds should support abortion in any way. You have to be perverted to support Planned Parenthood.....twisted.
-Planned Parenthood should be defunded because a government subsidized private enterprise is against free market principles
-I also am against abortion, as I feel not only is it morally wrong, but it is economically detrimental
-However, we still need to address the underlying issue of unwanted pregnancies which lead to those wanting abortion. Instead of preaching abstinence, we should extensively educate people on safe sex and contraceptives, which has proven to work in other countries. That should be our priority with the money we save, and hopefully we'll have some left over to inject into our economy too
Isn't the alternate to government subsidized private enterprise the governing providing those services directly. Wouldn't it be more efficient for a private company to provide the services and have the government pay what it costs?
No, I actually feel that the government subsidizing Planned Parenthood is detrimental to all involved. Since government supports and funds Planned Parenthood, the company has a distinct competitive advantage over other potential health providers like it, and for some people Planned Parenthood may be their only choice (a.k.a monopoly). Defunding Planned Parenthood will not affect the viability of the institution, as they have plenty of outside income, but it will create a balanced market for the goods and services PP provides, and as more and more companies get in to this field, competition will drive prices down and give consumers more options.
Plus, the government can now take that 500 million dollars and use it to improve the quality of sex ed, which will greatly help with our unwanted pregnancy problem, and still have money left over.
I don't doubt at all that now that Republicans control all of Washington and have a (allegedly) pro-life President that all federal funding of Planned Parenthood will eventually be stopped.
But I also don't doubt a severe backlash from both women and minorities in the years to follow.
Tread carefully now, because the public outrage over Obamacare being pushed through over objections of a large share of this nation is but a minor ding compared to the scandal of putting women's health and rights back 50 years.
It's honestly hilarious that people think that The Donald will be capable of doing anything that he said he would. The majority of the things he wants to accomplish or abolish have to be budgeted, something which he has no control over.
