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@anonimom…Then the women that you know must all have access to private health care and no medical complications in their reproductive health history.

People who are serious about reducing the number of abortions (instead of shaming and controlling women) should be behind any program that provides access to contraceptives and education since those things reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies, thus reducing the need for abortion.

Less than 5% of Planned Parenthood’s procedures are directly related to abortion. Approximately 36% of their services were providing contraceptives (you know, a good way to help avoid abortions). They provide cancer and STD screenings along with prenatal care in some locations. 1 in 6 women who have received services at PP identify it as their primary medical care. Federal funds have not provided abortions (except in the cases of rape and woman’s life) for nearly three decades.
You can be against abortion, but it is still legal in this country despite the best efforts of the radical conservative fringe in this country. Punishing an organization that helps prevent unwanted pregnancy and educate people about their sexual health is not the way to reduce the number of abortions

Glad we travel in different circles Anonimom.
So lack of access to birth control will decrease abortions? More pregnancies and lack of prenatal care will lead to healthier babies? Lack of Pap tests will lead to less cervical and uterine cancers? Less mammograms will decrease breast cancer and lenghten women’s lives? And this is going to SAVE money and support the health of women in our country?
Guess it doesn’t matter as long as you and your cronies …still have decent health insurance in your ivory towers Representative Pence.

BTW- Abortions only account for 3% of the services provided by PP, and tax dollars cannot be used for them.

Since abortion is such a small part of what Planned Parenthood does and their other services are so important, then they should be willing to sacrifice being an abortion provider and simply help women with pre-natal care, contraception, and other women’s health issues. If abortions are as insignificant to the mission of Planned Parenthood as you say, only 3%, then stop providing them, get back the federal funding, and really help women who need medical attention. The problem is that Planned Parenthood wants to have their cake and eat it too. One the one hand, they will say that abortions are a very small part of what they do. Then on the other hand, they will send out Christmas Cards that say “Choice on Earth.” Which is it? Is Planned Parenthood a benevolent provider of health care for women who wouldn’t otherwise have access to it or an extremely, active, and vocal lobbying group for the pro-abortion movement? Do you think that federal funding should be given to clinics that try to talk a woman out of having an abortion? How about ones that use ultrasounds of the baby as a tool of persuasion? What if they also gave mammograms and HIV test? I don’t imagine that you would be any more thrilled with your tax dollars going to fund those group as I would be to have my tax dollars going to fund Planned Parenthood.

Absolutely, JenB and Goddess. Abortion is still legal, the last time I checked. Just because someone doesn’t like abortion doesn’t mean the government shouldn’t fund the other parts of Planned Parenthood. With all the legislature going on recently, I’m honestly starting to wonder if Republicans just plain don’t like poor people, women or children (except in fetus form).

I know this is maybe the second time I’ve ever said this, but Gretchen’s right. Title X finding, which is more than just PP (although they are the single largest beneficiary), is just over $500 million. In the scheme of trillions of dollars it is essentially a drop in the bucket. Not only that, it pays for itself and then some by helping to prevent unwanted pregnancies and identifying life-threatening conditions early enough to effectively treat them. It’s estimated that for every dollar invested in family planning the nation saves nearly four in costs associated with women’s health.
Balancing a budget on the backs of lower income and vulnerable people while giving huge subsidies to oil companies and other huge corporations, extending tax cuts to billionaires, and spending truckloads of money on wars no one can win is unacceptable.

No independent group deserves taxpayer dollars. If the current congress has a problem with PP and is trying to cut the budget anyway, it’s only logical that PP would lose funding. Oh, well. Lots of programs and groups are going to lose government dollars with today’s budget and poltical realities.