More on Planned Parenthood

Here is an excerpt from a great Washington Post article:

"Let's be clear about one thing. Almost none of this money went for abortions. The only federal funding for abortion involves the thankfully low number of situations in which poor women seek abortions for pregnancy due to rape or incest, or when their own lives are in jeopardy. In 2006, the last year for which figures are available, the federal government paid for 191 such abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

However, the House cuts are intended to punish abortion providers - specifically, Planned Parenthood, which is simultaneously the largest recipient of federal family planning funds and the largest abortion provider in the country.

Federal law requires Planned Parenthood to carefully separate its abortion expenses from its others. In most instances, abortions are performed in a different building or on a different floor, by different staff. That is not enough to satisfy abortion opponents, who insist that the federal money frees up other funds to underwrite abortions."

Read the rest of the article here

Planned Parenthood

The U.S. House of Representatives has just voted to bar Planned Parenthood health centers from all federal funding for birth control, cancer screenings, HIV testing, and other lifesaving care.

I stand with Planned Parenthood. Sign this petition if you do too.

Services Planned Parenthood provides:

• 36% – Birth control services
• 31% – Testing and treatment for STD’s
• 17% – Cancer screening and Prevention
• 11% – Other woman’s health services (Pap’s, LEEP procedures, etc.)
• 3% – Abortion Services