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Originally Posted by OldDog
Why, yes. They do. As well as what they're really about.
Approximately 9,000 CHCs are spread across the country, and outnumber PP facilities 12 to 1. They exist in nearly every congressional district. They provide more comprehensive health services than PP, including mammograms. They serve over 23 million individuals, regardless of ability to pay. What don't they do? They don't do abortions. In addition to the CHCs, there are more than 2,000 pregnancy care centers nationally (CareNet, Heartbeat, NIFLA), available to help women who find themselves in unplanned pregnancies. The caveat? They don't do abortions.
The graph that Danzig referred to as being misleading because it had no "y" axis? I notice than no one disputed the figures, which came from PP's own annual reports. From 2009 to 2013, cancer-screening and -prevention programs dropped by about half, prenatal services dropped by more than half, and breast exams dropped by 41 percent, all while government funding increased. Pregnant and want PP's help? According to Planned Parenthood’s 2013-14 report, out of total services for pregnant women (adoption referrals, prenatal services, abortion), abortion made up over 94 percent. Prenatal care made up only about 5 percent of pregnancy services. Meanwhile PP's abortion numbers have gone up every year, as shown in Danzig's graph.
This article is four years old
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011...ised-to-fight/
but still shows, even more considering how their funding has increased, what PP and its supporters are about. |
er...they dispute the graph, with arrows pointing in ways to make people go 'oh' without paying attention to the actual numbers...to make it seem other than what it is.
and birth rates and abortion rates have dropped over the last years, in all demographics. teens, immigrants...due to more birth control availability and better education about the same.
so...yeah, go ahead and cut PP. and then get back to me on those numbers when they change in the wrong direction.
regarding preventive care, did it drop due to more people getting Medicaid and obamacare?
what are the numbers in the states that didn't expand medicaid? are they like texas, with the most uninsured? horrible health care, preventive care, etc?
what part of this:
over the first decade, it would cost taxpayers an additional $650 million
do you not understand?