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.
10-01-2015, 11:44 PM
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