Expose Planned Parenthood

Q: Planned Parenthood only reports 3% of its services have anything to do with abortion. Aren’t they mostly dedicated to providing family planning services to low-income populations?
A: The 3% statistic is misleading because Planned Parenthood unbundles its services when reporting them. Last year, Planned Parenthood saw 3 million clients and performed 324,008 abortions—at least one in 10 Planned Parenthood clients receives an abortion. As Abby Johnson, ex-Planned Parenthood director and employee of eight years has shared, they push for abortions above anything else because it’s the most profitable part of their business.

Q: But doesn’t Planned Parenthood prevent more abortions by offering contraception?

A: No. According to Planned Parenthood’s own estimates in an October 2010 fact sheet, they perform more abortions than they prevent. (324,008 abortions to 283,000 prevented)
Q: If Planned Parenthood didn’t receive federal funding, where else would people get free STD testing?
A: Nearly 7,000 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are scattered throughout the country and provide even more free assistance to underprivileged people. Planned Parenthood only has 800 clinics nationally and may turn people away if they can’t pay.

Q: What about cancer screening and much-needed mammograms?
A: Planned Parenthood does not provide mammograms. Even though they tout the ability to provide mammograms, there is no Planned Parenthood clinic that actually provides them in-house.  They have to refer out for them, just like most other clinics, which means they are not allocating their federal dollars to help low-income women pay for mammograms.
Q: Won’t people be stuck with nowhere to turn for health care without Planned Parenthood?
A: Planned Parenthood would love you to believe they are the only place to access free or low cost healthcare, but that is absolutely false. Nearly 7,000 Federally Qualified Health Centers in the U.S. provide comprehensive health care for men, women and children, instead of the narrow spectrum of care offered by Planned Parenthood.
FQHCs are able to provide annual exams, STD testing, all birth control methods and everything else Planned Parenthood provides – except abortion.  They also provide many services Planned Parenthood does not offer including vaccinations, x-rays, vision, dental, prenatal care and primary care to all members of the family.
Q: Why can’t we subsidize Planned Parenthoods that don’t perform abortions?
A: Good question. The sad fact is that Planned Parenthood is forcing every one of its 99 affiliates throughout the country to offer abortions by at least one of its clinics by 2011.  Once again, abortion is much more important to Planned Parenthood than they’d like you to believe.

more Q&A here.