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- An estimated one in five American women has relied on Planned Parenthood for care in her lifetime.
- Source: 5 Biggest Myths About Planned Parenthood
- Planned Parenthood serves 1.5 million of Title X’s over 4 million patients each year, helping people who often don’t have access to family planning care anywhere else. Without Planned Parenthood, many of these patients wouldn’t get the health care they need to take control of their lives.
- Source: How Federal Funding Works at Planned Parenthood
- Fact: There is no line item in the federal budget that goes to Planned Parenthood.
The phrase “defunding” Planned Parenthood is a misnomer. Just like hospitals, Planned Parenthood health centers get Medicaid reimbursements for critical services provided to low-income patients — services like birth control, cancer screenings, and STD testing and treatment. - Source: 5 Biggest Myths About Planned Parenthood
- 20 separate nationwide polls and an additional 12 polls in key states show strong favorability for Planned Parenthood and strong opposition to efforts in Congress to block patients from accessing high-quality, lifesaving care at Planned Parenthood.
- Source: Fact: Public Overwhelmingly Supports Planned Parenthood
- Services offered by Planned Parenthood include: general health care, women’s services, men’s health services, HIV services, contraception, STD testing, treatment, and vaccines, pregnancy testing and services, LGBT services, patient education, and abortion services and referrals.
- Source: Services offered by Planned Parenthood
- Only 3% of the services provided by Planned Parenthood are abortions.
- Source: Planned Parenthood: Fast facts and revealing numbers
- States with more Planned Parenthood clinics have fewer teen births and sexually transmitted diseases
- Source: States with more Planned Parenthood clinics have fewer teen births and sexually transmitted diseases
- It is estimated that Planned Parenthood health centers prevent at least 579,000 unintended pregnancies a year.
- Source: How Federal Funding Works at Planned Parenthood
- Hyde Amendment
A 40 year old ban on federal funding for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or threat to a woman’s life. - Source: Hyde Amendment
Read More:
- The Last Clinics: Seven states have only one remaining abortion clinic.
- Facts About Abortion by State
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- Donate to Planned Parenthood
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- Stand with Planned Parenthood: Take Action
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- ALL* ABOVE ALL: United to restore and sustain abortion coverage for low-income women
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