Talk about wild and out of control accusations!
Cross Posted at Live Action.org
It was only last week that Live Action exposed embattled Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards’ false claim that the organization provides mammograms for women. Now this week, Tait Sye, a spokesman for Planned Parenthood, made this outrageously wild assertion to Community Television of Southern California:
Planned Parenthood doesn’t provide emergency room services. And who goes to an emergency room to get an abortion, STD test, birth control, or Pap smear? This wouldn’t be another false claim by Planned Parenthood, would it?
If people did go elsewhere it would likely be to the approximately 7,000 federally funded health centers in the United States that provide more comprehensive care than Planned Parenthood offers.
Let’s examine the Pence Amendment, the bill that would defund Planned Parenthood. As Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., wrote on National Review Online, “Despite efforts to suggest otherwise, the Pence Amendment does not reduce funding for cancer screenings or eliminate one dime of funding for other important health services to women; the money that does not go to Planned Parenthood as a result of the Pence Amendment will go to other organizations that provide these services. If the Pence Amendment becomes law, thousands of women’s health centers, clinics, and hospitals will still provide assistance to low-income families and women. The Pence Amendment would simply deny any and all federal funding to Planned Parenthood.”
And Planned Parenthood will do and say nearly anything to keep those tax dollars coming. I wonder what they’ll think up next week?
Cross Posted at Live Action.org
It was only last week that Live Action exposed embattled Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards’ false claim that the organization provides mammograms for women. Now this week, Tait Sye, a spokesman for Planned Parenthood, made this outrageously wild assertion to Community Television of Southern California:
“If we are defunded, America’s emergency rooms will be overrun.”OK, I’ll bite. Why exactly will emergency rooms be overrun?
Planned Parenthood doesn’t provide emergency room services. And who goes to an emergency room to get an abortion, STD test, birth control, or Pap smear? This wouldn’t be another false claim by Planned Parenthood, would it?
If people did go elsewhere it would likely be to the approximately 7,000 federally funded health centers in the United States that provide more comprehensive care than Planned Parenthood offers.
Let’s examine the Pence Amendment, the bill that would defund Planned Parenthood. As Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., wrote on National Review Online, “Despite efforts to suggest otherwise, the Pence Amendment does not reduce funding for cancer screenings or eliminate one dime of funding for other important health services to women; the money that does not go to Planned Parenthood as a result of the Pence Amendment will go to other organizations that provide these services. If the Pence Amendment becomes law, thousands of women’s health centers, clinics, and hospitals will still provide assistance to low-income families and women. The Pence Amendment would simply deny any and all federal funding to Planned Parenthood.”
And Planned Parenthood will do and say nearly anything to keep those tax dollars coming. I wonder what they’ll think up next week?
2 comments:
I've heard that Planned Parenthood whines that they're the only source of health care for many women. Oh really? What happens to these women when they have strep throat? Or mononucleosis? Or a cold sore? Or the flu? Or walking pnemonia? What about wound care? Care for diabetes? Or ADHD? If PP is the only source of care for these women, why hasn't PP expanded their services into these areas too? Women have many medical needs that have nothing to do with reproduction. But PP doesn't seem to care about that. Maybe they don't care about women's health care needs as much as they claim to.
I'm a woman in my forties and I've never had mono, strept, walking pneumonia, diabetes, nor ADHD. I've never had a wound that needed treatment from a doctor. I did have a cold sore once and surprisingly, my dentist wrote a perscription for that care. PP could provide what I go to the doctor for. I can see how that is the actual case for many women.
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