Contraception is a method or device used to prevent pregnancy. Some of the forms of contraception Planned Parenthood provides are patches, implants, pills, shots, sponges, condoms, vasectomies, female sterilizations, and many more forms. “Birth control is a safe and easy way to prevent pregnancy. Contraception, in fact, isn’t just for means of birth control “Some types of birth control can also help treat certain health problems or provide other health benefits — like making periods lighter and less painful. Almost everybody uses birth control at some point in their life.” (Planned Parenthood). Planned Parenthood prevents “579,000 unintended pregnancies per year” (Strickland). Contraception is a large part of the services Planned Parenthood provides it “accounted for 34% of the services” …show more content…
Abortion is the most controversial service that they provide. Many Americans believe abortions are murder, and others believe it is simply a choice one should be allowed to make. Planned Parenthood states “3% of the services it provides are abortions” (Strickland). Many states have introduced laws to stop abortion funding, but as always people find loopholes. Republican House members argued “There should be no loophole that would allow abortion providers to have access (to funding)” (Carr). Despite the republicans efforts many Planned Parenthood clinics can find loopholes to allow them to perform an abortion without be reprimanded. In 2014 alone “323,999 abortions were performed” (Strickland). These abortions aren’t just for careless people who get pregnant, but they are also for women who have been raped, women who physically can’t handle childbirth, teenage girls who aren’t ready to become mothers yet, and women who are mentally incapable of taking care of a child during pregnancy of after pregnancy. Republicans want to “ban abortions after 20 weeks” (Dias). This ban on abortions is sound to most people because at the age of twenty weeks a fetus has a thirty percent chance of survival, but if the government decides to defund Planned Parenthood many women will not be able to access accurate pregnancy testing or prenatal care. Therefore, the democrats and republican, the liberal and conservatives, the