Today, a controversial issue that is being sent to and from Congress is the issue of if the organization, Planned Parenthood, should be deprived of government funding due to it’s inclusion of abortion services to women. As recent as December 2015, the Senate came one step closer to blocking all deferral funding to the largest women’s health care organization, Planned Parenthood. This is the Republican Parties (Grand Old Party, GOP) latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act that was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010. Congress and the GOP wants to strip Planned Parenthood’s funding because of the centers abortion services, but federal funding is already prohibited from paying for abortions. The funds that they want to take
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Besides abortions, according to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood also provides a comfortable environment for women to go and discuss their health issues in a high-quality healthcare environment. The services Planned Parenthood provides are sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs) tests and treatment (41%), contraception(32%), cancer screening and preventions(12%), other women’s health services(11%), abortion services (3%), and other services(1%). The aim of Planned Parenthood is to provide high-quality health care for people in all areas, so when people and organizations are trying to violate that and take away it’s positive services to women because of one service they offer only 3% of the time out of all of their other healthcare options is a reasoning the movement to defund them should be stopped. This is why the PPP has been created. In “The Senate Just Voted to Defund Planned Parenthood” it was even stated that Obama said if a bill came across his desk to defund Planned Parenthood he would veto …show more content…
This is where the issue stems from, since all people do not believe in the same treatments and ways to handle things. In 2015, according to “A Case to Defund Planned Parenthood” stated that in response to when in 2011 the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate voted to defund Planned Parenthood of future federal funding, Planned Parenthood responded on focusing on the non-abortion activities that they also provide. Their argument was that no one disputes the idea that offering women pregnancy tests, STI/ STD testing and cancer screenings is beneficial. So how is it right to defund an entire organization when one of its activities that is only 3% of what the organization provides can defund the entire organization from federal funding. It is not right to defund an organization that does much more than abortions, but also helps control the spread of disease, does breast exams, pregnancy prevention, and STI testing and treatment as well as pap smears, which is something that no one disputes. In defense of Planned Parenthood abortion seller’s tried to change the subject with a new talking point, which was the values of research that is done on the remains of aborted babies. According to the Lozier Institute, this is also is a controversial topic because they
Besides abortions, according to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood also provides a comfortable environment for women to go and discuss their health issues in a high-quality healthcare environment. The services Planned Parenthood provides are sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs) tests and treatment (41%), contraception(32%), cancer screening and preventions(12%), other women’s health services(11%), abortion services (3%), and other services(1%). The aim of Planned Parenthood is to provide high-quality health care for people in all areas, so when people and organizations are trying to violate that and take away it’s positive services to women because of one service they offer only 3% of the time out of all of their other healthcare options is a reasoning the movement to defund them should be stopped. This is why the PPP has been created. In “The Senate Just Voted to Defund Planned Parenthood” it was even stated that Obama said if a bill came across his desk to defund Planned Parenthood he would veto …show more content…
This is where the issue stems from, since all people do not believe in the same treatments and ways to handle things. In 2015, according to “A Case to Defund Planned Parenthood” stated that in response to when in 2011 the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate voted to defund Planned Parenthood of future federal funding, Planned Parenthood responded on focusing on the non-abortion activities that they also provide. Their argument was that no one disputes the idea that offering women pregnancy tests, STI/ STD testing and cancer screenings is beneficial. So how is it right to defund an entire organization when one of its activities that is only 3% of what the organization provides can defund the entire organization from federal funding. It is not right to defund an organization that does much more than abortions, but also helps control the spread of disease, does breast exams, pregnancy prevention, and STI testing and treatment as well as pap smears, which is something that no one disputes. In defense of Planned Parenthood abortion seller’s tried to change the subject with a new talking point, which was the values of research that is done on the remains of aborted babies. According to the Lozier Institute, this is also is a controversial topic because they