Planned Parenthood, as most people know, is a nonprofit organization funded by the Government contracts for Health Services which researches and gives advice on maternal health as well as reproductive problems. This organization dates back to it’s unofficial beginnings in 1916. The organization is the largest provider of reproductive health services in the United States, with clinical interactions focused on breast and cervical cancer screening, HIV screening and counseling, contraception, and abortion (Planned Parenthood). Planned Parenthood operates at seven hundred different health centers nationwide.
On one side of the spectrum, there are the pro life advocates. This group tends to represent a more conservative side to the argument. The …show more content…
In a hearing, the President of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, stated, "The outrageous accusations leveled against Planned Parenthood based on heavily doctored videos are offensive and categorically untrue. I realize, though, that the facts have never gotten in the way of these campaigns to block women from health care they need and deserve” (Dunn). Republicans in the House have threatened to shut down the government if funding does not cease for this group. Republican opponents have been recently called misogynistic by many of their Democratic counterparts.When asked in one interview by CNN television host Jake Tapper “if anything she had seen on the undercover videos revealing top medical officials with the nation’s largest abortion provider discussing the harvesting and sale of aborted babies’ organs bothered her," Senator Elizabeth Warren fired back with “what this is really about is about women’s access to abortion, and even though not one federal dollar goes to pay from abortions through Planned Parenthood, the Republicans want to find one more way to make it harder, to make it impossible, for a woman who is facing one of the most difficult decisions of her life.” Warren continued her argument by drawing back in America’s history, when abortions were not safe or legal and there were little means to stop unwanted pregnancy. “When I talk about 1955, I’m talking about a world where women died,” Warren said. “I’m talking about a world where women committed suicide rather than go forward with a pregnancy they could not handle, and what the Republicans are saying is they want to go back, and I want to make it clear we are not going back -- not now, not ever”
On one side of the spectrum, there are the pro life advocates. This group tends to represent a more conservative side to the argument. The …show more content…
In a hearing, the President of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, stated, "The outrageous accusations leveled against Planned Parenthood based on heavily doctored videos are offensive and categorically untrue. I realize, though, that the facts have never gotten in the way of these campaigns to block women from health care they need and deserve” (Dunn). Republicans in the House have threatened to shut down the government if funding does not cease for this group. Republican opponents have been recently called misogynistic by many of their Democratic counterparts.When asked in one interview by CNN television host Jake Tapper “if anything she had seen on the undercover videos revealing top medical officials with the nation’s largest abortion provider discussing the harvesting and sale of aborted babies’ organs bothered her," Senator Elizabeth Warren fired back with “what this is really about is about women’s access to abortion, and even though not one federal dollar goes to pay from abortions through Planned Parenthood, the Republicans want to find one more way to make it harder, to make it impossible, for a woman who is facing one of the most difficult decisions of her life.” Warren continued her argument by drawing back in America’s history, when abortions were not safe or legal and there were little means to stop unwanted pregnancy. “When I talk about 1955, I’m talking about a world where women died,” Warren said. “I’m talking about a world where women committed suicide rather than go forward with a pregnancy they could not handle, and what the Republicans are saying is they want to go back, and I want to make it clear we are not going back -- not now, not ever”