Planned Parenthood provides many health services, with the core medical services being prevention. For example, in 2015 half a million women went to …show more content…
Asking for the defunding of the national reproductive health provider, an act that would make basic health care and services - including family planning - out of grasp for millions would be ill advised. The people that are requesting to eliminate federal funding to Planned Parenthood are ignoring research that has shown time and time again that publicly funded family planning is one of our government 's most cost-effective and smartest public investments. In the past couple years, Planned Parenthood has joined abortion in conservative crosshairs, but the economic assistance it confers once made it an uncontroversial issue. For decades, with the help of Title X and Medicaid and other health providers, Family Planning has the nation’s only program solely focused on making family planning available to all. They help prevent or provide care for millions of unintended pregnancies, unintended births, abortions, sexually transmitted infections, and cervical …show more content…
They help millions of people every year by providing essential care to citizens who otherwise would not be able to afford it. They show people how to sign up for Medicaid and the Health Insurance Marketplace. They give millions of low-income citizens a place to turn for reproductive healthcare services, education, and information. Their staff provides care to three million people a year providing and preventing. Planned Parenthood health services give people the power, ability, and chance to take control of their lives, their health, and their