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Originally Posted by dyna mo
i'm sure there were some crocodile tears involved.
nevertheless, Americans don't need to be spending $500 million a year on planned parenthood. pp would do just fine without the funding.
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I have a hard time taking anyone with Kid Rock in their avatar seriously, but here goes...
Planned Parenthood is a conservative's wet dream. All of those abortions lower welfare. Planned Parenthood tends to have locations in poorer areas.
They also will not "do just fine" without the funding.
Federal funding accounts for about a third of their budget. I have first hand experience here as my company printed and mailed their giving campaigns. I was the account executive, which means I met with their senior Baltimore management quite often. People do not give as much as you'd imagine and PP provides services regardless of one's ability to pay.
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PPFA 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. PPFA performs roughly 300,000 abortions annually, among the 3 million people the organization serves.
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They've received federal funding since 1970. Guess who started it? Republican Richard Nixon. Republicans passed it because they saw it as a way to keep people off welfare.