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Pink out for Planned Parenthood. Photo via WikiMedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n

By\u00a0Ralph E. Stone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

February 16, 2017<\/p>\n

Demonstrations were held at least 225 Planned Parenthood<\/a> clinics across the country on Saturday in support of, and against, the organization.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood operates 650 health centers across the U.S. providing women with “the information and care they need to live strong, healthy lives and fulfill their dreams — no ceilings, no limits.” In the year ending June 30, 2015, the organization received $553.7 million in government health services grants and reimbursements or 43% of its revenue.<\/p>\n

I remember when anti-abortion activist and Center for Medical Progress founder David Daleiden\u00a0alleged in a series of undercover videos\u00a0in 2015\u00a0that Planned Parenthood was selling donated fetal tissue for a profit.\u00a0The videos misrepresent what Planned Parenthood does. \u00a0The Republican Party jumped on Planned Parenthood to highlight its anti-abortion stance and a Republican-led investigation quickly followed. The\u00a0investigation<\/a>\u00a0found nothing. In truth, Planned Parenthood follows federal law in allowing women to donate fetal tissue for research, and charges small amounts to cover costs of storage and shipment.<\/p>\n

In actuality, just 3% of Planned Parenthood services<\/a> are dedicated to abortion and no federal monies pay for\u00a0abortion services. And remember, the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>legalized abortion nationwide in 1973.\u00a0 The other 97% of services provided are for contraception, treatment and tests for sexually transmitted diseases, cancer screenings and other women\u2019s health services.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the falsehood about selling fetal tissue has turned into an anti-abortion crusade against Planned Parenthood with a GOP threat <\/a>to repeal the Affordable Care Act and eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

The attack on Planned\u00a0Parenthood is just another GOP attack on women.<\/p>\n

If Planned Parenthood loses its federal funding, women will be denied a vital source of health care services; their health centers are often the last resort for women seeking healthcare in low-income communities.<\/p>\n

Demand Congress continue funding Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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