Parenthood Act Of 2015 And Child Interstate Notification Act

Supporters of the bill argue that the new measures are necessary to prevent negative backlash to health care providers, such as the ones that Planned Parenthood faced after the Irvine-based Center for Medical Progress released videos purporting to show that Planned Parenthood illegally sells aborted fetal organs.

Five years ago, we learned in Texas what can happen when efforts to defund Planned Parenthood are carried out. The network of health-care providers falls apart and women lose access to essential preventive services. Planned Parenthood is not something that, at first, was affecting Texas government. When Texas decided to focus on the fact that they preform abortions, basically, just ignoring the fact the government started by providing reproductive health care and still do. That’s when Planned Parenthood was forced to fight back, which started to affect Texas government because of their involvement. Years ago, Texas voluntarily gave up $30 million a year in federal funding for women’s health programs, just so it could exclude Planned Parenthood from the roster of approved

In the past year, the organization Planned Parenthood has taken an enormous hit in the political sphere of the United States. Opposition of the organization claim they stand for everything that is wrong in America, by providing “unjustified” sexual education and reproductive health services to young women, and being involved in multiple fabricated scandals and accusations in past years. Challengers of Planned Parenthood believe it should be defunded due to religious, moral, and fictitious reasons. However, Planned Parenthood is one of the nations largest healthcare providers for women, men, and the youth of America. For a large portion of young women and those who cannot afford standard health care services in America, Planned Parenthood is the only option for family planning, reproductive health services, and basic health care. In the past year, Congress has placed themselves in a legislative stalemate

Somebody from the pro-life movement have entered inside Planned Parenthood and had hidden camera interview. Prior to the video release, Cecile Richard counterattacked it by stating, “the video has been heavily edited and these allegations are false. I sincerely apologize for one of my staff members tone and they will be reprimanded.” At the raw unedited footage was the released, many of the staff inside Planned Parenthood stated, “these allegations are false.” Republicans from different states have decided to defund Planned Parenthood. Throughout the Congressional hearing became quite clear that the Planned Parenthood have one because there was no evidence that they had broken the Congressional law. After the hearing, Planned Parenthood have changed their policy and will no longer reimbursed fetal baby

While these videos are not presented in clear quality, people across the U.S. are in outrage over the possibility. According to the article in the New York Times, “Arkansas became the fifth state to try and cut off state money by ending its contract with Planned Parenthood for services to residents covered by Medicaid…Arkansas follows Louisiana, Alabama, Utah, and New Hampshire.” This progression shows that action is already being taken to shut down Planned Parenthood’s in multiple states over controversy brought about by abortion. Again, this has nothing to do with birth control and yet women across states in the U.S. will suffer by not having access to contraceptives because of the scrutinized focus on abortion. America and Planned Parenthood are both losing sight of the benefits that they provide to women and are instead being swallowed into what may or may not be happening with abortions, instead of looking at the larger picture of everything Planned Parenthood provides. On a larger scale, the article from The Washington Post reported that “Senate Representatives have said they will push for a procedural vote…to defund the women’s reproductive rights group.” Not only are some clinics being shut down, there is a larger threat that the company may lose its funding entirely.

Abortion has always been the hot topic of laws - should it be legal? Should it not? Usually, they claim it’s immoral based on religious beliefs and nothing else - even when there’s a law that separates the church from lawmaking. Political leaders have made it their duty to express their disagreement with such choice that in no way affects them. However, every woman should be entitled to do whatever they wish with their body, including abortion. With abortion comes Planned Parenthood, an organization built for women’s health care. The government has begun defunding this organization because it’s known for providing the service of abortion; however that’s only 3% of what they do. Planned Parenthood performs hundreds of thousands of breast and cervical cancer exams to women who cannot afford it. The government is purposefully taking healthcare, a basic human right, away from women who need it in protest of one of the rights we should

“The committee members are also sure that Planned Parenthood is replaceable. In the immortal words of Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, they believe they can just shift the money from an organization caught doing what they were caught doing and give it to the community health centers.” This quote shows the issue that is being faced. The Republican

Hagstrom stated, “By forcing clinics to close, Texas legislators have multiplied the barriers women face when they need an abortion.” If the Supreme Court is to rule the Texas law lawful, the rights to the health of women will be denied. Implementing provisions that require facilities to be equipped with those of outpatient surgical centers effects a woman’s ability to receive affordable health care. Clinics such as Planned Parenthood, not only offer access to abortion but are the main providers of sex education. Planned Parenthoods also helps prevent unintended pregnancies through contraception, reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections through testing and treatment, and screen for cervical and other cancers for an affordable price.”(Home - Planned Parenthood Action). If the Supreme Court rules the proposed Texas law constitutional, the state of Texas will have 10 abortion centers that offer service to 5.4 million women (Carmon Irin). Hagstrom, the founder of Whole Woman’s Health continued and stated, “Texas women are forced to go to multiple and unnecessary visits at clinics that are now farther away, take more days off of work, losing income, find childcare, and arrange and pay for transportation for hundreds of miles.” (Carmon Irin). The MSNBC reporter Irin

In 1973, a settlement was made reserving the right of women to choose to have an abortion allowing health services like certain branches of Planned Parenthood to continue to administer them. The decision has been a reoccurring debate placing Planned Parenthood at the forefront of it thus threatening funding to the organization. As a result, the affordable and quality health care provided by Planned Parenthood has been clouded from the debate with the need to redirect attention in order to secure funding.

The author directs attention to studies conducted and conclusions drawn from the defunding of Planned Parenthood:

Without Planned Parenthood, there could be an increase in unplanned pregnancies among age groups, especially teenagers. In a Planned Parenthood study, “80% of the clients receive services to prevent unintended pregnancy and they prevent about 516,000 unintended pregnancies each year,” this demonstrates that Planned Parenthood is needed and has been doing a superior job in preventative care, in terms of pregnancies. According to an article in Time magazine, “The Congressional Budget Office estimates that thousands of women on Medicaid would end up having children they would not otherwise have had if Planned Parenthood funding is cut,” which displays how women rely on Planned Parenthood for family planning. Many women who become pregnant unintentionally end up aborting the fetus, but calling to defund this organization, women may undergo life-threatening methods for terminating their pregnancy (“Do

For numerous years the nonprofit organization, Planned Parenthood, has been a topic of controversy as people ask whether or not the healthcare organization needs to have its funds revoked. In 2015, a video footage was released to the public of “Planned Parenthood medical officials discussing the sale of fetal tissue to researchers,” and it seemed likely that federal funds would be revoked as backlash from the public was noted (Welch). Although the nonprofit organization does offer the termination of unplanned pregnancies, the organization offers many more services to women and men, such as free birth control and yearly health checkups “backed by medical experts and more than 100 years

Abortion is a controversial topic within the United States; states are allowed to make different laws in regards to the topic but must not go against the 14th amendment of the constitution. Many laws that have been created by different states that have made it harder for women to receive and abortion have been thought to be unconstitutional and have been brought to the US Supreme Court. A case brought to this court due to a Texas law has caused some problems for women trying to receive and abortion. This law has caused many abortion clinics to close in Texas. States are creating laws that are limiting the ability of a woman to receive an abortion, going against the 14th amendment of the constitution, and creating hardships for women. 19 facilities in Texas that provided abortions closed due to this new law and that is a “54% reduction in the number of facilities since April 2013.” (Gerdts, 2016) For example women may have to travel much farther to find a clinic in some states, which in turn will cost extra money for either gas, or possibly a bus ticket. Some women are not fortunate to have a lot of money for when issues like this arise and if a clinic was closer to them

Although abortion was decriminalized in 1973, the fight for abortion rights did not end with Roe v. Wade. Just in the past three years, there have been systematic restrictions on abortion rights sweeping the country sate by state. In 2013, 22 states enacted 70 antiabortion measures, including pre-viability abortion bans, unnecessary doctor and clinic procedures, limits on medicated abortion, and bans on insurance coverage of abortion In 2011, 92 abortion restrictions were enacted, an in 2012, that number was 43. More abortion restrictions have been passed in the last three years than in the previous decade combined (Guttmacher Institute, 2014). These facts prove even in an increasingly progressive society, the antiabortion movement is winning many battles, as the rights of women across the country are continually threatened.

Planned Parenthood has a name with a negative connotation to many. The people of America tend to believe that Planned Parenthood only provides abortions, and uses the government's money to do so. This is not the case. Planned Parenthood actually has not been able to use government funding for abortions since 1976 due to the Hyde Amendment (Zernike 1). In fact, “Only 3 percent of its health care services are for abortions; the federal government provides no reimbursement for those services (Colker 2).” This shows how much more Planned Parenthood offers than abortion, and how little defunding Planned Parenthood would affect the case against abortion. Included in the other 97 percent of healthcare provided by Planned Parenthood is contraceptives and screenings for diabetes, hypertension, and cancer (Colker 2). Therefore, Planned Parenthood should not be defunded because it offers potentially lifesaving