Pro-Life: Argument For Abortion Or Murder?

In Texas (Texas being the first state in America to cancel Medicaid funding), Governor Abbot recently informed Planned Parenthood that the state is cutting off the organization from the state’s Medicaid program stated by Andy Sullivan in the article “Texas Tries To Stitch a Safety Net without Planned Parenthood”, as recently released undercover videos show evidence of violations. Another huge thing they have been under fire for is whether or not they are making a profit off of abortions, if they are making a profit off of abortions the government strongly

“Women across the country were routinely dying in emergency rooms after being subject to abortions. I fear we are now coming full circle” (Morris). Here the point is raised that women who are refused abortions may go to extreme, illegal lengths to get them and endanger themselves. Shutting down planned Parenthood will not stop women will not stop women from getting abortions, it will just make them more dangerous (Morris). Planned Parenthood provides more than 4.2 million tests and treatments for sexually transmitted infections, including more than 650,000 HIV tests (Parenthood). Keeping these clinics funded it will provide these services at a reasonable cost to all people. They also provide cancer screenings and other preventative health care that has proven to save lives.

Abortions performed by Planned Parenthood are not funded federal money as a result of the Hyde Amendment. The abortions are however completely legal and safe. To defund Planned Parenthood would force clinics across the country to close. As a result, there would be a drop in the number of safe medical abortions, but this would just cause the number of at home abortions to rise, a practice that is extremely dangerous and not always effective.

Many want to ban Planned Parenthood because of its federal funding. Regardless, Planned Parenthood is not directly funded by the government. For instance, a client who has health insurance, such as Medicaid or Title X, comes into a Planned Parenthood health office and receives health care. Then, Planned Parenthood and its staff is paid through the insurance used. The insurance id reimbursed by the state's funds. Finally, the state gets its reimbursement by the Federal government. Medicaid and Title X do not get special uses, it is just like any other health care, it reimburse Planned Parenthood’s doctors and nurses for the medical services they provide. The government saves an average of seven dollars for every dollar spent in family planning programs(13). The federal government can choose to so-called ‘defund’ planned parenthood; even though, that does not mean the state has to stop funding it. Tax paying citizens do not like that the federal government funds it because it uses their tax dollars for the

In January 2016, Congress passed a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, a family planning group that runs more than 800 reproductive health clinics across the United States. They wanted to cut Planned Parenthood because they perform abortions. Most people don’t know they only do them for certain situations. If you were raped and the pregnancy is still early they will perform it. If the pregnancy was included in incest they might terminate it due to problems that would be cause in the baby due to alike DNA. In other cases if the pregnancy was harming the mother they might also do it then. That's not all what planned parenthood does though. They also have operations that include prevention pregnancy by distributing birth control and free condoms. They also educate the public about contraception, they reduce the spread of STD’s through education, testing, and treatment. They also screen for cervical and other cancers. Planned Parenthood offers so much but cutting tax funds they wouldn’t be able to offer a lot of those things. More than 5 million men and women world 5 million men and women worldwide use their services

According to Bryce Covert and Mike Konczal’s article, “Born, Not Free,” the government funds constitute about $500 million of the $1.1 billion total Planned Parenthood receives in funding. However, the money coming from the government cannot legally be used towards the administration of abortion, which is the main topic of controversy. Politicians who are in favor of defunding argue that by giving money to the facility whose services are in part constituted by abortion, those funds are essentially being given in support of abortions. On the contrary, though Planned Parenthood has come to be known as a symbol for abortion, abortion constitutes only 3% of the services provided. According to Nancy Gibbs, a managing editor for TIME magazine, the other 97% is made up of “family planning, immunizations and screening for cancer and sexually transmitted diseases” (Gibbs). Due to the funding from the government, Planned Parenthood is able to provide the aforementioned inexpensive yet crucial services to women. $500 million dollars is a small price to pay to ensure the health and wellbeing of half of the population of the United States of America. Also, even though abortion is only a small part Planned Parenthood, a woman is able to have the procedure done safely and without further damage to her physical welfare. To conclude, Planned Parenthood is able to vastly improve women’s overall health through its facilities, like cancer screenings and family planning. However,

This proposal was never made formal and it seems unlikely that Planned Parenthood will accept, despite the fact they receive $500 mill annually in Federal Funding. However, let it be noted that the majority or almost none of the funding is used for abortions, with the majority of the money being used to help pay for women’s health services provided by the non-profit. As can be seen in the Planned Parenthood summary of service 2016 Image and 2014 Graph in the appendix, very little of Planned Parenthood’s service relate to abortions, with as little as 3% being the average over the past 3-years. In addition the Images below, under Planned Parenthood Revenue Sources and Service Graphs, show the Non-profit receiving $528.4 million in Government funding and only 3% of services related to abortions. If it is concluded that all the funding for abortions comes from the Government, then $15.74 million of Government money is spent on abortions. However, it is very unlikely that it all comes from one source meaning that the amount of government money spent on abortions is much less than $15 million. Due to the lack of funding going towards abortions, Dawn Laguens, the executive vice president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said “Let’s be clear: Federal funds already do not pay for abortions (Haberman, 2017).” Overall, based on the graphs, it is quite noticeable that Planned Parenthood’s impact is not all abortions, rather abortions are a small part of Planned Parenthood. The Non-profit spends more in preventing and treating women with STDs and STIs, as well as providing contraception methods Thus, the federal funding cut would be a horrible decision for the U.S Government to go through with, as

To the democrats, cutting funding is about much more than just abortions. Planned Parenthood is the primary source of health care to many people, many families. In the year 2014 20.2 million women in the US were in need of publicly funded family planning services like Planned Parenthood(Debra Goldschmidt, Ashley Strickland). According to a 2016 survey, 26% of patients at a Planned Parenthood site said it was the only place they could go for the services they required.

The Hyde Amendment can not support any abortions whatsoever, even if that means a woman has to pay from her pocket, but it does not limit the a state’s funding ability to cover abortions. While this is true, Planned Parenthood receives $500 million a year in government funding. This is an issue because the government is the largest funding source for the clinic’s funding, whereas Planned Parenthood is able to receive funding from other places (Kurtzleben). If the clinic is able to access other information from non-government services, then the clinic can be defunded by the government and rely off of those different funds. A lot of people think that only Planned Parenthood runs off of federal funds, and it does not, so if the clinic is defunded it could get help from others easily. On the other note, Planned Parenthood also seems to be one of the most helpful places to all women, especially those with low income. Yes, Planned Parenthood does support low income women which is completely amazing, but people did not know that the clinic rose based on racial ideas and thoughts. Edward White claims about the founder, Margaret Sanger, “She believed that society could—and should—create a superior race of people free from those whom she

Donald Trump’s presidency and Republican followers have threatened to defund Planned Parenthood due to the fact they provide abortions to women. According to Sheryl Sandberg gives $1 million to Planned Parenthood by Sara Ashley O'Brien, the “federal funds never go toward abortions but do cover Planned Parenthood services like preventive health care, birth control and pregnancy tests.” In our today’s society many feel that the threats are unfair to women's rights therefore the author of “Lean In” and Facebook chief, Sheryl Sandberg donated one million dollars more to this nonprofit organization. Trump's new policy will make sure to prevent any “nongovernmental organizations around the world from receiving U.S. aid if they perform abortions or discuss them in family planning.”

The cut to Planned Parenthood will greatly remove the sole source of birth control and preventive care for many women. Planned Parenthood offers contraceptive services to many women and cutting down the funding will mean that there will be many unplanned pregnancies leading to more abortions (Saletan). While the opponents claim that funding does support for abortion, they need to know that by allowing federal funding using the tax payers’ money will help to reduce the number of abortions as the organization will continue offering education services and provide birth control (Saletan).

With the new presidential change, and the accusations of this organization selling fetal tissue, it has stirred up a lot of controversy within society about the defunding of Planned Parenthood. “Federal and state legislators are intent on enacting legislation further curtailing, if not eliminating, Title X funding and Medicaid reimbursement to sexual and reproductive health care services-which are predominantly Planned Parenthood heath care centers” (Kapadia; Silver, 2017). Although many people think that Planned Parenthood should be defunded, I do not agree. I will be discussing the most important points as to why I do not agree with this drastic change. First, I will be talking about Planned Parenthood as a whole, and the services they provide for many men and women of all ages. Second, I will give reasons as to why Planned Parenthood is indeed helpful to many people in need of medical care. Lastly, I will cover misconceptions about abortions, how these changes will affect their clients, and how other health care providers will not compare to this organization.

In 2013, our former president Barack Obama ended his speech at a Planned Parenthood conference with these words: “No matter how great the challenge, no matter how fierce the opposition, if there’s one thing the past few years have shown, it's that Planned Parenthood is not going anywhere.” Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama pushed to keep Planned Parenthood alive, even attempting to implement a rule that prohibits states from depriving them of millions of dollars in funding. Fast forward to four years later, where that statement does not uphold its promise. This rule was supposed to go into effect January of 2017. Since the election of Donald Trump, Planned Parenthood has been under more fire than ever. Obama’s efforts have been repealed, and there has been a lot of talk about “defunding” the health care center. Planned Parenthood pays for all of the services they provide but they get reimbursed by Medicaid and Title X, which are both federally funded programs. In order for Planned Parenthood to lose funds, the reimbursements from Medicaid and Title X would have to be terminated (Kava). But Planned Parenthood is vital to our country. First of all, it allows lower-income families to have health care with reduced fees. Not to mention, a “defunded” Planned Parenthood would cause some patients to not just be stripped of Planned Parenthood but of all healthcare. Equally important is the fact that the funds given to Planned Parenthood do not pay for what people

This could change if GOP lawmakers make good on a ubiquitous campaign promise: defunding Planned Parenthood. The House Republicans’ plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, announced Monday, would bar reproductive health care providers who offer abortion from receiving federal Medicaid reimbursements for one year.1 Although no federal money is spent on abortions except in cases of rape, incest or where the mother’s life is at risk, about 40 percent of Planned Parenthood’s revenue for other services —

There is a huge misconception that Planned Parenthood is nothing but abortion clinics. Although they do provide safe and legal abortion services, Planned Parenthood is an entire federation dedicated to providing both men and women sexual health care services, sex education, and sexuality information. They give patients access to birth control, cancer screenings, and even STD testing and treatment, including HIV tests. Being regarded as the leading sexual and reproductive health care provider and advocacy group in the nation, it is questionable as to why it is being defunded. To clarify, defunding Planned Parenthood does not mean to reduce the money that is being funded into the federation. In actuality, it means that the patients who depend on public health programs, like Medicaid, for receiving services at Planned Parenthood centers are essentially being blocked. Vice President Mike Pence and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price are working to shut down Planned Parenthood. In doing so, millions of people who relied on Medicaid or other health care programs are unable to access Planned Parenthood’s clinics. Planned Parenthood health centers are scattered across the United States and because extreme politicians’ goal is to shut it down completely, this is a nationwide problem. However, the central issue is the ongoing debate between pro-choice and pro-life. Anti-abortion politicians are spreading misinformation in order to justify their reason to “defund” Planned