Planned Parenthood claims it offers a host of services other than abortion, and that it requires tax dollars to keep those operations afloat. First we found out that Planned Parenthood doesn’t really provide mammograms. Then last month, we reported on the falsity of the claim that the organization provides prenatal care. Now, the Daily Caller’s Jonah Bennett is getting to the bottom of all this, and he’s reached a conclusion: Planned Parenthood lies about what services it offers in an effort to take taxpayer dollars to fund abortions:
Richards, in mentioning prenatal care, was not talking about the services provided by Planned Parenthood, though her statement could be interpreted to mean that she wanted Clinton to keep funneling tax dollars to Planned Parenthood so that the organization can continue providing prenatal care. This is an interpretation of motive, so this second Richards quote did not sufficiently establish Live Action’s claim.
As summarized by Snopes.com, Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Mary Alice Carter has claimed that “‘100 percent’ of the organization’s health centers would provide what would be considered an initial prenatal visit, which would include a referral for further prenatal services that would be available elsewhere.”
In other words, Planned Parenthood’s definition of providing a prenatal visit is just for a representative to say that the clinic doesn’t provide the care at all, which does not count as prenatal care by any generous amount of semantic gymnastics.
To summarize, Richards first quote, the Planned Parenthood website and the subsequent Planned Parenthood spokeswoman’s response to the video showed that the organization touts prenatal care as part of its services. But, as the video demonstrated, prenatal care is nearly non-existent at the 97 facilities surveyed, and there is instead a strong emphasis on other services like abortion, which establishes the claim that Planned Parenthood promotes prenatal care and yet does not realistically live up to those promises.
In short, an organization calling itself “Planned Parenthood” has absolutely very little to offer people who actually plan parenthood. There’s very little reason for Congress to delay doing the right thing. It’s time to defund Planned Parenthood once and for all.
AAN Staff
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