Many people in the United States cannot afford health care. Monthly costs for basic health care can cost upwards of three hundred dollars. With this, many people either go without health care or find other ways to keep up with their health. One of the most useful but controversial ways includes Planned Parenthood. Without Planned Parenthood many women and men would go without things such as breast exams, STD testing, and prostate screening. In this essay I will explain what planned parenthood does, the controversy, why we should fund it, and what will happen if Planned Parenthood is defunded.
With 38,000 staff members, Planned Parenthood is responsible providing health services to 2.7 million men, women, and young adults. (Planned Parenthood …show more content…
One of the main issues many people have with Planned Parenthood is the funding. Since many people who are against abortion are not for Planned Parenthood, they believe that all of Planned Parenthoods funding, come directly from the federal government. Per Planned Parenthoods 2009 annual reports, they received approximately 363.2 million dollars in government grants. This only accounts for one-third of total funding. The remaining money comes from two main sources. These sources include Title X and Medicaid. 70 million comes from Title X and the remaining amount comes from Medicaid, which adds up to be about 293 million. These programs both have federal and state funding. Another reason Planned Parenthood is so controversial is because of peoples own personal beliefs. Due to religious beliefs and different upbringings, a lot of people are against any type of contraception. That being birth control, abortion, and even condoms. It is common for people to believe that Planned Parenthood is not something we need because they assume that it goes against their religion. This is easy to understand; many people are heavily dedicated to their religion. While most respect this, it does come with negative …show more content…
A great amount of people not see this as an issue. They might think “Well, I have health care, so what?.” Some other people might think “Let’s defund it, I’ll get more in my paycheck!”. Millions of people who rely on this type of health care, will not have access to it. They might never even see a doctor again. While millions of people will be without care, they will take matters into their own hands. The gruesome reality is that abortions will never stop. They will still continue, but will be performed in unsafe environment and unsafe ways. These ways include at home abortions, black market drugs, and going to foreign countries for abortions. In fact, every 7 minutes a women in the world dies from an illegal and unsafe abortion. (Orlando’s Women Center, Abortion Statistics). While that is an extreme, but very true fact, there will be more consequences of defunding. Defunding Planned Parenthood will result in less people getting tested for STDs. Since it will not be affordable, people will not see getting tested for STD’s as a necessity. With this, there will be a surge in people who are affected with