...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...
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...Planned Parenthood: The Next Great Debate The ethical, legal, and religious fight of abortion has been a long and strenuous fight, with smaller arguments, such as the now newly publicized controversy of Planned Parenthood and it’s functions, spawning from the main issue. The opinions on abortion have been divided into two main arguments; pro-life and pro-choice. While there is great variation between the two opposing sides, there is little variation in the views belonging to the same side. Many ideas that propose a different solution to the issue of abortion and it’s offsets are often diminished to ‘unrealistic’ and ‘too hopeful’ for the main issue at hand. However, several solutions that have been proposed are well thought out and ultimately useful for the debate over abortion and Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood is a non-profit organization which receives almost 530 million dollars from the government each year. They receive almost $392 million from private organizations, $306 million from non-governmental services, and $78 million from other revenues. The organization, which focuses on the health and wellbeing of women and children, in notorious for it’s supposed high abortion rates, despite the fact that abortion makes up only 2% of services the non-profit organization offers. Most of Planned Parenthood’s revenue consists of helping women’s contraception and the treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections. 15% of what they do is also cancer screening and prevention...
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...Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood federation of America (PPFA), better known as Planned Parenthood, is a non-profit organization that provides healthcare and family planning services. Planned Parenthood is the nation's leading sexual and reproductive health care provider and advocate (Planned). Planned Parenthood receives federal funding to help practice the services they provide, but some groups believe that funding this organization is morally wrong. Critics of Planned Parenthood say the Government should not continue to fund this organization because of the certain services they provide. To cut funding from this organization would be wrong and would absolutely jeopardize individuals and families who seek assistance from it. Planned Parenthood is an affordable healthcare that provides services that other healthcare companies do not provide. To defund the organization would cause harm and leave many people to go without their essential services, which is unjust. Margaret Sanger was the founder of Planned Parenthood in 1916, with the opening of a birth control critic for women. The opening of the clinic ended soon and that lead to her incarceration (Planned). By 1952 the organization became one of the founding members of the International Planned Parenthood Foundation (MSPP). Richard Nixon was an important advocator of women being able to attain contraceptives at an affordable price, and from that he signed a law passed by congress known as the Title X of the Public...
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...Planned Parenthood Intro-Andrea: Health care is extremely important, but one form which is overlooked or often not talked about often is sexual healthcare. Did you know these facts? Over 25 million people have died from AIDS since 1981. STDs often cause death, infertility, chronic pain, birth defects, & miscarriages. Everyday 12,000 American teens contract an STD. 1 in 5 Americans have genital herpes. 90% don’t know it and don’t show signs. There are 750,000 teen pregnancies in the U.S. a year (2,000 a day). About 80% of teen fathers don’t stay with the mom. Every 45 seconds someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted. How can we prevent these numbers and statistics? We can with Planned Parenthood. Need-Julie: Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a partner helping similar organizations around the world. It delivers reproductive health care, sex education, and therapy for victims of rape, and information to millions of people worldwide. With approximately 700 health centers nationwide, Planned Parenthood is an educated leader and trusted health care provider able to provide many services. A few are-contraception, sex education, STD and cancer screening, and more. When people first hear about Planned Parenthood, they often turn their head the other way because of the controversial topics surrounding the organization. A huge reason why is because Planned Parenthood supports the termination of pregnancies...
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...all the sexual music, movies and books that the youth are exposed to, someone has got to talk about. Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit organization that provides the United States and other countries with reproductive care and education. Planned Parenthood originally started as a birth control clinic in 1916. Margaret Sanger, her sister and a friend opened the first birth control clinic in the United States. They opened it in a borough in Brooklyn. There they gave out birth control and consulted with people who has questions about birth control. Remember, women could not yet vote at this time, that would come four years later, so three women giving out...
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...Abortion: A History of Controversy, Court Cases, and Contention Abortion: A History of Controversy, Court Cases, and Contention By: Carla Phillips Pol-210 Submitted July 28, 2014 “Abortion: A History of Controversy, Court Cases, and Contention” Carla Phillips, POL-210 This research is a chronology of abortion not only from a legislative aspect, but also a social one. The goal is to show both sides of the abortion debate through court decisions, social activism, and well-known opponents and proponents. This will be an objective look at the topic without regards to my personal opinion. Abortion is a widely disputed topic within the United States. Whether politically inclined or not, most people have an opinion on abortion. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines abortion as “the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus”. ("Abortion - Medical Definition and More from Merriam-Webster", n.d) Even the basic definition invokes a debate. Proponents of abortion argue that life does not begin at conception, making the phrase “death of the embryo or fetus” inaccurate. Something cannot die if it hasn’t yet lived. Opponents of abortion, on the other hand, argue that life does begin with conception, making abortion tantamount to murder. The American Medical Association first condemned any abortion with the exception of ones performed to preserve the life of the mother or child...
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...Planned Parenthood turned one hundred years old last year in October. Throughout the years with the presence of this organization, Planned Parenthood has made history with their struggles and triumphs. But despite all of that Planned Parenthood still stands as the most trusted reproductive health provider, and benefits our society in a unique way. There is some controversy over the Planned Parenthood topic. It may be seen as a sinful abortion distributer to some, and a great benefit that helps people with low income to others. Ways for the low income population to acquire sexual healthcare services are dwindling. Planned Parenthood is the main organization that gives access to low cost professional health care services to those low income...
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...THESIS: Planned Parenthood should not be defunded by the federal government because it would be illogical, people would lose resources, and Planned Parenthood provides more than just abortions, contrary to popular beliefs. MORE THAN ABORTIONS MISLEADING STATISTICS A statistic circulated the 94% of Planned Parenthood’s procedures are abortions, which is misleading and untrue. It was created by a Susan B. Anthony association and included all “pregnancy services,” including prenatal tests and adoption referrals, even though the two are totally unrelated (Rovner). Adoption referrals do not even directly correlate to abortions. If a parent seeks an abortion referral, it would mean that they were planning on having the child and not aborting...
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...defund Planned Parenthood because of this issue. Despite this controversy there are still many people who support Planned Parenthood. These people recognize that there are several reasons why Planned Parenthood should not be defunded. The Federal Government should continue to fund Planned Parenthood because women are able to have access to essential reproductive health services, affordable health care and there are negative repercussions for public health if Planned Parenthood was defunded. Women are able to have access to essential reproductive health services through Planned Parenthood as long as the Federal Government...
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...A Research Study to Determine if the GOP’s Argument to Defund Planned Parenthood is Creditable By Nathaniel A. Payne Submitted to the Faculty of Brandman University In partial fulfillment of the requirement for HRCU 630 Conflict & Negotiation 03 April 2016 Introduction The Grand Ole Parties’ (GOP) argument to defund Planned Parenthood is not creditable because of one particular reason; Planned Parenthood is not using government funds to conduct abortion. These are the term in which the legislation was written and passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Planned Parenthood receives public funds to provide comprehensive reproductive and complementary health care services and ensure access to such services to provide educational programs which enhance understanding of individual and societal implications of human sexuality to promote research and the advancement of technology in reproductive health care and encourage understanding of their inherent bioethical, behavioral, and social implications (Planned Parenthood, 2014). Now the GOP wish to change legislation and deny Planned Parenthood public fund because now the Party wish to argue that no organization should receive public fund that conducts abortions for any program it does. All people have the right to make decisions for them-selves. To be able to make informed choices people need education and resources (Lottes, 2013). First and foremost this is not attracting the Republican...
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...Planned Parenthood one of the nation provider of health services to low income women, men, teenagers and young adults have been on the media lately. Planned Parenthood have been accused by some of the politicians from the Republican that they have been using government money to fund abortions clinics and also receiving money for fetal tissue sale. Due to these allegations the government is trying to strip Planned Parenthood of its funding; there are ways Planned Parenthood can still receive government funding and avoid the controversy. Before taking a closer look at the different options Planned Parenthood can consider; Take a look at the services they provided and the budget that this organization operates. According to the Washington post, Planned Parenthood performed only three percent abortions. Which is way less than sixteen percent of the cancer screen and prevention; in addition thirty five percent is prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and another thirty five percent on contraceptives. Planned parenthood also provide reproductive services, as well as providing referrals services for pregnant patients, some of the Planned Parenthood locations provide services based on the needs of that community. (Klein). For example the Rocky Mountain location has a program called the...
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...Background on Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is a non-profit organization, which is dedicated to providing sexual education and access to reproductive health care services. The organization was founded in 1916 and is known for its active participation in lobbying for the policies that enable Americans to access comprehensive reproductive and sexual health care, education, and information. Cecile Richards, daughter of the first female governor of Texas, Democrat Ann Richards a well-known feminist and political activist became its president in 2006. 1 in every 5 women would use Planned Parenthood service during her lifetime. Educational programs were made available to nearly 1.2 million youths and adults...
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...A Research Study to Determine if the GOP’s Argument to Defund Planned Parenthood is Creditable By Nathaniel A. Payne Submitted to the Faculty of Brandman University In partial fulfillment of the requirement for HRCU 630 Conflict & Negotiation 03 April 2016 Introduction The Grand Ole Parties’ (GOP) argument to defund Planned Parenthood is not creditable because of one particular reason; Planned Parenthood is not using government funds to conduct abortion. These are the term in which the legislation was written and passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Planned Parenthood receives public funds to provide comprehensive reproductive and complementary health care services and ensure access to such services to provide educational programs which enhance understanding of individual and societal implications of human sexuality to promote research and the advancement of technology in reproductive health care and encourage understanding of their inherent bioethical, behavioral, and social implications (Planned Parenthood, 2014). Now the GOP wish to change legislation and deny Planned Parenthood public fund because now the Party wish to argue that no organization should receive public fund that conducts abortions for any program it does. All people have the right to make decisions for them-selves. To be able to make informed choices people need education and resources (Lottes, 2013). First and foremost this is not attracting the Republican...
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...Planned Parenthood also provides in clinic abortions and the abortion pill which is a medicated abortion. There are 650 Planned Parenthood health centers providing care for women, men, and teens in the U.S. According to Planned Parenthood 3 out of 10 women have had abortions before they are 45 yrs old in the U.S. Abortions in the are more common than you’d think in the U.S. Over 40% of women will have an abortion in their lives. According to Emedicine the average woman who decides to terminate her pregnancy is either white, young, not married, poor, or she is over the age of 40 years old. Since the Roe vs. Wade case in 1973, over 1.2 million abortions are performed every year just in the U.S. In a worldwide view around 20-30 million legal abortions are performed, and 10-20 million abortions performed illegally. Some of the PROS of having an abortion. The U...
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...is about a women’s right. The controversy of Pro Choice vs. Pro Life plays a strong role in society. This has further drawn attention from the National Abortion Federation (NAF). The NAF interest group favors Pro Choice taking pride in educating women on abortion as well as allowing them the freedom of choice. There are two kinds of abortion options that the National Abortion Federation supports in the U.S. – in – clinic abortion and the abortion pill. Statistically more than one million women choose abortion each year. Abortions are so common that 1 out of 3 women in the U.S. participate in the termination of a child before the age of 45. Each woman has a different case with a unique story, and due to this a women has the freedom to choose depending on their personal situation. Due to this, approximately 20 to 30 legal abortions are performed each year. The National Abortion Federation provides women strength, information, safe procedures and a referral program to put each woman in front of the right doctor. The federal judiciary is the most crucial battlefield in the current fight to preserve women’s reproductive choices The National Abortion Federation is fiercely fighting for what they believe in, Pro Choice; Freedom of Choice. As of February 18, 2011 the newly elected leaders in the House of Representatives voted 240 to 185 in favor of the Pence Amendment, which bans Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funding. Planned Parenthood is the largest government funded...
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