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Why Planned Parenthood Deserves America’s Support

When I heard about the house voting on the temporarily suspension of funds to Planned Parenthood, I was in a state of dismay.

As an opinionated 16-year-old with a desire to whine, the only option was take out my loathing of this bill to Twitter, only to receive backlash from random pro-life accounts, of course.

After gathering my self-control to respond with pleasant, respectful replies, I couldn’t help but have a deep down hatred boiling up in my system.

Why would people NOT support a main health care provider for underprivileged men, women, and families across the nation? In the estimate for Planned Parenthood services of 2013-2014, they provided 865,721 Pap test and breast exams, managed 704,079 tests for HIV, and provided 1,440,495 emergency contraceptive kits.

However, the only service that seems to outrage people, which takes up a mere 3% of the services provided, is the safe and legal abortion procedures. Schools across the nation are still lacking heavily in the sex education department.

Today’s youth is becoming a sexualized culture, from pressures of sending promiscuous pictures to feeling forced to have sex, and with a lack of education, it means a lack of safety. Abstinence-only sexual education just won’t cut it anymore.

To get rid of Planned Parenthood is to get rid of a major outlet for many women to feel safe, secure, and educated in their own personal health. Without the proper development of knowledge in schools, and defunding Planned Parenthood, it seems that the government is showing a absence of care for women’s health. With social media movements and protests such as “#IStandWithPP,” maybe America will get a clue and realize the underlying costs of defunding a large health-care provider for people everywhere. Planned Parenthood is NOT just an abortion clinic, it’s a healthcare system for underprivileged and women in need of education on their personal health, which is precisely why we need it.

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