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Americans. a clearinghouse check from the government. planned parenthood like every other health care provider was reimbursed for the services they provide. birth control, cancer screenings. std testing and treatment and as we all talked about this funding doesnt actually had anything to do with abortion. what we know is 50% of planned parenthood health centers were located in underserved areas of the country. and women in rural areas and women of color that were going to be effected by these cu...

Well planned parenthood reconciliation would be in our bill. >> house speaker paul ryan vowing to stripped federal funding for planned parenthood tying it to the repeal of obamacare. the nonprofit group is determined to fight the move but with republicans controlling congress and the white house what can they do? joining us is the evp of planned parenthood. you say yourself the fight is on. how do you fight when all the sides are against you. >> chris, im always glad to come on and talk about th...

They need, breast exams, std testing, contraception and, yes, safe and legal abortions. we should be supporting planned parenthood, not attacking it. [ applause ] and it is way past time for us to protect womens health and respect womens rights, not use them as political footballs. >> bernie sanders said this. >> i am running for president because in these difficult times, against vitriolic republican rhetoric we must protect a womans right to choose.

At, as you know, a planned parenthood clinic, a place where lots of women get health care they need, breast exams, std testing, contraception and, yes, safe and legal abortions. we should be supporting planned parenthood, not attacking it. [ applause ] and it is way past time for us to protect womens health and respect womens rights, not use them as political footballs. >> bernie sanders said this. >> i am running for president because in these difficult times, against vitriolic

150,000 patients every single year. we jups opened up new health centers in dallas and in san antonio. and were going to be there. i think whats really distressing about this move, this political move by the governor is its basically saying to women who are on medica medicaid, you cant go to planned parenthood for cancer screenings for birth control, for std testing and treatment. and in many areas of the state, we are the best provider that exists. again, i think weve seen in texas the danger o...

Screenings for birth control, for std testing and treatment. and in many areas of the state, we are the best provider that exists. again, i think weve seen in texas the danger of putting politics ahead of womens health care access. >> wendy davis, do you expect that the health commissioner, that they will actually affectuate this? >> i think theyre going to attempt to do that. i think in the long term theyre going to find that theyre going to meet a roadblock in the law. because when you look at...

Funding from the american taxpayers. >> the only soursz of health care for millions of american women. if you take the funding away, women will suffer. in particular, low-income women. >> thats just not true. there are more than 13,000 that offer these same types of services. there are less than 700 planned parenthood offices. if you want to get out more of them, then you should actually go to these community health centers. >> they do breast cancer screening, std testing and birth control. thos...

Parties, then they dont need funding from the american taxpayers. >> the only soursz of health care for millions of american women. if you take the funding away, women will suffer. in particular, low-income women. >> thats just not true. there are more than 13,000 that offer these same types of services. there are less than 700 planned parenthood offices. if you want to get out more of them, then you should actually go to these community health centers. >> they do breast cancer screening, std te...

2.7 million people every year. they come to us by choice. so when i think about whats really at stake here, particularly for folks who think about ending access to planned parenthood, i think about those folks. last year we provided 3 1/2 million birth control services in this country. 4.4 million std testing and treatments. 378,000 pap tests. and almost half a million breast exams and more than 1 million pregnancy tests. i think it is interesting, one of the things we do and planned parenthood ...

Organization actually does. 4.4 million std testing and treatment, 3.5 million services of family planning, 935,000 cancer screening and prevention, 1.1 million other womens health services and, yes, 3,000 abortio abortions. i understand youre wanting to end abortion, but you want to cut off all the health screening? >> of course not. im a breast cancer survivor, and i want to move into aggression of making sure all women are screened. all those health services you just described are vital to be...