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Care provider that sees medicaid patients. i think one of the things that's important to understand is, in many areas, there aren't -- there aren't new doctors or health care providers that will see medicaid patients. particularly when you talk about ob-gyn services, it is not always easy for women particularly in the southern united states to find someone who will actually provide them a well woman visit, birth control services. >> my time's running out, but i know you apologized for the discussion and the tone, and maybe the laughter -- i don't know whether you apologized for the laughter or...

2.7 million people every year. they come to us by choice. so when i think about what's 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 is we work to the highest level, most current level of health care for women, and so it is interest...

That is because the american people understand that by providing women access to education, health care services, screenings, and birth control, you actually prevent disease and you prevent unintended pregnancy. the irony of what these congresswomen have proposed is actually it would end access to birth control services for women across the country at planned parenthood and other facilities. that's exactly going in the wrong direction. and that's not where the american people are. >> is it picking on the poor? >> oh, i mean that's the irony, of course, is the women -- many women who come to pl...

Just saw or listened to, they distort the facts about the number of abortion services that are actually provided. this is all part of their operation to do this. how do you combat that? >> well, i think the most important thing, look, the american people believe this. this is why plant parenthood frankly has greater support now than we ever have. that is because the american people understand that by providing women access to education, health care services, screenings, and birth control, you actually prevent disease and you prevent unintended pregnancy. the irony of what these congresswomen h...

And they want women to have access to health care and birth control that helps them prevent unintended pregnancy in the first place. >> but they present the case and in interviews such as that you just saw or listened to, they distort the facts about the number of abortion services that are actually provided. this is all part of their operation to do this. how do you combat that? >> well, i think the most important thing, look, the american people believe this. this is why plant parenthood frankly has greater support now than we ever have. that is because the american people understand that by...