Why Does Planned Parenthood Deserve Federal Funding?

Planned Parenthood is a private company, why should they be receiving any federal funding? Why should any private company get funding from the federal government?

2011-04-08T09:17:03Z

EDIT: Very few people are answering the question instead they are talking about oil companies or anything, but the question. The question is simple. Why does Planned Parenthood deserve direct federal funding.

The government doesn't write checks to oil companies, they allow them to deduct from taxes expenses related to oil exploration. You want the tax code rewritten, fine, but that is a different question than what I am asking.

Gary W2011-04-08T10:12:05Z

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Planned Parenthood does not deserve Federal Funding. They make billions of dollars on abortion as it is.

I personally do not want my tax dollars to go to them.

Also, women can get free pap smears and breast exams from National Breast and Cervical Cancer early detection Program. Many Planned Parenthoods do not do mamograms.

If a woman is pregnant or thinks she is Carenet will do testing free and also counseling free. They also give maternity clothing and baby clothing, counsel for adoption.

SM2011-04-08T14:08:41Z

The simple answer is they don't deserve any federal funding. And neither does the National Endowment for the Arts, NPR, AMTRAK, and hundreds of other agencies that need to be defunded.

We have a $1,600,000,000,000.00 deficit JUST THIS YEAR. That is more than the worst 4 years of the Bush administration combined and the left was screaming about deficits then, but now seem strangely quiet.

Nanny (what an appropriate name) it is not factually correct that "majority of women, especially in their teens, cannot afford to see an ob/gyn in private practice". The vast majority of women, especially teens, in this country and oddly enough, men as well, have health insurance.

MSU69, education funding is totally unrelated to this issue, but I think NO university or college ought to receive federal funds. Nor should any federal government go to local schools. The Department of Education that does nothing to educate people should be shut down and all the federal educations codes that are bankrupting local schools, repealed.

?2011-04-08T08:49:40Z

There are lots of so called private companies getting money from the government not just Planned parenthood. Planned parenthood doesn't deserve a dime, but because they do a service that a lot of people like they fund it. We morally allowed this with Roe V wade.

echazabal2016-10-22T05:57:30Z

No. enable's seem on the info, which includes the financial fact: a million) planned Parenthood Federation of united statesa. is a non-income employer. It would not make a internet income of $1billion or the different quantity. 2) in accordance to the hyperlink offered by utilising Andy, bypass to website 29 for the financial fact in one year 2008-2009. bypass to the final column (on the terrific) and seem on the numbers, expressed in $hundreds of thousands. 3) finished gross sales is a million,a hundred.8 or basically over $a million.a million billion. 4) below expenditures, seem down the website and you will see finished expenditures is a million,037.4, or basically over $1billion. 5) So, a million,a hundred.8 - a million,037.4 equals a gross income of sixty 3.4 ($hundreds of thousands). 6) in spite of the fact that, while one takes into consideration investment Losses and different variations in internet sources, (-seventy 8.a million and -4.9, respectively), because of the fact of this PPFA had a internet loss of nineteen.6 ($hundreds of thousands). 7) Abortions on the PPFA are no longer funded by utilising the federal government. it is because of the Hyde exchange which has been utilized in some style for the reason that its unique passage in 1976. 8) Abortions account for style of three% of the PPFA. Overwhelmingly, their amenities are for family individuals making plans and medical amenities for women. 9) If federal investment have been to be decrease completely, greater undesirable babies could be born, greater women could die as a results of loss of cervical examinations, mammograms, and maximum cancers remedies.

pip2011-04-08T09:02:16Z

You've never worked in an industry like that have you? (I don't mean that as a knock.. but I work in a private company that helps people write grants and what not.. so this is a no brainer to me). Private companies apply for grants from state and federal programs all the time to run their private business. One of the biggest perks is that if they are grant funded, they can charge little or nothing to their clients because all of their staff are already funded. Many companies run multiple programs with little profit just so they can pay the light bill and rent... must of the funds go to the staff and the program itself. In those cases, disrupting one of their grants affects their entire business. But to be more specific towards you question... what I mentioned about being able to charge little to nothing to their clientele.. that's what's so important about federally funded programs. If you can provide a grant funded program for an entire community.. the entire community benefits. 90% or better of these grants are cost neutral at worse as well... meaning that compared to the long term costs and consequences of not having them, they actually save money (at least in the fields and funding I work with... I can't speak of those I'm not familiar with... and there are plenty)

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