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How accurate is Senator Kyl's statement about 90% of Planned Parenthood's services being abortion-related?

Senator Kyl is off by about 87%. This is just another case of a ill-principled politician pandering for political support. Shame on him. And shame on all of you who bought it and continue to cite it even though it's demonstrably false.

"Contraception (including reversible contraception, emergency contraception, vasectomies and tubal sterilizations): 4,009,549 services

Sexually transmitted infections testing and treatment: 3,955,916 services

Cancer screening and prevention: 1,830,811 services

Other women’s health services (including pregnancy tests and prenatal care): 1,178,369 services

Abortions: 332,278 procedures

Miscellaneous (including primary care and adoption referrals): 76,977

Total services: 11,383,900

By this tally, abortions accounted for just under 3 percent of the procedures Planned Parenthood provided in 2009, which is the most recent year for which the group is reporting statistics. And that would make Kyl’s statement way off."

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    but wait, it gets better. after using a specific figure rather than just "much" or "most" he actual tried to weasel out of his lie by having his office issue this statement:

    'his remark was not intended to be a factual statement, but rather to illustrate that Planned Parenthood, a organization that receives millions of dollars in taxpayer funding, does subsidize abortions.'

    so evidently he feels he can float any outrageous BS out there and backpedal if called on it, the slime.

    hey Palin, no one's buying your lies, they've already been exposed. or are you too obtuse to get that?

    and you, Union, obviously have no problem spreading lies and idiocy.

  • 1 decade ago

    Direct quote from Senator Kyl on the Senate floor, "Everybody goes to clinics, to hospitals, to doctors and so on. Some people go to Planned Parenthood. But you don't have to go to Planned Parenthood to get your cholesterol and your blood pressure checked. If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that's well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does."

    Clearly this isn’t true, however, if Senator Kyl misspoke and meant to say that about 90% of all revenue Planned Parenthood receives based on the products and services they charge for, then he would be accurate. But I don’t think that is what he meant.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You obviously dont have a problem with PP murdering babies and causing genocide in the black community.

    You think because PP gives out some rubbers, they must be doing good.

  • Elliot
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Kyl is out of his gourd.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Nice spin there Skippy. NOT!

    90% of their revenue comes from killing innocent babies.

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