Planned Parenthood

Berger, Judson. "Anti-Abortion Group Accuses Planned Parenthood of Lying About Mammogram    Services." FowNes.com. FoxNews.com, 30 March 2011. Web. 30 Mar 2011. <http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/30/anti-abortion-group-accuses-planned-parenthood-lying-mammogram-services/?test=latestnews>.

 I have been hearing a lot about Planned Parenthood in the news lately, especially here in Muncie, Indiana. Mike Pence has been bad mouthing the organization for awhile now and it has been an on going battle with new laws and regulations trying to be passed. The article is basically saying and accusing Planned Parenthood of claiming that they perform mammograms, but then when asked saying that they didn't. I have gone to Planned Parenthood before and just because they do not use a machine to perform a breast cancer test doesn't mean that they don't use other methods of testing. The organization provides a lot of services primarily for women and children, but also for men too. The reader can tell from the article that they are trying to bad mouth Planned Parenthood, but they do bring up valid points where the community does benefit from the clinics. I love what the article says at the end of the posting discussing how the organization does provide services such as abortion for women and how there is competition for funding with other clinics. And because funding is such a big issue with Planned Parenthood right now in the news they give the approximate amount of money the organization claimed during 2008-2009. I mean why does that need to be discussed in this article? We should fund organizations like these, they provide services that the community benefits from if there people are healthy and educated in their health. That is a big problem for people in this country and in the world, people are just not educated enough about their health and ways to prevent diseases. The topic is such a taboo to be disuchttp://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/30/anti-abortion-group-accuses-planned-parenthood-lying-mammogram-services/?test=latestnewsssed about in public, especially when it has to deal with educating our children about themselves.