The Oppressed Little Fetus

feministblackboard:

Conservatives are fond of willfully ignorant statements like: Our tax dollars shouldn’t go to abortion, so Planned Parenthood should have its funding stripped. We all know this is a lie. The information to debunk this claim is widely and readily available. Aside from the three percent of PP’s budget that goes to abortion care (and that 3% is privately funded, duh), PP’s wide range of health care services include:

Women’s Health

Includes:

• birth control
• emergency contraception
• checkups for reproductive and sexual health problems
• gynecological exams
• pregnancy tests and pre-natal care
• routine physical exams

Men’s Health

Includes:

• checkups for reproductive or sexual health problems
• colon cancer screening 
• erectile dysfunction services, including education, exams, treatment, and referral 
• jock itch exam and treatment 
• male infertility screening and referral 
• premature ejaculation services, including education, exams, treatment, and referral 
• routine physical exams 
• testicular cancer screenings 
• prostate cancer screenings 
• urinary tract infections testing and treatment 
• vasectomy

General Health Care

Includes:

• anemia testing 
• cholesterol screening 
• diabetes screening
• physical exams, including for employment and sports
• flu vaccines
• help with quitting smoking
• high blood pressure screening
• tetanus vaccines
• thyroid screening
• STD testing, treatment, and vaccines

So conservatives: tell me again why Planned Parenthood’s funding should be eliminated?