Planned Parenthood Pros And Cons

Imagine that it takes a couple months instead of a couple days to get a cancer screening or the mammogram required for a certain age range. A man or woman fears that the doctor’s office will not accept their insurance and can’t pay the medical bill. A teen needs an STD test because he or she is unaware of the harms in sex. A pregnant woman needs a place to feel safe and not judged by her personal choices. Planned Parenthood gives each of these people what they need and provides the need in an efficient and timely manner. The United States Senate has been recently debating on whether or not Planned Parenthood should be funded based their issues on one subject, abortion and the research connected to abortion. Planned Parenthood should be funded by the government because it does not just provide abortions, but also other health options such as affordable disease testing, relationship development, and gender identification for women, men, and teenagers. Planned Parenthood has been around for at least a 100 years (“Who We Are”). It has become one of America’s most trusted clinics for reproductive care. Not only does it help with reproductive care, but it provides
The organization helps people understand how they want to be identified, so they can receive the best care possible. (“Understanding Sexual Orientation”). If a person were to be transgender but stays with the organs they were born with, Planned Parenthood comes up with an option that meets both the needs of the patient. Planned Parenthood even offers information on the surgeries required to make the change if you want to completely be the opposite gender (“Understanding Sexual Orientation”). Not only is it important to understand the questions on sexual orientation but it is also important to understand how a person identifies