“It is an outrage to shut down the government over an extreme proposal that would deny millions of women Pap tests, breast cancer screenings and birth control."
“Attacking Planned Parenthood’spreventive health care hurts women, does not cut the deficit or fix the economy, and must be stopped.”
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BACKGROUND:
More than 90 percent of thehealth care Planned Parenthood provides is preventive. Every year, Planned Parenthood doctors and nurses nationwideprovide:·· nearly one million screenings for cervical cancer
·· 830,000 breast exams
·· affordable birth control to nearly 2.5 million patients
·· nearly four million tests and treatments for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV testing
Fact sheet on Planned Parenthood’s health services:
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/Planned_Parenthood_Who_We_Are.pdf
PPNEO and PP in Ohio Title X statistics
• In Ohio, Planned Parenthood affiliates serves 100,000 Title X patients at 35 health centers.
• In FY 2010, Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio provided:
60,395 STI Tests
14,057 Cervical Cancer Screenings
11,934 Breast Exams
Celeste Ribbins, 216-961-8804 x1252, 216-509-1652 - M
C.Ribbins@ppneo.org
Stephanie Tresso, 614-221-2885 x15, 614-397-7814 - M
stresso@murphyepson.com
Published: 04.08.11| Updated: 04.08.11
