Excitedly enlisting in the GOP’s second war against women, Jeb Bush has abandoned his stance of “not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health issues,” to take on an even more extreme and hurtful one. Today, Jeb Bush told a townhall that he doesn’t think “Planned Parenthood ought to get a penny… because they’re not actually doing women’s health issues.”
Here’s a helpful reminder that in fact, Planned Parenthood is the leader in “doing women’s health issues.”
According to Planned Parenthood’s 2013-2014 annual report:
- Health centers provided 487,029 breast exams
- 87,988 women whose cancer was detected early or whose abnormalities were identified
- Over 1.4 million emergency contraception kits provided
- 516,000 unintended pregnancies averted by Planned Planned parenthood contraceptive services
- Over 704,000 HIV tests conducted
- Over 169,000 STIs diagnosed
Watch Jeb’s shameful comments below:
Published: Aug 25, 2015