New Kaiser Poll Shows 75 Percent of Americans Support Federal Funding for Planned Parenthood Including Majority of Republicans
Today, a new
Statement from
"This is the latest poll that confirms what millions of
"We've made tremendous gains in this country, including a 30-year low in unintended pregnancies and a historic low in teen pregnancies, thanks to expanded access to reproductive health care and birth control. Now is not the time to roll back that progress.
"The vast majority of Americans support
This Kaiser poll follows 19 other national polls that all show overwhelming support for
The poll also highlights that more than 1 in 3 women (35 percent) and 1 in 4 (24 percent) of all people have "visited a
When told that the proposed bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and block patients who use
The Kaiser poll also reveals that at least two-thirds of Americans report being aware of the range of services
Key findings from the Kaiser poll:
"Three-quarters of the public support continuing current federal
"[M]ajorities across groups, including just over half of Republican men (55 percent) and Republican women (57 percent) say that the federal government should continue to pay
"While the Hyde Amendment currently prohibits federal
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The Facts on "Defunding"
FACT: The term "defunding"
FACT: Blocking access to
FACT: Blocking access to
FACT: Support for Roe v. Wade is at the highest it's ever been, with7 out of 10 Americans saying they believe a woman should have the right to safe, legal abortion.
FACT: Other providers cannot just absorb
FACT: Legislation denying access to care at
FACT: When lawmakers in
FACT: Fifty-four percent of
FACT: Although Planned Parenthood health centers comprised 10 percent of the country's safety-net centers that offered family planning care in 2010, they served 36 percent of patients served by such centers. In 21 percent of counties with a
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