TX GOPer: It’s a ‘Myth’ that Planned Parenthood Has Anything to do with Women’s Health

[PeaceNikki]

Chickens are roosting in Texas, where another male Republican lawmaker has said something really stupid and totally inaccurate about women’s health.

Incumbent Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and Texas State Senator Dan Patrick squared off at WFAA’s studios Wednesday night in the Republican runoff for lieutenant governor. When when asked about women’s healthcare, Dan Patrick — the senator who wants to be lieutenant governor – said, “Look this is a myth that Planned Parenthood has anything to do with women’s health.”

Er, okay then. That’s totally not true. Sorta like he just claimed the earth is flat.

But this shouldn’t surprise anyone because last week, this Texas state senator said, “I don’t care if every Planned Parenthood clinic in America goes out of business. In fact, that would be a great goal. More babies would live and women would get great health care from doctors who actually care about them.”

Since Republicans have such an aversion to Google, I’ll help this poor man out. Planned Parenthood actually does:

Planned Parenthood health centers focus on prevention: 71 percent of our clients receive services to prevent unintended pregnancy.
Planned Parenthood services help prevent more than 486,000 unintended pregnancies each year.
Planned Parenthood provides 585,000 Pap tests and nearly 640,000 breast exams each year, critical services in detecting cancer.
Planned Parenthood provides nearly 4.5 million tests and treatments for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
Three percent of all Planned Parenthood health services are abortion services.
Planned Parenthood affiliates provide educational programs to more than one million young people and adults each year.

Also, as the Senator should be aware, there is a law that prohibits Planned Parenthood from using government funds for abortion. This law is called the Hyde Amendment and it’s been around a long time, so there’s no excuse for the faux outrage and pretend ignorance over its existence. After all, Senators make law. That’s their job. So it would behoove them to understand existing law, and it’s a fair expectation of them by the public, since they are being paid to draft legislation and make laws.

Lastly, the very thing that Planned Parenthood does in preventing pregnancies is the number one way of reducing abortion rates. It’s tough to understand Republicans who claim to be against abortion but spend all of their time defunding the one institution that for sure reduces the rate of abortion in this country. Yes, it’s true Dorothy, it’s hard to need an abortion when you prevent an unwanted pregnancy.

Video and more at link: http://www.politicususa.com/2014/05/08/texas-republican-myth-planned-parenthood-womens-health.html

These people are fucking evil purveyors of bullshit.

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. as someone who was a client of Planned Parenthood for many years

and many of those years it was the ONLY doctor I saw that year and the ONLY way I could afford Birth Control pills...

but on more than one occasion I was diagnosed and treated for both women's health issues and other non gender specific conditions...

This guy is full of shit!

[PeaceNikki]

3. Honest to fuck. And people believe this bullshit.

I swear to god, how the hell do they survive in their fucked up little 'bubble'??

[tammywammy]

2. Ugh, Dewhurst and Patrick

[Gothmog]

4. Dan Patrick is a nut case

I love this video/ad done by the Dewhurst campaign on Dan Patrick

Here are some good comments from Juanita Jean on this video http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/05/07/so-this-happened/

The election is May 27th so we’ve got plenty of time for competing song-offs.

The You Tube appears to be in response to a debate the candidates had this morning in Dallas.

In the most contentious matchup yet in what has become an increasingly vicious Republican runoff for lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick and incumbent David Dewhurst hurled personal attacks against each in Dallas on Wednesday.

Dan Patrick is scary sane people and Hispanic voters. Hispanic voters think that Dan Patrick is a racist

[hobbit709]

5. Patrick makes nutcases look sane.

He's so far around the bend he meets himself coming.

[demtenjeep]

6. why do they act so pious yet remain so stupid

jeesh