The following post will discuss an article written about a major topic of controversial topic in 2015: Planned Parenthood
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CBS NEWS talks about the huge backlash coming from politicians to shut down Planned Parenthood, following the recent release of a series of videos, in which Planned Parenthood medical officers discuss the sale of aborted fetal tissue. Though the sale of fetal tissue to researchers is completely lawful, people are outraged by the idea. Certain individuals, such as Iowa Senator, Joni Ernst, are demanding that Planned Parenthood lose all of its government funding. Planned Parenthood received about $530 million in government funding this past fiscal year, but abortions supposedly make up a mere 3% of the total services that Planned Parenthood offers to its patients. Also, a lot of this money is used to refund Medicaid coverage for low-income patients, who might not have anywhere else to receive the plethora of services that Planned Parenthood offers, if the organization were to be shut down.
It is evident that there is no obvious right or wrong decision when it comes to this issue, and that is why it has escalated into a major American controversy. The reason I chose to discuss this topic is because I have heard about it many times in the past few weeks, particularly while watching the GOP debates, but never got the chance to truly learn about what was actually occurring. Now that I am more informed, I am eager to see what is going to come out of all of the debate surrounding Planned Parenthood, in the future.
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