Ana Marie Cox: If Feds Stop Funding Planned Parenthood, Abortions Will Increase 66%

‘If they did not provide [taxpayer-subsidized birth control], the abortion rate would be two-thirds higher than it is today’

ANA MARIE COX: "I am not sure if I agree for the long-term. It tends to -- I think talking about Planned Parenthood tends to educate people about Planned Parenthood. There's a lot of people who know about Planned Parenthood because they've had an experience with it themselves. I personally have gotten birth control there from various times in my life when I haven't been able to have insurance. Most of what they do is provide birth control. There's been estimates that actually if they -- they're leading provider to women who use publicly provided birth control. If they did not provide it, the abortion rate would be, some people say 2/3 higher than it is today. Of course, no federal money goes towards performing abortions. There are laws in various states --"

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