Planned parenthood does not do mammograms

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(08-03-2015, 07:47 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I don't think PP claims to do this. I think it comes from all the clueless liberals stating that defunding PP could hurt cancer screening for women.

Matter of fact I think Obama claimed Abortion Centers do "millions" of mammograms.

(08-03-2015, 07:49 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: So why do they need 540 million?

Just send them to communty health centers .

Yes doing the physical examinations and referring those who may need to it have a mammogram.

Of course there are other kinds of cancer then can test for.  But who cares when we can save some money?

http://www.factcheck.org/2012/10/planned-parenthood-and-mammograms/

Quote:Women can’t walk into a Planned Parenthood clinic and get a mammogram on the spot. The clinics don’t have mammography equipment. Planned Parenthood performs gynecological exams, including breast exams, and refers women to other facilities to have mammograms performed, much like women are referred to radiological centers by their gynecologists or primary care physicians.


According to Planned Parenthood, its medical staff performed 747,607 “breast exams/breast care” in 2010, the most recent statistics available. As for cervical cancer screenings, as the president mentioned, it performed 769,769 Pap tests.

In addition to mammogram referrals, the group says it helps low-income patients find grants and assistance to pay for mammograms, such as through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, which is for women at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty level. Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania also has a Breast Health Care Fund, which helps patients obtain mammograms. Individual clinics also may occasionally sponsor no-cost mammogram events — for instance, on Oct. 19, Planned Parenthood of Nassau County, N.Y., plans to sponsor free mammograms at a mammography van at the health center. In south-central New York, a state program parks its mobile van outside two Planned Parenthood clinics.

In a statement sent to FactCheck.org, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, senior director of medical services for Planned Parenthood, said that “Planned Parenthood does help women nationwide get access to mammograms,” as part of the health care services it provides to nearly 3 million persons each year. “Women rely on Planned Parenthood for referrals for and financial help with mammograms and specialized diagnostic follow-up tests (like ultrasounds and biopsies) when indicated by age, history and/or clinical breast exam.”

Nucatola said that “for many women,” Planned Parenthood is their only health care provider and “thus the only way they will get a referral for a mammogram.”

But don't got there.  They talk about abortion services and really that's the only reason you want them shut down.  Doesn't matter what harm biting off your nose to spite your face will do.  Right?