{"id":2431993,"date":"2025-05-07T14:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/health-centers-outnumber-planned-parenthoods-15-to-1\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:43:20","slug":"health-centers-outnumber-planned-parenthoods-15-to-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/health-centers-outnumber-planned-parenthoods-15-to-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Centers Outnumber Planned Parenthoods 15 To 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhealth-centers-outnumber-planned-parenthoods-15-to-1%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2431993&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a report from the Charlotte Lozier Institute, which contradicts claims made by Planned Parenthood regarding its role in providing necessary health care for women. The analysis shows that there are 15 times more community health-care centers dedicated to women\u2019s health than Planned Parenthood locations, with over 5,<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >500 federally qualified health centers offering<\/a> a full range of care that includes obstetrics and gynecology.Additionally, there are 3,300 rural health clinics and more than 2,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-for-congress-to-defund-planned-parenthood\/\" title=\"It&#039;s Time For Congress To Defund ...\">600 pro-life pregnancy centers<\/a> providing vital services. <\/p>\n<p>The report criticizes Planned Parenthood for prioritizing abortion over complete health care,evidenced by a 70% drop in cancer screenings and preventative services from 2010 to 2023. It notes that abortions constituted about 97% of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-law-lets-pro-abortion-activists-investigate-crisis-pregnancy-centers\/\" title=\"New York Law Lets Pro-... Activists Investigate Crisis ...\">pregnancy-related services<\/a> in 2021-2022, branding it as a important cause of death in the U.S. the article argues that women deserve better health care options and calls for the defunding of Planned Parenthood, which received nearly $700 million from taxpayers between 2022 and 2023, to redirect those funds to more deserving entities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Planned Parenthood, the biggest abortion provider in the nation, wants Congress, its donors, and its allies in the corporate media to believe that its existence is necessary to deliver health care to women in need. A <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/new-report-15-to-1-community-health-centers-outnumber-planned-parenthood-facilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new analysis<\/a> from the Charlotte Lozier Institute, however, found that community health-care centers with resources devoted to women&rsquo;s health instead of prioritizing abortion outnumber Planned Parenthood locations 15 to one.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that 5,500 federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/realchoices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> across the U.S.<\/a> provide a <a href=\"https:\/\/bphc.hrsa.gov\/about-health-center-program\/what-health-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;full range of care&rdquo; including obstetrics and gynecology services<\/a> to women regardless of their incomes. An additional&nbsp;3,300 rural health clinics offer similar services to those CLI deemed &lsquo;particularly vulnerable to health care shortages.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Neither of those stats includes the more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crisispregnancycentermap.com\/#:~:text=2%2C633%20CPCs%20were%20operating%20in,as%20of%20March%2031%2C%202024.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2,600 pro-life pregnancy centers<\/a> across the country that also provide cheap or free prenatal care, screenings, pregnancy tests, and ultrasounds, parenting education programs, and physical resources like diapers, wipes, formula, and clothing to parents in need.<\/p>\n<p>On the contrary, Planned Parenthood, which has a long history of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/06\/24\/new-evidence-planned-parenthood-broke-federal-law-lied-to-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allegedly flouting federal law<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/plannedparenthood-profit-no-matter-what.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wasting tax dollars<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/gender\/commentary\/dont-defend-planned-parenthoods-gender-affirming-care-defund-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dispensing castrating drugs<\/a>&nbsp;to confused minors, reportedly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/22\/report-planned-parenthood-caught-selling-viable-fetuses-to-university-of-california-san-diego\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trafficking baby<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/04\/15\/new-unsealed-documents-show-planned-parenthood-profited-from-aborted-baby-body-parts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">body parts,<\/a>&nbsp;likely <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/20\/want-to-know-who-is-really-empowered-by-abortion-sex-traffickers-and-abusers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enabling abusers<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/florida-investigation-of-planned-parenthood-clinics-finds-deficiencies-1438817376\">allegedly performing unlicensed<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2016\/01\/29\/planned-parenthood-breaks-state-law-to-open-unlicensed-abortion-clinic-in-kentucky\/\">procedures<\/a>,&nbsp;violating&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/archive\/9059172\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">health<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/15\/us\/planned-parenthood-clinics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">safety standards<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stlpr.org\/politics-issues\/2018-02-23\/protest-buffer-zone-at-st-louis-planned-parenthood-narrowly-earns-first-round-approval#stream\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opposing free speech<\/a>, and conducting procedures that have resulted in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2012\/10\/09\/deaths-at-planned-parenthood-show-no-concern-for-women\/\">mothers&rsquo; deaths<\/a>, only has 579 &ldquo;in-person and virtual&rdquo; locations. Some of those facilities are on the brink of closure after exposures of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/15\/us\/planned-parenthood-clinics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;botched care,&rdquo;<\/a> outdated equipment, and poor training.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood is not only&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/studentsforlife.org\/2022\/07\/27\/pregnancy-resource-centers-outnumber-planned-parenthood-14-to-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outnumbered<\/a> by FQHCs, RHCs, and pregnancy centers, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodaction.org\/pressroom\/icymi-new-report-reveals-crisis-pregnancy-centers-received-nearly-430m-in-federal-funding-house-members-call-for-investigation#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20A%20new%20report,carrying%20their%20pregnancies%20to%20term.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">receive far less federal funding than it does annually<\/a>, but also outperformed.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Planned Parenthood facilities&rsquo; less-than-ideal conditions, the abortion giant&rsquo;s claim to offer &ldquo;health care&rdquo; to women falls flat in the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/fact-sheet-planned-parenthoods-2022-23-annual-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">data<\/a> showing the abortion giant&rsquo;s cancer screenings and other preventative procedure services dropped by 70 percent between 2010 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>You wouldn&rsquo;t know it from the abortion giant&rsquo;s tagline, &ldquo;Care. No matter what,&rdquo; but Planned Parenthood&rsquo;s priority has always been terminating pregnancies, not getting women medical care they need. Between <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/fact-sheet-planned-parenthoods-2022-23-annual-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021 and 2022<\/a> alone, abortions, not prenatal oversight or adoptions, were responsible for <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/fact-sheet-planned-parenthoods-2022-23-annual-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">approximately 97 percent<\/a>&nbsp;of Planned Parenthood&rsquo;s &ldquo;pregnancy resolution services.&rdquo; Its commitment to abortion above all earned it a spot as the culprit of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/planned-parenthood-executed-abortions-were-fourth-leading-cause-of-death-in-u-s-last-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leading causes of death in the United States between 2022 and 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With&nbsp;research&nbsp;showing that nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/hidden-epidemic-nearly-70-of-abortions-are-coerced-unwanted-or-inconsistent-with-womens-preferences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">70% of women<\/a> who had abortions described them as unwanted or inconsistent with their preferences and values, we know that many women are looking for better options,&rdquo; said CLI senior research associate Tessa Cox, who conducted the new analysis, in a statement. &ldquo;Community health centers give those options, providing care in underserved communities and filling critical health care gaps. Women deserve comprehensive care from providers who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-erases-forced-unpopular-taxpayer-funded-abortion\/\" title=\"Trump Erases Forced Unpopular Taxpayer-Funded ...\">offer real health care<\/a>, not abortion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans &mdash; who control the House, Senate, and White House &mdash; could cut off Planned Parenthood as a multi-million-dollar benefactor of Americans&rsquo; tax dollars via reconciliation. Doing so would free up approximately&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/ec\/f4\/ecf43d92-fcd2-4d11-b299-e67b5c3ac394\/2024-ppfa-annualreport-c3-digital.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$699.3 million<\/a>, which the abortion giant received from the government between 2022 and 2023, for more deserving entities.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/republicans\/gop-defunding-planned-parenthood-reconciliation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NotUs<\/a>, however, suggested Republican Reps. Mike Lawler, Jen Kiggans, and Brian Fitzpatrick claimed to House Speaker Mike Johnson, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/mike-johnson-says-trumps-massive-190306743.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently committed<\/a> to &ldquo;redirect funds away from big abortion,&rdquo; that they do not support defunding Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This report makes one thing abundantly clear: Women aren&rsquo;t receiving comprehensive medical care at Planned Parenthood, despite what the abortion lobby claims, because their business is abortion,&rdquo; Karen Czarnecki, executive director of CLI, said in a statement. &ldquo;Women, especially ones in underserved areas, deserve access to quality health care. Planned Parenthood isn&rsquo;t meeting the needs of these women, especially considering recent&nbsp;reports&nbsp;of botched services.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planned Parenthood claims to be essential for women&#8217;s health, but a study shows community health centers outnumber it 15 to 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2431994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[54792,37719,37662],"class_list":["post-2431993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-health-centers","tag-healthcare-access","tag-planned-parenthood"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431993"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431997,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431993\/revisions\/2431997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2431994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}