PBS is not only lamenting that its federal funding could be cut; it is also now lamenting that Planned Parenthood’s funding has been eliminated. On Tuesday’s Amanpour and Company, guest host Bianna Golodryga and New York Times reporter Caroline Kitchener lamented not only the GOP’s Planned Parenthood decision but also the three-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade’s demise.
Golodryga began, “Let's start with Planned Parenthood, because as we've covered for so many years now, it does more than just provide abortion care. Obviously, it provides a great deal of non-abortion services for women and family planning. Can you spell out what it means for the average viewer here who doesn't quite understand what happens if Medicaid funding is stripped?”
Kitchener simply repeated Planned Parenthood’s line, “Planned Parenthood says that it serves about a million women a year who have Medicaid. And, you know, as we know, Medicaid cannot cover abortions, but it can cover the wide array of other services that Planned Parenthood provides. So, things like birth control, Plan B, things like cancer screenings, and STD testing.”
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