But Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health clinics insist that the care they provide is essential, now more than ever. Abbott issued the ban, Fox News reports, to protect the […] Accessing birth control, PrEP and PEP (drugs that mitigate the chances of contracting HIV), and STI tests and treatment … Without it, they’d fold. Planned Parenthood health centers provide primary and preventive health care to many who otherwise would have nowhere to turn for family planning care.

Planned Parenthood is essential health care for women in rural America: Fifty-six percent (56%) of Planned Parenthood health centers are in rural or medically underserved areas. — Planned Parenthood (@PPSWO) March 21, 2020 “You and your facility are ordered to immediately stop performing non-essential and elective surgical abortions. Planned Parenthood Sues Texas for Gov. As the novel coronavirus continues to spread rapidly, health centers worldwide are racing to prepare.

Abbott's Order Banning 'Non-essential' Surgeries.

It’s why they gave up Title-X funding. These low-income individuals typically live in low-income communities with few resources. Are abortions considered 'essential' medical procedures amid COVID-19 outbreak? At the forefront of the debate to categorize abortion as “essential” is, unsurprisingly, America’s abortion giant: Planned Parenthood. It’s why they gave up Title-X funding. Planned Parenthood can hide behind the facade of “abortion is essential healthcare” all they want. Abbott's Order Banning 'Non-essential' Surgeries. Ohio's Planned Parenthood will remain open and continue conducting abortions.

And emphasizing the gap that Planned Parenthood fills, almost 80% of those they serve have household incomes at or below 150% of the federal poverty cutoff, … Abortion is essential revenue. Greg Abbott’s declaration that abortion is “non-essential.” This should come as no surprise. Planned Parenthood is essential health care for women in rural America: Fifty-six percent (56%) of Planned Parenthood health centers are in rural or medically underserved areas.

Planned Parenthood can hide behind the facade of “abortion is essential healthcare” all they want. Though the organization is primarily known for providing sexual and reproductive health services, it’s also many people’s main point of contact with the health care system.

A Planned Parenthood board member is claiming that there is nothing more essential than abortions during the coronavirus pandemic. The outbreak has caused non-essential procedures across the United States to be put on hold in order to conserve supplies and resources for treating patients who contract the highly contagious virus, and Planned Parenthood is livid…