Post Election Update: Should Women Say Goodbye To Planned Parenthood?

First Posted: Nov 11, 2016 04:30 AM EST
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As the U.S. presidential elections ended. A lot of people are experiencing mixed feelings. Women are currently sending messages to each other. Reports explain why.

Tuesday night, right after the elections, women are sending messages online, saying "Get your feet in the gynecologist's stirrups -- now. You have 70 days."

In a report by 12 News, they have explained that women have access to 18 types of FDA-approved birth control at no cost under the Obamacare. It is not yet sure if the administration of the newly elected president will make the birth control available.

Women use social media to let others know the fear of higher prices for the birth control and the Planned Parenthood will be limited under the Trump administration. Before, the Planned Parenthood caters 2.5 million people yearly. Services such as cancer screenings, STD testing, birth control, pap smears, counseling and abortions are part of the Planned Parenthood.

The fear of the women started when the Republican party push to abolish the Obamacare. The alignment of Trump together with the newly elected Vice President Mike Pence, who is a governor of Indiana, agreed to a bill that blocks the federal funds from Planned Parenthood. Also, Pence fought to pass the law inhibiting abortions.

Newly elected President Donald Trump said during his campaign that he will not fund the Planned Parenthood, stating that "as long as you have the abortion going on." He also wrote in a letter that he would take steps to restrict abortions and funding to organizations that cater abortion services.

However, CEO of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy Ginny Ehrlich said: "There is widespread support nationwide for birth control." A current study by the organization result to 81 percent agree that those who oppose abortion should strongly support birth control -- 86 percent of Democrats and 74 percent of Republicans.

According to USA Today, Ginny Ehrlich added that "The vast majority of the public across political parties, across demographic groups and across religious identify support birth control access for women. There is a public will around this issue and it's not a wedge issue."

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