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BGATES43
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Planned Parenthood of Indiana condemned for gift certificates
News Type: Event — Seeded on Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:56 PM EST
Article Source: OneNewsNow.comadvertisement
The network of 35 clinics across the state announced it is offering holiday vouchers for basic health care services "or the recipient's choice of birth control method."
The organization decided to offer the vouchers because so many people are uninsured or are putting off health care because of prohibitive costs, said Betty Cockrum, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Indiana. Nearly 800,000 Indiana residents don't have health insurance, she said.
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Here’s an excerpt from the original AP story, sans all the Right Wing hysterics bloggers have tacked on:
“Planned Parenthood’s annual exams for women, which include Pap tests and breast exams, typically cost $58. The vouchers can be used for the exams, but also for insurance copays and for medication.”
It’s a wonderful idea. Congratulations to Planned Parenthood of Indiana for coming up with it.
What sickens me are those people so obsessed with destroying Planned Parenthood that they can’t see any good that the organization does.
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#1 - Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:58 PM EST{"commentId":4241713,"authorDomain":"funkyzen"}
I agree bgates.
Some people in this country pursue their high principles and wishes of idealization so hard that they focus on how things should be and not as they truly are.
In the process, the policies that could benefit the most people are shunted.
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