DEBATE FACT CHECK – Hillary LIED, Planned Parenthood does NOT Provide Cancer Screenings
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton claimed in the third presidential debate in Las Vegas on Wednesday that Planned Parenthood “provides cancer screenings” and therefore should not be de-funded, in spite of controversy about abortion.
Fact-Check: MOSTLY FALSE
This is a repeated claim deployed in defense of Planned Parenthood, but it is not true, at least as regards breast cancer.
As the left-leaning Washington Post’s fact-checker wrote in 2015:
When Democratic lawmakers or other supporters assert that Planned Parenthood “provides” mammograms, this is highly misleading language because it could be interpreted to mean that the group directly administers the X-rays. The group does not “provide” mammograms. Rather, the situation is similar to other clinics where patients are referred to a licensed facility that can provide biopsies, X-rays or other specialized services. It is slightly more accurate to say that women have “access” to mammograms via Planned Parenthood, though it’s still slippery language.
The Post awarded Three Pinnochios (out of four) to the claim that Planned Parenthood provides mammograms.
H/T – Joel Pollack – BreitbartNews
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When did they stop?? When I lived in Colorado, I got free pap tests and mammogram through a special program at Planned Parenthood. They found abnormal cells and immediately sent me to my primary who was able to successfully treat the precancerous condition.
They didnt the right has to lie constantly to their ignorant base. One Ontario paper had the count 37 to 4, trumps lies vs Hillary’s last night. In case you forgot, they do HPV and Pap (cervical) cancer screenings. I’ll rate Breitbart’s ignoring of cervical cancer 4 Pinocchio. F*cking conatant liars
Right? Like cervical cancer isn’t deadly..or cancer. Give me a break.
Yeah, what’s going on here? Are we ignoring cervical cancer?
Ofcourse they provide cancer screenings! Who ever writes this is not well educated or knowledgeable about Planned Parenthood!! They do mammograms and and GYN Pap exams. Here is a fact …
Those are cancer screening tests!
Change your name to LINEFEED, asshats.
You obviously have no idea whay you are talking about OR YOU are the one who is lying! I had gotten both breast and cervical cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood in Indiana. Oh, that was before they shut our office down. No access for us Hoosiers.