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Diana DeGette: “Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, for example…”

Featuring: Diana DeGette, Democratic | U.S. House, Colorado, District 1

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Diana DeGette Advocates for Planned Parenthood Funding Amid Medicaid Debate

Published | Video Starts at 01:17

Planned Parenthood is providing health care to more than 2 million Americans and more than half of those 2 million Americans. So more than a million of those people are enrolled in Medicaid. Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, for example, which serves my state, provides care to about 60,000 Coloradoans annually. and 64% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in health deserts or other underserved areas. I'm going to repeat what my colleague from Texas said because it's important to put this in the record. (01:17–01:36)

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Asserts that Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains serves about 60,000 people in Colorado annually.

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