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Diana DeGette: “When you cut Planned Parenthood funding, you are cutting…”

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 01:58

Services include cancer screening, wellness exams, PEP and prep, preventative HIV care, birth control, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, and family planning counseling. This does not include abortion. Folks, When you cut Planned Parenthood funding, you are cutting essential health care to over a million people. Now, my colleagues across the aisle, I've heard this argument before. My colleagues across the aisle say, well, don't worry, federally qualified health centers could, could just readily replace Planned Parenthood. (01:58–02:06)

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Asserts that cutting Planned Parenthood funding would cut essential health care for over a million people.

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