GOP senator claims birth control and HIV testing is not 'actual health care'

[turbinetree]

By Dan Desai Martin -
December 6, 2019 2:57 PM



Sen. Martha McSally's campaign attacked the health care services provided by Planned Parenthood.

GOP Sen. Martha McSally's campaign is on the attack against Planned Parenthood Arizona, the state's largest sexual health organization, saying it does not provide residents with "actual health care," the Hill reported Friday.

McSally's comments came in response to Planned Parenthood's announcement that it would run ads in Arizona, Colorado, and North Carolina about the Trump administration's restrictions on health care funding that limit how doctors can interact with patients. All three of the states have closely watched Senate races in 2020.

"Senator McSally is focused on providing access to actual health care for women all across Arizona, while Planned Parenthood is only focused on protecting their business model," Dylan Lefler, the Arizona Republican's campaign manager, told the Hill.

Planned Parenthood Arizona serves more than 90,000 Arizona residents, according to its website, offering a wide range of real health care services, including annual well-woman exams, birth control consultation and supplies, HIV testing, emergency contraception, and pregnancy testing. Research from the Guttmacher Institute, a group focused on reproductive health, has shown that providers serving low-income patients, including Planned Parenthood, play a vital role in the public safety net, and may be the only health care available in some areas.

https://americanindependent.com/martha-mcsally-planned-parenthood-arizona-senate-gop-republicans-health-care/

[Midnight Writer]

1. Hey, dumbass. You claim to want to protect the fetuses. There is only one proven way.

Easy access to health care, including birth control, sex education, STD testing, nutrition programs.

All the shit you want to destroy.

[world wide wally]

2. Dear God...

FUCKING HELP!

[Skittles]

3. they are SOOOOO fucking IGNORANT

[RhodeIslandOne]

4. She's well on her way to a double digit loss

Guess she’s going all in on getting the Bible thumping vote.

[oasis]

5. Goodbye Martha, we hardly knew ya.

[ellie]

6. I once got in an

argument on this very site over this issue. The person I was arguing with told me that birth control was not health care. That was a fun conversation.

[tanyev]

7. It's a lot more 'actual' than the medical saving accounts Republicans love so much.

[SKKY]

8. She's on the ropes, so time to go extra MAGA, and stimulate the base...

...it’s really the only play she has at this point.

[struggle4progress]

9. "And what is all this bull about rushing gunshot victims to hospital? We can just use moxibustion!"

[LuvNewcastle]

10. Colloidal silver

It'll draw the bullets out and seal the wounds.