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Kelly Ayotte's Hypocrisy on Women's Health Services Exposed

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Kelly Ayotte, the Republican candidate for a New Hampshire Senate seat, has been criticized for her stance on women's health services. Despite her awareness of the importance of these services, Ayotte has voted to defund organizations like Planned Parenthood, which provides thousands of New Hampshire women with breast and cervical cancer screenings, as well as exams that can increase the chance of early detection of ovarian cancer.

Key Takeaways:

  • Kelly Ayotte has voted three times to defund Planned Parenthood, a organization that provides critical women's health services, including breast and cervical cancer screenings.
  • Ayotte has also voted to eliminate funding for thousands of family planning centers across the country, which provide essential services to low-income women.
  • Regular physical and pelvic exams can increase the chance of early detection of ovarian cancer, a disease that can be deadly if not caught early.
  • The Title X program, which Ayotte voted to eliminate funding for, provides family planning services, breast and cervical cancer screenings, and other preventive health care to low-income women.
  • Title X-funded health centers serve more than five million low-income women and men each year, and six in 10 women who obtain health care from a family planning center consider it to be their primary source of health care.
  • Ayotte's voting record shows a clear pattern of hypocrisy, as she claims to support women's health services while voting to defund them.

Statistics:

  • Planned Parenthood provides thousands of New Hampshire women with breast and cervical cancer screenings, as well as exams that can increase the chance of early detection of ovarian cancer.
  • The Title X program funded nearly 4,200 family planning centers that served about 4.5 million clients per year and provided a broad range of contraceptive methods and counseling, breast and cervical cancer screenings, pregnancy testing and counseling, and STD treatment and screening.
  • Six in 10 women who obtain health care from a family planning center consider it to be their primary source of health care.

Sources:

  • [Planned Parenthood, Accessed 9/2/15]
  • [National Women's Law Center, 3/30/11; H.R. 1, Vote 36, 3/9/11]
  • [Department of Health & Human Services, Accessed 8/7/15]
  • [H.Con.Res. 36, Vote 60, 4/14/11]
  • [S. 1881, Vote 262, 8/3/15]

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