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by: AverageJoe Active Indicator LED Icon 12 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Oct 20, '16 9:22pm  
Planned Parenthood
 
I'm curious - how many here have gone to PP and received some sort of female care (mammograms, BC, proactive healthcare, etc.) that was NOT for abortion? If you are female, just a yes or no.
 
If you've never been to PP, answer no.
If you've been to PP and rec'd the care mentioned above, that's a yes.
 
I'm a YES. I went when I was a young adult for BC. I never went to PP for an abortion. I went there for affordable healthcare. When I first got out of college, I was temping making $9/hour and no benefits, no insurance. I didn't get benefits until I was just under 25yo. 3 yrs post college w/o insurance or any other benefits.
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leslie110 Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 7 years ago   Oct 20, '16 10:18pm  
Yes. BC
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RambleOn Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 6:56am  
Yes. They don't take Medicare or I probably still would.
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VonsterPeo Active Indicator LED Icon 8
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 7:18am  
PP does not provide mammograms.
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VonsterPeo Active Indicator LED Icon 8
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 7:19am  
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lanestar7 Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 8:13am  
Yes, went there for BC and they also diagnosed my high blood pressure because that was the only medical facility I was going to at the time. They set me up with another sliding scale women's clinic who got it under control. PP saved me from years of kidney and eye damage from untreated hypertension. I don't think the Peoria location even performs abortions, that's why there are never any picketers out front. Not every PP does them.
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AverageJoe Active Indicator LED Icon 12 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 8:28am  
Von, I'm specifically asking about NON-abortion healthcare received at PP.
 
I think there's a widespread notion that PP doesn't do much of these non-abortion services and are just there to perform abortions.
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kraziebill Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 9:09am  
Yes. While not female, I went to PP to pick up chicks. Emoticon
 
I'm only kidding, hope I made you smile. Happy Friday !!
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tapeworm Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 9:16am  
Yes. Took my former wife there so we could both get tested for STD's prior to marriage, which was a requirement for immigration.
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 9:48am  
I have always had insurance either through my parents, through school or through work so I never went to PP. Several of my friends when I was in my teens and twenties used PP for their annual exams and birth control when they did not have insurance. I still have a couple friends who go there - they are on Medicaid.
 
PP usually does not perform mammograms, but they do the a physical breast exam as a pre-screen and help a woman who needs a mammogram get one for free or at a reduced price. This physical breast exam is part of an annual OB.GYN visit required for BC prescription.
 
The cancer screening that planned parenthood does the most is cervical cancer. Pap smears are cervical cancer screening. You cannot get a prescription for oral contraception without an annual pap smear. If you do not have insurance a pap smear can cost you several hundred dollars. That is the barrier for most low income women to getting the pill.
 
The majority of what PP does is provide the annual gynecological exam, including a physical exam of the breasts, ovaries and cervix along with a pap smear, that is a prerequisite for oral contraception.
 
I am realizing more and more than many men have no idea about these things. A pap smear (which is collection of cervical tissue scraped using a stiff brush that is sent off to a lab for observation under a microscope) is required to get a script for birth control pills. These tests catch cervical cancer early while it is still treatable.
 
Long term use of oral contraceptives can increase the risk of breast, ovarian, and cervical cancers. So the regular screening for these cancers is part of prescription process.
 
PP provides these services to low income women, people without insurance, or people on Medicaid. That is the bulk of what they do - give low income people access to birth control with the health care procedures required to get it.
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AverageJoe Active Indicator LED Icon 12 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 10:14am  
thanks, JPW. It was so long ago, I don't recall the breast exam, but I probably had that done. I didn't know PP does not provide mammos, but that makes sense - they refer patients to more specialized care if something looks amiss, so I'm not surprised they don't do mammos. My OB/GYN did breast exams, but no mammos. when I became a certain age (ugh!), I went to a women's imaging center - my GYN doesn't do them, not her specialty.
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 10:44am  
PP is basically a OB/GYN office for people on Medicaid, or people who don't have insurance, so of course they don't do mammograms.
 
I don't know of any OB/GYN who has that equipment.
 
A mammogram is basically a specialized x-ray that is typically done at a hospital or a diagnostic center with that equipment.
 
I think the notion that PP does not do mammograms, and therefore does not do as much cancer screening as they claim to, is ignorant political propaganda made by men who don't understand women's health care.
 
What I've learned from talking to men on this topic, is that women need to be more frank about what happens at the OB/GYN office with their husbands. And maybe even more frank about their period, birth control, and how it works.
 
Did you see the article about the guy who thought women could control their menstrual flow with their bladder. He thought it was like peeing.
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VonsterPeo Active Indicator LED Icon 8
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 11:00am  
I think the notion that PP does not do mammograms, and therefore does not do as much cancer screening as they claim to, is ignorant political propaganda made by men who don't understand women's health care.

@joepyeweed : There was a backlash during the last PP blow-up after numerous proponents of PP outright lied by claiming they did mammograms.
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lanestar7 Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 11:02am  
is that women need to be more frank about what happens at the OB/GYN office with their husband

@joepyeweed :
 
I wish our so-called "sex ed" in schools could delve into a lot of these topics more frankly as well. Back when I was in grade school (eons ago!) we had a single afternoon where the school nurse came in and barely touched on a couple topics.
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 11:04am  
@joepyeweed : There was a backlash during the last PP blow-up after numerous proponents of PP outright lied by claiming they did mammograms.

@VonsterPeo :
 
It was a misunderstanding that PP says they do "cancer screenings" and ignorant people misunderstood that as meaning "mammograms". (or they blatantly distorted that misunderstanding to make a political point)
 
For the record, PP does do some mammograms, but its not a typical service for most PP locations.
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VonsterPeo Active Indicator LED Icon 8
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 11:09am  
ignorant people misunderstood that as meaning "mammograms

@joepyeweed : Sorry but what I'm talking about is people saying "mammograms".
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