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<blockquote data-quote="poopgiggle" data-source="post: 2013592" data-attributes="member: 6406">Um no there are parts of breast cancer screenings that aren&#039;t mammograms that they do in-house. I don&#039;t really know any specifics because I am neither a medical professional nor a woman.Also they do cervical cancer screenings, UTI testing &amp; treatment, and vaginal infection testing &amp; treatment in-house. (I got this specific information by googling &quot;tulsa planned parenthood&quot; and reading for 10 seconds so you have no excuse for not knowing it) Not to mention the general lady-parts checkups they do in house; I know several women who relied on PP for lady doctor services in college.This is all just women&#039;s health services of course. It&#039;s not like the contraception, STI testing &amp; treatment, and education programs aren&#039;t also super valuable.E: Basically what I&#039;m getting at is that the &quot;MAMMOGRAMS AREN&#039;T DONE IN HOUSE, THEY COULD JUST USE A WEBSITE!&quot; argument is Yet Another Red Herring that is either ignorant or disingenuous. Planned Parenthood&#039;s opponents attack it by trying to minimize the value of the 98% of the stuff that Planned Parenthood does that isn&#039;t abortion (99% in the case of Heartland Planned Parenthood, which covers Oklahoma), except there&#039;s not really a way to attack &quot;helping poor people be healthier&quot; in an honest way. (I haven&#039;t actually looked at those numbers in a while and I&#039;m citing them offhand - it might be 97% nationally and 98% for Heartland, but I&#039;m confident that I&#039;m within a percentage point)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="poopgiggle, post: 2013592, member: 6406"] Um no there are parts of breast cancer screenings that aren't mammograms that they do in-house. I don't really know any specifics because I am neither a medical professional nor a woman. Also they do cervical cancer screenings, UTI testing & treatment, and vaginal infection testing & treatment in-house. (I got this specific information by googling "tulsa planned parenthood" and reading for 10 seconds so you have no excuse for not knowing it) Not to mention the general lady-parts checkups they do in house; I know several women who relied on PP for lady doctor services in college. This is all just women's health services of course. It's not like the contraception, STI testing & treatment, and education programs aren't also super valuable. E: Basically what I'm getting at is that the "MAMMOGRAMS AREN'T DONE IN HOUSE, THEY COULD JUST USE A WEBSITE!" argument is Yet Another Red Herring that is either ignorant or disingenuous. Planned Parenthood's opponents attack it by trying to minimize the value of the 98% of the stuff that Planned Parenthood does that isn't abortion (99% in the case of Heartland Planned Parenthood, which covers Oklahoma), except there's not really a way to attack "helping poor people be healthier" in an honest way. (I haven't actually looked at those numbers in a while and I'm citing them offhand - it might be 97% nationally and 98% for Heartland, but I'm confident that I'm within a percentage point) [/QUOTE]

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