Title: Planned Parenthood Doesn't Offer Prenatal Care-Truth! & Fiction! - Truth or Fiction?
Headings: Planned Parenthood Doesn't Offer Prenatal Care-Truth! & Fiction!
Planned Parenthood Doesn't Offer Prenatal Care-Truth! & Fiction!
Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Offer Prenatal Care- Truth! & Fiction!

Content: It’s true that prenatal care isn’t a primary focus of Planned Parenthood clinics. Planned Parenthood’s 2014-2015 annual report makes clear that prenatal services fall under the broader category “Other Women’s Health Services,” which accounts for 13% of its operating budget. Nearly 1.2 million pregnancy tests accounted for the vast majority of Planned Parenthood’s Other Women’s Health Services budget, and 17,419 prenatal care engagements accounted for the rest. Abortions accounted for 3% of Planned Parenthood patient contacts, with STD testing and treatment (43%), contraception (31%) and cancer screenings (7%) accounting for the rest. The point is that it’s easy to establish that prenatal care is not a primary focus of Planned Parenthood without calling more than 100 clinics across the country. Still, not included in the Planned Parenthood’s annual report is the number of prenatal care referrals that the group makes each year. Planned Parenthood’s website also has a tool that enables women to search for prenatal care providers in their area and book an appointment online. A goal of the Live Action video claiming that Planned Parenthood does not provide prenatal care services was to prove that Planned Parenthood leadership had lied on multiple occasions — claiming that prenatal care was, in fact, a primary focus. To make that point, various clips of Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, seemingly touting Planned Parenthood’s prenatal care services are shown. In one clip from 2011, Richards says “…prenatal care, these are the kinds of services that folds depend on Planned Parenthood for.”