Title: PolitiFact | Online ads claiming AARP backed federal funding for Planned Parenthood are wrong
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AARP backed "federal funding for Planned Parenthood."
Online ads claiming AARP backed federal funding for Planned Parenthood are wrong
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Content: To claim they opposed the bill because of Planned Parenthood is a "fully misleading assertion," said Sara Rosenbaum, a health law and policy professor at George Washington University. What’s more, Rosenbaum told us, while AARP has advocated for health benefits and women’s preventive health services, she’s unaware of any specific lobbying or advocacy AARP has done for Planned Parenthood. "It would be so totally unlike them to advocate for another organization," she said, "it doesn’t make any sense." Our ruling
AMAC claims that AARP has backed federal funding for Planned Parenthood. It’s tenuous to say an organization wants to use taxpayer dollars for Planned Parenthood because it once donated to a law center that supports abortion access in addition to seeking fair pay equity, family tax credits, affirmative action and fighting cuts to Social Security. AARP does not have a published position on abortion, or federal funding for abortion. Its health care advocacy centers on issues relevant to older Americans, like Social Security benefits, prescription drug pricing and elder abuse in nursing facilities. We rate this claim False. Support independent fact-checking. Become a member!