A recent blog from Big Jolly Politics discusses controversial statements and claims made by Planned Parenthood in the midst of a heated debate in the legislature over an abortion bill. According to the blog, Planned Parenthood claimed that if the abortion bill was passed, it would also cause some of their cancer screening centers to shut down in the same building. The focus of the advertisement was to sway the public that Republican Senator, John Carona, was in favor of the abortion bill in order to further his political career. The controversial ad can be found here: Planned Parenthood Advertisement.
David Jennings, who wrote the blog on Big Jolly Politics, identifies himself as a Republican in favor of the abortion bill. His purpose for the blog was to "call out" the Democrats who often side with the abortion clinics and organizations like Planned Parenthood. He exposes to the public the false advertising among the pro-choice organizations, hoping to sway the votes and the public to the Republican side of the issue. Mr. Jennings helps his credibility when he is able to fact check his argument (or stance) about the validity of the Planned Parenthood advertisement. He writes that under the proposed legislation requiring most abortion clinics to become surgical centers, many of the clinics would have to upgrade. This however, would force most clinics to close (Planned Parenthood clinics included). Planned Parenthood operates 10 clinics in the state of Texas. However, by law, the abortion clinics and the health centers where cancer screenings take place are separate entities. What's interesting though, is that some of the Planned Parenthood clinics have cancer screening health centers and abortion clinics within the same building. Therefore, if the abortion clinics go, so do the cancer screening centers. Planned Parenthood did not comment on how many of their buildings have both abortion clinics and cancer screening centers. However, where I think Mr. Jennings loses his credibility is when he lets his Republican views take control of him and he accuses Planned Parenthood of using tax payer money for their abortion clinics, instead of the cancer screening center. Although this may in fact be true, Mr. Jennings doesn't support this claim with any facts. My view on the whole ordeal is that, yes, Planned Parenthood's advertisement, although did contain some truth with the termination of their cancer screening centers, was largely false and accusative. Mr. Jennings did a nice job of making his claim and providing evidence to back it up. Thanks for reading!

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Big Jolly Politics
Author: David Jennings
Blog Title: Planned Parenthood lies about Sen. John Carona, tells truth about mixing funds
Date Posted: July 12th, 2013
Link: http://www.bigjollypolitics.com/2013/07/12/planned-parenthood-lies-about-sen-john-carona-tells-truth-about-mixing-funds/


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Dallas News
Author: Christy Hoppe
Article Title: Fact check: Planned Parenthood web ad blurs distinctions
Date Posted: July 12th, 2013
Link: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/07/fact-check-planned-parenthood-web-ad-blurs-distinctions.html/