Planned Parenthood helps women, men, and young people from all walks of life with health screenings, mammograms, and birth control. It's an important safety net in our society. It's ridiculous that, in 2015, we're still upset about giving poor women and men access to health information! It is insane that some members of the government would think that insurrection, in the form of shutting down our government, is a reasonable course of action.

Our communities need women's health care resources. Planned Patenthood must continue their good works.

The threat of defunding Planed Parenthood is outright discrimination of women based on false and supposed religious beliefs about the services PP provides.

Planned Parenthood was there when I needed contraception and routine health care services at a very low cost, and it still provides the full range of preventive health care services at no or very low cost to those who want and need them. Please help protect this important organization that has proven its value over and over.

Congress faces a September 30 deadline to pass this year's federal budget, and all of the major Republican presidential candidates are calling for defunding Planned Parenthood. Senator Ted Cruz and others are threatening another government shutdown over it. Funding cuts would force additional health clinics to close and deprive women of essential health care, including breast cancer screenings, contraception, and other preventive health care. Stand with Planned Parenthood, and reject the war on women by anti-abortion extremists.

Republican leaders are threatening to shut down the entire federal government for the second time in three years unless Congress cuts funding for Planned Parenthood. We cannot let them get away with it! Planned Parenthood is a lifeline for millions of women, providing cancer screenings, contraception, and basic preventive health care to women across the country.

Violence against women is on the rise, and we must assume a ZERO TOLERANCE posture against all weaponized threats. This perpetrator's story is beyond unbelievable; it is laughable. And the police dismissing this incident out of hand within hours could be construed as misconduct. Source: http://www.newsweek.com/wichita-police-release-details-about-bomb-scare-abortion-clinic-363965

Planned Parenthood has been a relentless advocate for women's reproductive health. Countless low-income families are well served through its programs.

Just like many women working in nontraditional fields of employment, I have experienced gender discrimination personally, on a daily basis. Although speaking out about this type of behavior may be frightening, your voice matters!

I know a woman whose life was saved by an abortion. Planned Parenthood has provided high quality health care to Wisconsin women for decades--and we're not going to let that change.

This petition is in defense of Planned Parenthood in the face of a national campaign against it.

I feel strongly about women's health issues and am concerned that attempts to shut down Planned Parenthood will harm the health of women and infants, especially those who need their services the most. We suffer from an unconscionably high infant mortality rate in Pittsburgh's Hill District. Without the services of Planned Parenthood, I fear the problem will only get worse. As it stands now, none of our not-for-profit public charities, such as hospitals like UPMC, and AGH, seem willing to provide these services at affordable rates to those most in need. We need Planned Parenthood to fulfill this role and provide these vital public health services.