As we've said all along . . .

Virginia stands to lose 22 clinics that provide abortion all at once.: A pro-abortion blogger admits, "Providing abortions is part of the mission of Planned Parenthood, and they do make it a priority. It's a necessary service, after all. I think some times that point gets lost in all the discussion of the 97 percent of their services that aren't abortion. The other reason I suspect these regulations would harm Planned Parenthood's ability to keep as many clinics open to offer non-abortion services as they currently do is that a complete shut-down of abortion services would create a cash flow problem for them. Abortions are 3 percent of the actual services Planned Parenthood provides, but they constitute a larger chunk of their income, around 15 percent nationally. Which makes sense; abortions simply cost more than Pap smears and birth control pills, and Planned Parenthood provides a huge chunk of all the abortions in the country, even for women who get their standard gynecological care elsewhere."

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