Argument Essay 7

Argument Essay
Every year 363 million dollars goes into the funding “pot” collectively at Planned Parenthood’s nationwide (Clark 5). This money is used predominantly by women. For six in ten women, Planned Parenthood is their main source of health care (Clark 4).   Many individuals with low incomes depend on these clinics to maintain or help better their health.   Recently, the federal government is trying to pass the Pence Amendment, which would eliminate funding to these institutions. Without these clinics, many individuals will be left stranded, and most likely, susceptible to declined health due to the loss of early screenings and treatments that will no longer be available to them at a rate they can manage financially. I am going to demonstrate how important Planned Parenthood Clinics are to numerous individuals and the struggles that such people will face if such an organization is demolished due to extreme lack of funding.
Planned Parenthood is a predominantly government funded establishment that provides free or heavily discounted medical education, prescriptions, and procedures in regards to sexual diseases and pregnancies to all who inquire.   If the organization is not funded, it is taken from predominately low socioeconomic households and minors. As stated in Teague’s article, “…75 percent of people who use their services are at or below the poverty level” (5) and few with money are using the government funded crowded establishment Planned Parenthood.   This is one of the reasons that cuts would be so devastating. As reported by Congress, “legislators were three times more responsible to high-income constituents than middle-income constituents and were the least responsive to the needs of low-income constituents” (fairvote 5). This is another case where it will be the poor that will endure the hardship.   It is much easier to cancel a free service when those without money, ergo power, are the main people who will suffer.
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