“I went to Planned Parenthood with my friend who was having an abortion.”
Anti-abortion activists are saying Planned Parenthood is an unscrupulous and profit-seeking organization and the House of Representatives recently voted to defund it. The group and its allies have made the case that abortion is only a small part of its contact with American women: 3%. We asked BuzzFeed staffers why they've gone to Planned Parenthood, and these are their answers.
"They gave me a breast exam."
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"They answered all my questions when I was an anxious teen and I was too nervous to ask anyone else."
Kirsten King for BuzzFeed
"I went to Planned Parenthood with my friend who was having an abortion."
Lara Parker for BuzzFeed