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Re: Statement by Obama again in Debate re: mammograms at PP
The facts:
http://factcheck.org/2012/10/planned...nd-mammograms/
Planned Parenthood provides mammogram referrals the same way a gynecologist or primary care doctor would. (I don't know any doctors who do mammograms in their own offices.) You can log onto the site:
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/
Input a zip code or city. Each center has a link for "Women's Health Care". If you click the link, you will get a listing similar to this one:
Manville Health Center offers the following women's health services:
checkups when you have a reproductive/sexual health problem
breast exams
cervical cancer screening
hormone replacement therapy
LEEP (treatment of abnormal pap)
mammogram referrals
menopause and midlife — testing and treatment
Pap test
sexual response education
routine physicals for women age 14 and older
urinary tract infections — testing and treatment
vaginal infections — testing and treatment
Other services we may provide include help with irregular periods or no periods, painful periods, painful sex, bleeding between periods, menstrual problems (premenstrual syndrome) or even a lost tampon.
Women's health services are available:
during all business hours on a walk-in basis
Different centers offer some different services (see above for LEEP, which is not offered at all centers), but all those I looked at had the "mammogram referral" listing.
Finally, I would like to add my voice to those who disagree with bringing politics into this group. (A worthy exception would be if Fran Visco persuades one of the candidates to agree with her vision.)
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