Planned Parenthood does NOT provide mammograms.

Update: 10/26/12: Now, this is just downright vile. Last night on The Tonight Show, Obama again claimed that the organization best known for providing abortions and birth control offers the breast cancer screening procedure. Citing Planned Parenthood as a critical issue in the current election, Obama said: “That organization provides millions of women with cervical cancers screenings, mammograms, all kinds of basic healthcare.” The FDA says Planned Parenthood does not perform mammograms. FactCheck.org says Planned Parenthood does not perform mammograms. And, last week Planned Parenthood itself issued a statement admitting it does not perform mammograms. All the lies, lies, lies!

Planned Parenthood, Tinsel Town and Obama continue to promote the lie that Planned Parenthood provides mammograms. It doesn't.

During Tuesday night's second Presidential debate Obama said, “There are millions of women all across the country, who rely on Planned Parenthood for, not just contraceptive care, they rely on it for mammograms, for cervical cancer screenings.” False.

Previously, on the Joy Behar Show, Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards also claimed they provide mammograms for women. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq0kBkUZbvQ&feature=player_embedded. False.

In June 2012, the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) - headed by Obama-appointee Kathleen Sebelius - issued a letter that Planned Parenthood is not even licensed to perform mammograms. The Mammogram Quality Standards Act (MQSA) was passed by Congress in 1992. Oversight of the law is the responsibility of HHS or - as Obama confirmed Tuesday night to a national television audience - him. The law is intended to ensure the best care possible for women. Violations of the law could subject Planned Parenthood clinics to steep fines. On October 17, 2012 (the day following the second Presidential debate), Planned Parenthood's Senior Director of Medical Services Dr. Deborah Nucatola issued a statement admitting that they do not offer the cancer screening procedure at any of their facilities. Dr. Nucatola also stated that they do provide referrals to women for mammograms. False.


An undercover investigation of 30 Planned Parenthood clinics in 27 different states, conducted by pro-life group Live Action, confirmed that the abortion provider does not perform breast cancer screenings. "We don't provide those services whatsoever," a staffer at Planned Parenthood of Arizona admitted. Planned Parenthood's Comprehensive Health Center clinic in Overland Park, Kansas, acknowledged: "We actually don't have a, um, mammogram machine, at our clinics." None of the clinics referred the caller to another clinic for a mammogram even those she asked for a referral. Planned Parenthood of Georgetown states they're just a surgical center. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq0kBkUZbv.

Then, there's the latest TV ad by Scarlett Johansson, Eva Longoria and Kerry Washington (written and directed by Rob Reiner). They claim that Gov. Romney would "end" funding for "cancer screenings." This Hollywood group wants women to vote for Obama with their "lady parts." That's insulting to America's women -- We can vote with our intelligence...especially armed with the knowledge that Planned Parenthood does not provide mammograms. So, stop lying.