For many low-income women in rural areas, including Ryan’s district, Planned Parenthood is currently their only option for family planning or women’s health. Ryan says federally qualified community health centers outnumber Planned Parenthood clinics and therefore can absorb all of the patients. In Racine and Walworth counties,​​ where nearly half of Ryan’s constituents live, there are two Planned Parenthood health centers and zero federally qualified community health centers offering family planning services. It’s really frustrating.”Republican lawmakers on a crusade to defund Planned Parenthood have continually relied on the myth that community health centers can easily absorb Planned Parenthood’s patients. Planned Parenthood supporters, including Schaut, are rallying in Ryan’s district on Friday to protest his defunding agenda.

Source: Huffington Post February 24, 2017 18:56 UTC