Planned Parenthood saves many thousands of lives actually. Last year the reproductive health services organization saw 2.7 million patients and provided nearly a million women with cancer screening, breast exams and STI/STD testing and treatment despite what the politically motivated "pro-life", right wing propaganda would have you believe. Many of these women could not afford to have obtained these services elsewhere. Only three percent of PP's budget is devoted to abortion services, none of which comes from government spending.