% of Americans that prefer the following outcome...
Defunding Planned Parenthood, even if that means shutting down the federal government | 21 |
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Defunding Planned Parenthood, but only if the federal government isn't shut down | 13 |
Not sure / No opinion | 27 |
Protecting Planned Parenthood funding, but only if the federal government isn't shut down | 21 |
Protecting Planned Parenthood, even if that means shutting down the federal government | 18 |
Sources:
today.yougov.com
The recent controversy involving Planned Parenthood's sale of fetal tissue has certainly drawn attention to the fact that, as an organization, Planned Parenthood receives a great deal of funding from the federal government. Americans, however, are largely divided over the issue of Planned Parenthood's federal funding, with nearly equal percentages of the public willing to defund and protect Planned Parenthood, even at the cost of a government shutdown.