Lisa Murkowski Quotes

If you want an abortion you go to Planned Parenthood and that’s well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does.

Everybody goes to clinics, to hospitals, to doctors, and so on. Some people go to Planned Parenthood. But you don't have to go to Planned Parenthood to get your cholesterol or your blood pressure checked. If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that's well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does.

Planned Parenthood has amassed a Third Reich-style death count completely legally and while pocketing half a billion dollars a year to do so.

I did not believe and I do not believe that Planned Parenthood should be defunded.

Planned Parenthood is an organization that does not provide quality health care.

Planned Parenthood is absolutely wasteful spending.

Planned Parenthood claims to offer a wide variety of services, but they actually fall short in many areas.

One of my top priorities will be to defund Planned Parenthood.

There are fewer unwanted pregnancies and fewer occasions where a woman is confronted with that decision if she has access to family planning and birth control. That's why I support Planned Parenthood; that's why I support Title X.

From 2002-2008, Planned Parenthood received $342 million in federal taxpayer money through Title X funding alone. With these funds, Planned Parenthood has provided women throughout the U.S. with important family planning and contraceptive services as well as screening for breast and cervical cancers for low-income women.

I've never personally had to use a Planned Parenthood. But I have many friends who have and do and did, and I think it's important that that access be there for everyone.

The women who walk into Planned Parenthood clinics come from every background, every political persuasion.

If Planned Parenthood wants to be involved in providing counseling services and HIV testing, they ought not be in the business of providing abortions.

I don't think most conservatives are against access to birth control, but they are wary of funding things like Planned Parenthood.

Let me be clear: since I am pro-life, I do not support the mission of Planned Parenthood.

As Governor, I will direct my Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services not to distribute federal taxpayer dollars from that department to Planned Parenthood clinics.

Should Planned Parenthood be defunded, women will still have access to great quality healthcare. Speaking as a former Planned Parenthood director, I know that quality health care is best provided outside of Planned Parenthood.

More than 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does nationally is preventive care - including cervical cancer screenings, breast cancer screenings, and family planning - mostly for women with low resources and income below the poverty line.

I've been supporting Planned Parenthood all my life. I've even used it myself, back when I had no money. It's where I got my birth control. During college, every one of us got support from them.

Planned Parenthood has a large target on its back.

When we talk about more access to birth control, a lot of times that means more funding for Planned Parenthood, and we know that's a touchy subject, so I certainly see that perspective and agree with a lot of conservatives on it.

Planned Parenthood is a very important part of my professional life.

Nearly 100 years ago, when Planned Parenthood was founded, birth control was illegal.

Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.

We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent unintended pregnancy. We believe that a woman considering an abortion should not be forced to have an ultrasound against her will.