Question: Do You Support Funding to Planned Parenthood?

Update, Oct. 11:

A 2010 report from Planned Parenthood on what services it provides, including statistics for how often they were provided, has been uploaded.

Also, Beverly Katz, a spokeswoman for the group's regional chapter, emailed us with the following to say:

More than 90% of our services are life-saving cancer screenings, birth control, prevention and treatment of STDs, breast health services, pap tests, sexual health education, information and health counseling.   We work every day to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and keep women healthy.

Original Post, Oct. 10:

At a recent demonstration by Northern Westchester and Putnam Center for Life in Mount Kisco, one organizer noted attempts this year to limit government funding to the group Planned Parenthood as a sign of progress for their cause.

"They're getting smart," said Linda Levirne, an admininstrator for the center.

The group receives federal funds but provides abortion services through private funding, according to FactCheck.org. Anti-abortion activists have been upset that public funds go to the group because abortion is provided by it.

This year, according to media reports, conservative legislators in Congress tried to strip federal funding from appropriations. At the state level, according to The Huffington Post - it is Patch's sister publication - similar attempts had been made by 18 states, some of which had been met by legal challenges from the group for doing so.

Do you support the efforts to cut funding to Planned Parenthood?