Video: Scarlett Johansson Supports Planned Parenthood
After the United States House of Representatives passed a bill to eliminate $300 million in federal funding for women's health care centers, Scarlett Johansson felt compelled to do something about it.
Instead of simply venting to friends, the 26-year-old actress teamed up with Planned Parenthood to film a new PSA urging women to sign a petition opposing the new legislation.
"The House passed a bill to eliminate our country's family planning program and to stop Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving any federal money to provide life-saving preventative care," the Iron Man 2 star says. "That means no money for cervical cancer screenings and breast exams. No money for testing and treatment of STDs, not even testing for HIV. No money for birth control."
Johansson -- who began dating Sean Penn, 50, shortly after her marriage to Ryan Reynolds, 34, ended in December -- called the government's plan "disastrous."
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"Every year Planned Parenthood provides essential care to millions of women, men and teens," Johansson concludes. "For many people, especially those with low incomes, Planned Parenthood is their only source of health care."
To sign the petition, visit I Stand With Planned Parenthood.
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30Let us not forget that PP was never set up as "our country's" family planning program. This non-profit (yeah, right) organization has had its greedy hand in the pockets of taxpayers for decades and owns billions of dollars of assets. Nevermind that PP's history is rooted in racist evil. When a "charity" starts demanding federal money then it is out of control and needs to be cut off. ScarJo, under ObamaCare, low-income people can visit their local for-profit clinic for their cancer screenings and exams. Their local Wal-Mart sells condoms. I, for one, am tired of supplying them. As for PP? Let their four million activists and donors support them. Then we will see if they really are serious about "life-saving preventative care".
Federal law actually forbids Planned Parenthood from using the funds it receives from the government for abortions.Abortion services make up less than 3% of Planned Parenthood services. I am against abortion for my own beliefs but it's not my place to judge others who aren't.
For all the folks on here who think celebrities should put their two-cents into political issues, they are tax-paying US citizens just like you. So, yeah they have EVERY right to speak out.
I'M DISGUSTED WITH ALMOST ALL THESE COMMENTS ON HERE BY NARROW-MINDED CONSERVATIVES...YOU KNOW WHAT? ITS NOT EVEN ABOUT WHAT POLITICAL PARTY YOU COME FROM ITS MORE FROM A RELIGIOUS POINT OF VIEW AND YET YOU RELIGIOUS FREAKS ARE THE MOST HYPOCRITICAL PEOPLE I KNOW, EVEN WORSE THEN A SELF CONFESSED SINNER. YOU PEOPLE MAKE ME SICK SHOVING YOUR BELIEFS DOWN OTHER PEOPLE'S THROATS ABOUT ABORTION AND CONDEMNING GAY PEOPLE WHEN YOU HAVE STRAIGHT MEN, PASTORS, PRIESTS THAT RAPE AND SODOMIZE CHILDREN. EVER HEARD OF A DOCUMENTARY CALLED "DELIVER US FROM EVIL"? NOT TO MENTION ALL OTHER GIRLS THAT FELT PRESSURED TO HAVE THEIR CHILD, ONLY TO END UP IN A DUMPSTER OR STRANGLED SOMEWHERE. MAYBE I SHOULD GO AND PROTEST AT CATHOLIC CHURCHES OR OTHER DENOMINATIONS FOR ADVERTISING ITS OK TO RAPE AND/OR SODOMIZE A CHILD AND GET AWAY WITH IT. AND AS FAR AS ABORTION, WHAT ABOUT IN CASES OF RAPE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A PRE-TEEN GIRL? NOT ONLY WILL SHE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT FOREVER BUT YOUR GOING TO MAKE HER HAVE A LIVING MEMORY OF IT? OR WHAT ABOUT WHEN ITS A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION? AT LEAST THEY HELP WITH PREVENTION OF SEX BY GIVING OUT CONDOMS BECAUSE HONESTLY IN THIS DAY IN AGE NOT ALL PEOPLE THINK LIKE THE JONAS BROTHERS. ABSTINENCE IS NICE BUT IS THAT ALL YOUR WILLING TO DO TO PREVENT SEX? WHAT THE POPE DID FOR AFRICA WAS AWESOME NOT HELPING THEM TO LEGALIZE CONDOMS ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THERE THAT HAVE AIDS MOSTLY BECAUSE OF RAPE. I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE REASON WHY THE HIV/AIDS RATE WAS SO HIGH OVER THERE IS IS BECAUSE THE MEN HAVE A BELIEF THAT IN ORDER TO CURE THEIR AIDS YOU HAVE TO HAVE SEX WITH A VIRGIN....THE YOUNGEST VICTIM THEY SEEN SO FAR WAS A DAY OLD BABY GIRL...A LOT OF PEOPLE GO THERE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS NOT JUST ABORTION. HONESTLY ASK YOURSELF, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE PERSONALLY TO HELP A PREGNANT MOTHER? A WOMAN WHO HAS AIDS? A WOMAN WHO CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH CARE?. IF YOUR NOT WILLING TO PERSONALLY HELP SOMEONE WITH A RESOLUTION, THAN WHY VOICE YOUR OPINION? THEY ARE NOT JUST ABOUT ABORTION, THEY HELP WITH TESTS FOR STDS, PREGNANCY, AND OTHER HEALTH RELATED ISSUES. ITS OBVIOUS THAT YOU NEVER HAD TO BE IN ANY OF THESE SITUATIONS TO UNDERSTAND, AND IF YOU SAY YOU WERE IN ONE OF THESE SITUATIONS THEN YOUR EITHER A DAMN LIAR OR YOUR REALLY BRAINWASHED. AND BY THE WAY THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T PAY FOR ABORTIONS 100% (MORE LIKE MAYBE 10% AT THE MOST), THEY DO CHARGE PEOPLE UP THE ALLEYHOLE FOR ABORTIONS. GOD YOU PEOPLE. YOU PEOPLE REALLY UPSET ME. PEOPLE THAT PRETEND THEY ARE PERFECT WHEN THEY'RE NOT. VANITY IS A DEADLY SIN AND WHO ARE YOU TO PASS JUDGMENT ANYWAY? IT'S UP TO GOD TO PASS JUDGMENT NOT YOU
The government is not funding Abortions. Planned parenthood is many things and to attack it is an attack on women and our right to choose what is best for us. Many women cannot afford to go to a private doctor and uses pp for many different health issues. Abortion is only a small part of what they do..PP has been around nearly 100 years..
Wow, I had no idea the government supported Planned Parenthood. I'm not surprised at this girls lack of morals after finding out that she is dating a fifty year old man. Instead of aborting helpless babies, why don't we teach children not to have sex until they are mature enough to be married and support a child?
Serge... You are delusional. S.J. is a clone? A fake? Yeah and you are Santa Claus aren't you?
S.J. is stolen biological material, taken against will and formed to clones line 200 pieces total. Sign of dangerous criminal activity. Original Scarlett Galabekian future pediatrician doctor, pediatrician nurse license she obtained in 2008
Good, then she's now my favorite actress next to the self-less Sandra Bullock. Hopefully more celebrities can show their support.
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why doesn't she eat all the aborted fetis's I heard they were nutritional and it could be the latest hollywood fad
Cynthia, you haven't made a case for why PP needs us financially. I don't see why or how they would be strapped for cash. And "non-profit" is just a tax status...it doesn't mean they can't drive up revenue themselves and sustain their operations.
A lot of silly comments here ... (1) As Planned Parenthood is a NON-PROFIT, they cannot legally any money to share-holders or otherwise. The money made must be used towards in-house services. (2) Planned Parenthood offers both obgyn AND general physician services. This includes cancer screenings, such as pap smears and breast exams. (3) PP offers sliding scale to free services for women. Until private offices do the same, then non-profits like PP will exist. Some of you need to get your head out of where-ever it is and see that we really need non-profits to exist as we do not have a socialized health care system.
BIRTH CONTROL would save the welfare system a fortune. Teenies not laying around all over the place having kids we support would do wonders. Family life and too casual sex needs refurbishing. Make people work for their benefits, no freebies. These celebrities need to keep out of politics and such. Who cares what she thinks.
I don't understand why all of these magazines have to be so pro-choice biased. I can't even flip through Glamour or Vogue without seeing pro-choice liberal propaganda. And I hopefully people are smart enough to think for themselves, do their own research on these important issues, and not be influenced by celebrities like Scarlet just because they're famous. Just because you have a successful acting career, doesn't mean you're a wise person.
The money has to come from somewhere...somebody's gonna get cut and someone is going to be pissed about it...but I don't think celebrities should get to put in their two cents about it....
REALLY?!?!? A Hollywood liberal supports the painful destruction of unborn babies? Say it isn't so.
All I have to say is look up Gianna Jessen on Youtube. You will be amazed...
Scarlett Johansson supports Planned Parenthood Genocide.
Yes, IF she has ZERO income NOT LOW INCOME than she can get welfare (which is called TANF) and medicaid but like I said IF SHE WORKS AND MAKES ANY MONEY AT ALL SHE WILL GET DENIED MEDICAID!! We don't even have a free clinic except 1 that has waiting lists for appointments so long that it would not be an ideal idea for someone wanting care quickly, not to mention they don't do sexual health they focus more on dental health and cancer services, general illnesses as they leave the sexual health to their affiliate which is PP. I don't believe in abortion either BUT PP does more than that, just like ANY doctor CAN/WILL provide abortions so guess what if someone has medicaid and sees a regular doctor for an abortion YOUR TAX DOLLARS STILL PAY FOR IT BECAUSE THEY HAD MEDICAID! I didn't say there was NO OTHER HEALTH CARE, what I said was there are NOT MANY OPTIONS FOR LOW INCOME WOMEN THAT CAN NOT GET MEDICAID AND CAN'T AFFORD REGULAR INSURANCE. Not all cities have free healthcare clinics and many can't afford to drive to big cities to go to a clinic (IF THEY CAN EVEN GET AN APPOINTMENT) just to have the testing done or anything else needed for sexual health. BTW free clinics also will do AND refer a patient for an abortion just like PP does. It is LEGAL to have one whether we like it or not. Women have the RIGHT to choose whether they want to have the baby, give it up for adoption or have an abortion. It will NEVER be illegal for an abortion because it goes against WOMEN'S RIGHTS so that is a FACT we have to face! I to think abortion is murder and would NEVER have had one but other women DO want want and it is their RIGHT to want one. Planned Parenthood does SO MUCH MORE than that and as I said ANY DOCTOR CAN/WILL do abortions, so are you going to want to take medicaid away bc they will allow abortions? What do you think will happen to the poor women and TEENS that want to seek birth control, get testing etc.. WITH OUT TELLING THEIR PARENTS? PP does that for teens that want to seek advice, STD & Pregnancy testing, paps, cancer screenings etc.. with out telling their parents or billing insurance their parents may have. While I am blessed with excellent health insurance for myself, my husband and our 3 children, MANY in my community are not and those same poor people do not have cars to drive to bigger cities to TRY and get seen. The nearest BIG city that MIGHT have a few free clinics is 2 hours away so how would people that have no car, low income and couldn't afford the expensive taxi supposed to get to those cities? We have a PP right here in town and I have seen the work they do to help those teens and poor women. We have a free city bus to take you anywhere IN THE CITY ONLY to get those people to PP. We also have a Crisis Pregnancy Center that ONLY does pregnancy testing and will give aid to those wanting to give the baby up for adoption or help get clothes and other baby items but they DO NOT DO EXAMS, STD TESTING OR ANYTHING BUT PREGNANCY TESTS AND ADVICE. It is not about "getting off your butt and putting effort in" for many that are in bad financial situations. My community has lost MANY GOOD and GREAT paying jobs (factories mostly) and is not bringing ANY new jobs except for fast food jobs and we ALL know that those only pay min wage and that is not enough to provide food, rent, utilities, and pay for health insurance and they CAN NOT get medicaid unless pregnant. This is a poor community, many have left but many can't afford to leave. I am thankful to have a career that always has job openings, won't ever be closed to move to Mexico or lay people off and that pays good but not everyone is so lucky!