# Senator Boxer (D-CA) Lies and doesn't even admit it! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 12, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116 "2011-04-12T17:14:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116/141 "2011-04-18T17:17:58Z")
Oh man, once again, there’s another side to the argument. \*◼ Washington Times: Planned Parenthood Falsely Uses Mammograms to Defend Tax-Funding, Tapes show Planned Parenthood mammogram claims to be false A series of undercover phone calls contacting 30 Planned Parenthood clinics in 27 states revealed that the organization does not offer mammograms, contrary to claims made on national TV by Cecile Richards, the group’s CEO. Ms. Richards had spoken on CNN’s Joy Behar Show in February, and argued that if federal funding was removed from Planned Parenthood, it would lose its ability to provide healthcare services such as mammograms. \* > **[Nancy Pelosi calls GOP budget 'a war on women'](http://www.hrwf-ca.org/2011/04/nancy-pelosi-calls-gop-budget-war-on.html)** > > Humboldt Republican Women Federated, HRWF, California ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116/142 "2011-04-18T17:31:15Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > But your point is well-taken. Certainly the discovery that PP actually pays a portion of the costs in my own state took the wind out of my sails on this point. Yeah, not knowing what the fuck you’re talking about can really bite you in the ass. Good luck finding your next Great Hypocrisy™. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116/143 "2011-04-18T18:13:51Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Oh man, once again, there’s another side to the argument. > > \*◼ Washington Times: Planned Parenthood Falsely Uses Mammograms to Defend Tax-Funding, > > Tapes show Planned Parenthood mammogram claims to be false > A series of undercover phone calls contacting 30 Planned Parenthood clinics in 27 states revealed that the organization does not offer mammograms, contrary to claims made on national TV by Cecile Richards, the group’s CEO. This “sting” apparently relies on the claim that since PP chapters do not have mammography equipment on premises, they are not providing mammography services. False. [For example](http://mediamatters.org/mobile/research/201103310031): \*"Planned Parenthood of Central Texas is proud to provide comprehensive breast cancer screening for our patients, including mammography when needed. Through grants from the Central Texas affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation and our participation in the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening (BCCS) program (through the Texas Department of State Health Services), PPCT provides referrals **and pays for mammograms and diagnostic follow up treatment for our patients at area radiology and surgical clinics.** (bolding added) Through these grants, in 2010 PPCT patients received 609 screening mammograms and 125 diagnostic mammograms; breast cancer was detected in 20 women. For most of these patients, Planned Parenthood is their only healthcare provider."\* So if federal funding for Planned Parenthod was cut off, it’s reasonable to think that some women would not receive mammograms. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116/144 "2011-04-19T00:29:40Z")
Oh, and never read the _Washington Times_ without wearing a condom. Two, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116/145 "2011-04-19T02:03:53Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > This “sting” apparently relies on the claim that since PP chapters do not have mammography equipment on premises, they are not providing mammography services. > > False. [For example](http://mediamatters.org/mobile/research/201103310031): > > \*"Planned Parenthood of Central Texas is proud to provide comprehensive breast cancer screening for our patients, including mammography when needed. Through grants from the Central Texas affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation and our participation in the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening (BCCS) program (through the Texas Department of State Health Services), PPCT provides referrals **and pays for mammograms and diagnostic follow up treatment for our patients at area radiology and surgical clinics.** (bolding added) > > Through these grants, in 2010 PPCT patients received 609 screening mammograms and 125 diagnostic mammograms; breast cancer was detected in 20 women. For most of these patients, Planned Parenthood is their only healthcare provider."\* > > So if federal funding for Planned Parenthod was cut off, it’s reasonable to think that some women would not receive mammograms. Perhaps, but if we cut their funding couldn’t we put that money towards good God fearing Christian mammography centers? Or let it trickle down? Or some other generic rhetoric. rabble ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116/146 "2011-04-19T02:06:27Z")
> [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](#): > > Goddamn it, I’ve never had one of my threads go more than a page, and this piece of shit thread now has 100 posts. Unfuckingbelievable. [LIAR!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=480581) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116/147 "2011-04-19T02:09:01Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > Perhaps, but if we cut their funding couldn’t we put that money towards good God fearing Christian mammography centers? Or let it trickle down? Or some other generic rhetoric. rabble I’m pretty sure that they think that the women who use the services of Planned Parenthood to get referrals for mammography exams are women of loose moral virtue, or not Christian, or probably, _gasp_, BOTH. So they don’t deserve to have cancer diagnosed and treated. ---
**Author:** ![Ograbme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Ograbme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ograbme)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116/148 "2011-04-19T03:01:42Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > Perhaps, but if we cut their funding couldn’t we put that money towards good God fearing Christian mammography centers? Or let it trickle down? Or some other generic rhetoric. rabble If they were really praying to Jesus like they’re supposed to, why would they need a mammogram? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116/149 "2011-04-19T03:50:35Z")
Clearly, Jesus hates breasts. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116/150 "2011-04-19T12:51:25Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [LIAR!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=480581) I forgot about that one. Just got my son his last boosters for kindergarten yesterday. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116/151 "2011-04-19T14:28:00Z")
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