Planned Parenthood saw a 1,200 percent rise in vasectomy appointments scheduled on November 6, the day after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election.
Responding to new calls to defund Planned Parenthood, Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said: "Patients are already preparing for the incoming Trump administration by taking control of their sexual and reproductive health care."
Johnson pointed to the rise in vasectomies scheduled on November 6. She said that day also saw a 760 percent rise in scheduled IUD appointments, a 350 percent rise in scheduled birth control implant appointments and a 140 percent rise in scheduled gender-affirming care appointments.
Following the election, searches for "birth control" surged by 109 percent and searches for "Planned Parenthood" rose by 174 percent.
The 2024 election was ultimately defined by the economy and immigration. However, for women under 30, the top issue was abortion access.
Four people picked for Trump's cabinet so far have contributed to Project 2025, a manifesto that says the President has a "moral responsibility" to pursue anti-abortion policies.
Trump's running mate, JD Vance, has said the government should not support Planned Parenthood due to his stance that taxpayers "should not fund late-term abortions."
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that only 0.9 percent of abortions are carried out after the 21-week mark.
Now, with the appointment of Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk to the newly created Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE), Planned Parenthood, the country's leading provider of reproductive care, may lose its federal funding.
In an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal, Ramaswamy and Musk said: "DOGE will help end federal overspending by taking aim at the $500 billion-plus in annual federal expenditures that are unauthorized by Congress or being used in ways that Congress never intended, from $535 million a year to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and $1.5 billion for grants to international organizations to nearly $300 million to progressive groups like Planned Parenthood."
Planned Parenthood defended their use of federal funds, stating: "Planned Parenthood doesn't get a blank check from the federal government. Like any other health care provider, or hospital, Planned Parenthood affiliates are reimbursed for services provided to patients at health centers.
"What Musk and Ramaswamy call 'federal overspending' provides critical and necessary sexual and reproductive health care to thousands of people every day—care that will disappear if they get their way."
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