(CNSNews.com) – At a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said she does not use the clinics she oversees for her own health care.
Richards was asked about whether or not Planned Parenthood has the ability to provide mammograms at its affiliated clinics. She said women are referred to other facilities in the same way she is referred by her own health care provider – which is not Planned Parenthood.
“Planned Parenthood is just like where I go for my health care every year,” Richards said.
In her prepared statement, Richards noted that most of the women who seek health care at Planned Parenthood clinics are poor.
“Planned Parenthood’s nearly 700 health centers across the country are key access points for underserved communities, with a majority (54 percent) of Planned Parenthood health centers located in health professional shortage areas, rural areas, or medically underserved areas,” Richards said.
“Seventy-eight percent of Planned Parenthood patients have incomes at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL), and approximately 60 percent of Planned Parenthood patients access care through the Medicaid program or the Title X family planning program,” she added.
According to Planned Parenthood’s most recent fiscal year 2013-2014 tax returns, Richard’s was paid $451,752 in compensation, $31,405 for “compensation reported from related organizations,” and $107,771 in “other compensation.”