Maggie Waggoner

Lewisburg

Congressman Glenn Thompson sent another misleading e-mail to his constituents on April 10, attacking Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). His newsletter states that PPFA “received more taxpayer dollars than ever before, and continues to prioritize abortion over true health care services.” First, abortion care is part of full health care.

Furthermore, the 2024-2025 PPFA Annual Report states: “Though Planned Parenthood Federation of America did everything we could to prevent it, in July 2025, the Trump administration and Congress forced through a law blocking patients from using Medicaid at Planned Parenthood health centers for care. What they call “defunding” Planned Parenthood is making it even harder for people to get sexual and reproductive health care.”

Congressman Thompson voted for this “defunding.”

Dated April 2026, the report states that 91% of PPFA’s revenue came from Planned Parenthood donors. Not taxpayer dollars.

It states that 56% of medical services provided were for Sexually Transmitted Infections Testing and Treatment. Contraception care was 23%, Cancer Screening and Prevention, Education and other Reproductive Health Care Services were provided. Abortion Care made up only 4% of the health care services provided by PPFA. Nothing supports Thompson’s claim of “showing a record number of abortions.”

Thompson voted for the Working Families Tax Cuts Act because he wants you to believe he cares about “hard working families.” If so, why did he vote for the so-called Big Beautiful Bill? It cuts Medicaid, which will close rural hospitals, including maternity wards. All to pay for permanent tax breaks for the wealthiest.

The Center for Rural Pennsylvania found that as of May 2025, 23 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties have no hospitals with labor/delivery units. Thompson’s vote supports hospital closings so I find his statement: “I will never stop working for the unborn” deeply hypocritical.

Thompson voted for women all over the country — not just in Pennsylvania–to have less access to pre-natal, maternal and neo-natal care. More new babies are dying. More mothers are dying. Is this what Congressman Thompson means when he says “our nation should invest in women’s health?”

It’s time to vote Glenn Thompson out of office.