Article: Chase for funding: Planned Parenthood cuts could hurt low-income patients.

Byline: Melissa Mcever

Aug. 27--Veronica Solis has relied on Planned Parenthood for eight years. Solis regularly visits one of the organization's Brownsville clinics for free annual exams, Pap smears, birth control and even cholesterol and diabetes screenings. If she were ever unable to turn to Planned Parenthood for those services, the single mother of two probably wouldn't go anywhere else. "What can you do if that's what you've been depending on for so long?" Solis said. "I don't have insurance now, and a doctor's visit is so expensive." More women like Solis could lose access this year to free or reduced-cost screenings and family-planning ...

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