Defunding Planned Parenthood is not a popular move with voters. A record 75 percent of Americans said in a recent poll that the federal government should continue funding the family planning provider, and a Fox News poll found that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Planned Parenthood are the two most well-liked political entities in America right now. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , who spoke at the organizations 100th anniversary gala this week , noted that the nation has hit a 30-year low in teen pregnancy and a 40-year low in unintended pregnancy thanks to increased investments in family planning through organizations like Planned Parenthood.

I believe that anyone who is opposed to abortion should be in favor of preventing unintended pregnancy, expanding economic opportunity and fighting for policies that actually support parenthood, Clinton said.

Republicans claim that there are enough federally qualified community health centers to absorb Planned Parenthoods patients once it is defunded.

For every Planned Parenthood, there are 20 federal community health centers , House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said at a town hall in January. Theyre vastly bigger in network, there are so many more of them, and they provide these kinds of services without all of the controversy surrounding this [abortion] issue.

The problem is, Ryans count includes dentists offices , homeless shelters, food banks, mental health clinics and cosmetic surgeons, among other providers that dont offer womens health and family planning services . In 2014, federally qualified health centers only provided about a third of the contraceptive services that Planned Parenthood did, according to the Congressional Research Service . And the average wait time for an appointment at those places is more than twice the wait time at local Planned Parenthood clinics.

I hope that both people in this administration and members of Congress will begin to pay attention to 51 percent of the population of America, who are desperately concerned about their future, Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, told HuffPost in an interview last week . It is enormously frustrating to have primarily rooms full of men making policy decisions and voting on issues which they will never be impacted directly themselves, and have millions of women in this country who are not being represented.

This is the worst bill for womens health in a generation. It makes it harder to prevent unintended pregnancy, harder to have a healthy pregnancy, and harder to raise a family, Richards said after the GOP bill passed the House.

This story has been updated to reflect the passage of the GOP health care bill in the House.