Halsey Donated $100,000 to Planned Parenthood

The clinic has helped her personally.
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Planned Parenthood has done a lot for Halsey. The singer, who is currently recovering from a surgery for endometriosis, credits the clinic with helping her get a diagnosis for a disease that is notoriously misdiagnosed and overlooked by medical professionals. As a woman who knows that pain, who knows the pain of having a miscarriage, and as a woman who knows how much Planned Parenthood can help, Halsey decided to put her money where her mouth is in a BIG way. She tweeted out a statement of support for Planned Parenthood after feeling inspired by the Women's March, pledging to donate $1 for every retweet up to 100,000.

Now, Planned Parenthood has another $100,000 in its coffers.

After her tweet earned 141,000 retweets, Halsey sent a $100,000 check to Planned Parenthood, fulfilling her promise and promising people like her a future at the clinic.

"Today I marched on Washington in solidarity with the women I love. The cis women. The trans women. The WOC. The single mothers. The LGBT. Women of every religion, class, and origin. The men who support these women. I marched with stitches in my stomach, my pelvis, and my vagina. I marched in pain and I marched in comfort," Halsey wrote in her statement. "The comfort of knowing I am recovering from a surgery that treats endometriosis, a disease that ravages the reproductive organs. A disease that put my body through hell. The emotional and physical hell of a miscarriage at 20 years old. A disease that would have remained dangerously untreated without the services Planned Parenthood offered me years ago. A clean, caring facility that treated me with compassion. Treated me like a warrior. A facility I turned to because I trusted it. A safe place. I am honored to have supported Planned Parenthood as one of the many causes that put me on the streets of Washington D.C. today."

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In the U.S., Planned Parenthood helps 2.7 million people like Halsey who need a safe, clean, trusted place to turn for their health care. Across the globe, that number grows to 4.9 million. Of the people who go to Planned Parenthood, 45% go for STD screening and treatment, 31% go to get birth control, 13% access other women's health services, 7% get cancer screening and prevention, 3% get abortions, and 1% get other services. In the U.S. 75% of the people who walk into the clinics live below the federal poverty level.

Planned Parenthood helps all kinds of people with all kinds of things. Some people who go are like Halsey, and others who go are not like her — and that's the beauty of the clinic. Anyone can walk in and get the health care they need. That's why Halsey's donation is so important. Congress poses a real threat to Planned Parenthood, making it a real possibility the clinic will soon be de-funded. If enough of us contribute our money and our time, though, hopefully the doors will stay open.

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