--- title: Planned Parenthood: Funny or Die Video Mocks Scandal description: A sarcastic twist on the controversy canonical: https://time.com/3994680/funny-or-die-planned-parenthood/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-12T19:29:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:21.861Z og:title: This Video Reveals the 'Shocking Truth' About Planned Parenthood og:description: The latest from Funny or Die og:url: https://time.com/3994680/funny-or-die-planned-parenthood/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Video Reveals the 'Shocking Truth' About Planned Parenthood twitter:description: The latest from Funny or Die twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Funny or Die Video Reveals the 'Shocking Truth' About Planned Parenthood by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 12, 2015 7:29 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 12, 2015 7:29 PM UTC Funny or Die’s latest video aims to share some perspective about Planned Parenthood in light of [recent controversy](http://time.com/3962098/planned-parenthood-fetal-tissue-donations-video/). “Planned Parenthood is supported by the state and federal government,” the video begins, “but what kind of heinous activities are your tax dollars funding?” What follows is a very somber PSA starring a series of sarcastic female comedians revealing the ‘horrors’ of Planned Parenthood, like the fact that it’s “providing women with accurate information about sex, contraception, STIs, pregnancy, and childbirth” or asking to take women’s blood pressure. Their blood pressure! “Planned Parenthood overwhelmed me with the ability to make my own choices,” one woman explains somberly, “without having to ask my congressman.” _Read next:_ [_Watch Elizabeth Warren’s Speech in Defense of Planned Parenthood_](http://time.com/3983266/elizabeth-warren-planned-parenthood-speech/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3994680/funny-or-die-planned-parenthood/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3994680/funny-or-die-planned-parenthood/"},"headline":"This Funny or Die Video Reveals the 'Shocking Truth' About Planned Parenthood","datePublished":"2015-08-12T19:29:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:21.861Z","description":"\"Planned Parenthood overwhelmed me with the ability to make my own choices\"","url":"https://time.com/3994680/funny-or-die-planned-parenthood/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3994680/funny-or-die-planned-parenthood/","name":"This Funny or Die Video Reveals the 'Shocking Truth' About Planned Parenthood"}}]}] ```