--- title: Watch Elizabeth Warren Defend Planned Parenthood in a Senate Speech description: She was speaking before Monday's vote on a defunding proposal. canonical: https://time.com/3983266/elizabeth-warren-planned-parenthood-speech/ author: Alissa Greenberg article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-04T08:13:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:16.972Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Elizabeth Warren's Defense of Planned Parenthood og:description: "Did you fall down, hit your head and think you woke up in the 1950's?" og:url: https://time.com/3983266/elizabeth-warren-planned-parenthood-speech/ 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: Watch Elizabeth Warren's Defense of Planned Parenthood twitter:description: "Did you fall down, hit your head and think you woke up in the 1950's?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Elizabeth Warren's Speech in Defense of Planned Parenthood > Sponsored content. 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A study from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine says after three years, most women didn't regret having an abortion._ by [Alissa Greenberg](https://time.com/author/alissa-greenberg/) ## Alissa Greenberg Aug 4, 2015 8:13 AM UTC by [Alissa Greenberg](https://time.com/author/alissa-greenberg/) ## Alissa Greenberg Aug 4, 2015 8:13 AM UTC Senator Elizabeth Warren has [criticized](https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=353&v=4IH2SRYykW8) members of Congress who want to defund Planned Parenthood. “Do you have any idea what year it is?” Warren asked, speaking before Monday’s Senate vote on the defunding bill. “Did you fall down, hit your head and think you woke up in the 1950s or the 1890s? Should we call for a doctor?” Warren was speaking after covertly recorded videos released by the Center for Medical Progress showed Planned Parenthood officials discussing the costs associated with fetal-tissue extraction. That footage, roundly [criticized](http://time.com/3979181/hillary-clinton-planned-parenthood-congress/) by both parties, set off a political firestorm, with Republicans alleging that the conversations proved that staffers were selling baby body parts for profit. Senator Joni Ernst introduced a bill involving the sweeping defunding of the organization, in a bid to hit back against what, in a recent TIME [op-ed](http://time.com/3981428/the-inhumane-treatment-of-human-life/), Ernst and Senators Rand Paul and James Lankford called “callous actions that strike at the moral fabric of our society.” In response, Planned Parenthood has maintained that the videos were taken out of context and alleges that they were edited. The Senate later voted down the bill, but the issue is expected to resurface as Congress attempts to pass spending bills later in the year. ### Photos: Meet America's 10 Newest Senators  Joni Ernst A Lieutenant Colonel of the Iowa Army National Guard, Ernst has served on the Iowa State Senate since 2004. Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  David Perdue A businessman from Macon, Ga., Perdue makes his political debut in the seat of retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss. David Goldman—AP  Tom CottonA U.S. Army Veteran and lawyer, Cotton has served as Representative for Arkansas's 4th district since 2012 and now moves on to the Senate. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  Cory Gardner Gardner formerly served in the Colorado House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives. He beat incumbent Sen. Mark Udall. David Zalubowski—AP  Thom Tillis Tillis is the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives and has served there 2006. Davis Turner—Getty Images  Mike Rounds From Huron, S.D., Rounds served as South Dakota governor from 2003 to 2011. Michael Conroy—AP  Shelley Moore Capito The daughter of former West Virginia Gov. Arch Alfred Moore, Jr., Capito has served as a U.S. Representative for West Virginia's 2nd District since 2001. Tyler Evert—AP  Steve DainesA businessman with Procter & Gamble for 13 years, Daines became a member of the House of Representatives in 2013. Michael Albans—AP  James LankfordLankford has served as Representative for Oklahoma's 5th District since 2011. Sue Ogrocki—AP  Ben Sasse The President of Midland University in Fremont, Neb., since 2010, Sasse won the Senate seat vacated by Sen. Mike Johanns. Nati Harnik—AP ## Transcript A majority of women, 95 % do not regret having an abortion according to a new study published in the medical journal Plus One. The study, conducted by the Bixby Center for Global Reproduction Health at UC San Francisco's School of Medicine surveyed 670 women over three years. Many women said they had an abortion because of financial reasons and it being not the right time. According to the nonprofit research organization Guttmacher Institute, seven states require that before women have an abortion, they undergo counseling about the negative psychological effects. While other studies suggest less than 5 % of women regret abortions, Many anti- abortion proponents can test that. Depression, anxiety, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts and behaviors and it's a very widespread problem. One of the study's lead researcher Doctor [ UNKNOWN ] acknowledges these emotions but says they are not long term. She told Yahoo, as we note in our 2013 paper on women's emotions one week after the abortion, We found that many women experience negative emotions, anger, sadness, guilt, regret, as well as positive emotions, relief, happiness, with relief predominating. 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