The Miss America pageant asked their contestants some tough questions, fortunately Miss Tennessee had a great answer. When asked if Planned Parenthood should be defunded Hannah Robison pointed out that many women depend on Planned Parenthood for health care. Critics like Dana Loesch disagreed. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.

What do you think of Hannah Robison’s response? Do you think this will help Planned Parenthood’s cause? Let us know in the comments below.

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“Often, when a contestant’s response from a beauty pageant goes viral, it’s, well, not because she said something amazingly astute. (Remember this?) But an exchange from last night’s Miss America competition was quite the exception. Miss Tennessee was asked about the imminent battle over defunding Planned Parenthood — and she nailed the answer.

Host Vanessa Williams asked, “Some legislators are threatening to shut down the government over federal contributions to Planned Parenthood, even though no federal funds can be used for abortions. Should Planned Parenthood funding be cut off?” So much for “Describe your perfect date” softball questions.

But Hannah Robison, 21, took on the controversial topic in stride. She responded, “I don’t think Planned Parenthood funding should be cut off. The $500 million that gets given to Planned Parenthood every single year goes to female…care. It goes for scanning for cancers, it goes for mammograms…and if we don’t give that funding to Planned Parenthood, those women will be out of health care for reproductive causes.”