Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has revealed that she was a Planned Parenthood baby.

AOC backed the non-profit - which provides vital healthcare and helps millions of people across the U.S. with a multitude of family planning methods - after it's recently been targeted by Republicans attempting to defund it.

The organization offers services such as abortions, contraception, and testing for sexually transmitted diseases.

Democratic congresswoman AOC, 31, praised the work of the healthcare provider in response to policies mentioned during a meeting of the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday.

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Speaking during a House committee hearing titled Birthing While Black: Examining America’s Black Maternal Health Crisis, AOC said:

"First and foremost, I don't want to hear a single person on this committee or outside of this committee talk about valuing life when they continue to uphold the death penalty, when they continue to support policies that disproportionally incarcerate and lead to the deaths of Black men and people throughout this country and uphold an absolutely unjust medical system that exists for profit that allows people to die because they can't afford to live.

“If we want to talk about Planned Parenthood, let’s talk about how many lives Planned Parenthood has saved and how many babies have been born because of the prenatal care provided by Planned Parenthood.”

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Ocasio-Cortez, who represents New York’s 14th Congressional District, opened up about her family's involvement with the healthcare provider in the discussion about America’s Black maternal health crisis.

She went on: "If we want to talk about Planned Parenthood, let’s talk about how many lives Planned Parenthood has saved and how many babies have been because of the prenatal care provided by Planned Parenthood.

"If you don't believe it, and if you've never met a Planned Parenthood baby, I’m happy to let you know that I am one and that my mother received and relied on prenatal care from Planned Parenthood when she was pregnant with me."

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However, as the Washington Examiner’s Jerry Dunleavy noted on Twitter, Planned Parenthood's 2019-2020 annual report shows it provided 354,871 abortion services from October 1, 2018, to September 30, 2019, and just 8,626 prenatal services during that same time.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals she was a 'Planned Parenthood baby' in defence of healthcare provider