If Republicans continue to criticize Planned Parenthood as a key agenda of 2016 campaigns then it could be a problem for them. It has been said so because a Reuters/Ipsos poll has found that Americans are in support of federal funding provision for free women’s health checkups, screenings and contraceptive services.

The poll has also found that the video released by an anti-abortion group earlier this year showing Planned Parenthood officials negotiating prices for aborted fetal tissue has made people negative towards the organization.

But then also, there is a strong support for federal funds to help Planned Parenthood to provide screenings, pregnancy tests and prenatal services to women. Experts said that Republican candidates should now careful choose this topic for discussion.

Planned Parenthood provides health services to millions of women at hundreds of centers across the nation. But lately, it has come under scanner after the videos surfaced showing its officials entering into negotiations for aborted foetal tissue. But the organization has said that it has not done anything wrong and abortions make not even 3% of its work.

In the poll, 73% of participants have supported federal funding for a group to provide women's health exams and 69% of respondents have backed federal dollars for prenatal services and 59% were in favor of it for contraception.