{"id":30454,"date":"2024-02-28T13:44:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T13:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=30454"},"modified":"2024-03-01T18:21:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T18:21:52","slug":"radical-abortion-activists-like-planned-parenthood-got-2-billion-of-our-tax-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/radical-abortion-activists-like-planned-parenthood-got-2-billion-of-our-tax-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Radical Abortion Activists Like Planned Parenthood Got $2 Billion of Our Tax Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Erin Hawley, originally published February 26, 2024, LifeNews<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recently released federal report <\/a>shows that almost $2 billion of American taxpayer funds were given to abortion advocates like Planned Parenthood in just three short years. According to the Government Accountability Office, Planned Parenthood and two international abortion groups collectively received $1.89 billion in federal funds from 2019-2021. The influx of cash allows these organizations to advocate for abortion for any reason and without limit\u2014even though federal law prohibits the spending of federal funds on abortion. Worse yet, America\u2019s taxpayers are funding abortions abroad and supporting overseas abortion advocacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pro-Life Caucus summary of the report\u00a0details<\/a>\u00a0the massive federal funding of abortion advocacy. Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in America, received an average of nearly $600 million a year in federal funding. This money came from federal grants, reimbursements from Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP federal grants, and the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., one of the legislators who requested the GAO report on federal abortion funding, criticized Planned Parenthood\u2019s receipts of COVID-19 relief. \u201cWhile small businesses struggled to make ends meet during the pandemic, Planned Parenthood illegally siphoned over $90 million from the Paycheck Protection Program, specifically designed to help our mom and pop shops keep their doors open,\u201d\u00a0she said<\/a>. Because the Paycheck Protection Program was supposed to help small businesses, those with more than 500 employees were ineligible. Planned Parenthood has 16,000 employees nationwide, yet the Biden administration gave nearly $100 million in relief to the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s no surprise what Planned Parenthood did with the money. According to the Pro-Life Caucus report<\/a>, Planned Parenthood has taken the lives of over 9.3 million unborn children since 1970. And those numbers have been increasing. In the three-year period covered by the GAO report, Planned Parenthood performed 1.1 million abortions. In fiscal year 2021 alone, Planned Parenthood performed 374,155 abortions\u2014about 1,025 abortions per day\u2014or one abortion every two minutes. While Planned Parenthood often tries to highlight the other medical services it provides to women, abortion makes up 98 percent of the \u201cservices\u201d that Planned Parenthood provides pregnant <\/em>women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two international organizations were also beneficiaries of the federal government\u2019s largesse. International Planned Parenthood (IPPF) operates in 146 countries worldwide and\u00a0received<\/a>\u00a0over $2 million dollars from the United States government. In 2022, IPPF provided 5 million \u201cabortion-related services.\u201d IPPF aggressively promotes abortion, pushing countries all over the world to legalize elective abortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSI Reproductive Choices is the second international abortion organization that the United States consistently supports<\/a> with taxpayer dollars. MSI operates in 37 countries and describes performing abortions as part of its mission. In 2020, it provided 4 million \u201cabortions and post-abortion care services.\u201d MSI boasts<\/a> about training \u201ccommunity health workers\u201d to provide chemical abortions. And MSI works to overturn pro-life laws in countries like Kenya, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Bolivia, and Nigeria. By 2030, MSI expects to provide one out of every three abortions in countries where it operates. Between 2013 and 2021, MSI received<\/a> $51 million in American taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of this violates the spirit of federal law. The Hyde and Helms Amendments prohibit domestic federal funds from being used to pay for abortion. But Planned Parenthood exploits a giant loophole: Those amendments don\u2019t prohibit abortion providers from receiving federal funds. Thus, so long as Planned Parenthood doesn\u2019t use the federal money received specifically for abortion, there are no limits. But money is fungible and the influx of cash allows abortion providers to expand their influence\u2014all with taxpayer dollars and Planned Parenthood does not separate abortion from other funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is another way. The Trump administration implemented the Protect Life Rule<\/a>, which prevented Title X grantees (the largest source of Planned Parenthood\u2019s federal funding) from referring for abortion and required them to separate their abortion facilities physically and financially from other \u201cservices.\u201d Similarly, the administration prohibited foreign aid<\/a> from going to NGOs that promote or perform abortion. Planned Parenthood and its international cohorts refused to comply\u2013leading them to become ineligible for Title X grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Biden rescinded those policies immediately upon taking office, leading to the current promotion of abortion at taxpayer expense. This must stop. Consistent with the views of the American people, Congress has prohibited federal tax dollars from funding abortion. It should work to close the loopholes that allow abortion providers to rake in billions of taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erin Hawley is a wife, mom of three, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, and a law professor at Regent University School of Law.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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