{"id":32903,"date":"2024-11-25T00:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=32903"},"modified":"2024-11-25T00:32:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:32:34","slug":"pro-life-leaders-praise-beautiful-plan-for-doge-to-defund-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/pro-life-leaders-praise-beautiful-plan-for-doge-to-defund-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Life Leaders Praise ‘Beautiful’ Plan for DOGE to Defund Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By: Ben Johnson, originally published November 22, 2024, The Washington Stand<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy\u2019s plans to protect taxpayers from wasteful spending will take a scalpel to Planned Parenthood funding, reasserting Americans\u2019 financial autonomy by removing federal funds from the nation\u2019s largest abortion chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pair outlined<\/a> their vision for the forthcoming Trump administration\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, specifically underscoring plans to enact a host of policies long supported by pro-life advocates and government efficiency experts alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDOGE will help end federal overspending by taking aim at the $500 billion plus in annual federal expenditures that are unauthorized by Congress or being used in ways that Congress never intended, from $535 million a year to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and $1.5 billion for grants to international organizations to nearly $300 million to progressive groups like Planned Parenthood,\u201d wrote Musk and Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planned Parenthood received $699.3 million in taxpayer funding fiscal year and carried out 392,712 abortions<\/a> in its 2022-2023 fiscal year, according to its most recent annual report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood surged $65.9 million since President Joe Biden took office in 2021, even as inflation and a slow economic recovery from the artificial COVID-19 shutdowns eroded Americans\u2019 real income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of Planned Parenthood\u2019s spending has been blatantly political. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Planned Parenthood announced plans to spend $140 million<\/a> on supporting Democratic candidates who support abortion (and abortion funding) and to launch a long-term campaign to expand abortion in all 50 states. Their policy outline included $40 million<\/a> on door-to-door canvassing, TV and online advertising, phone banks, and direct mail targeting voters in the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in the 2024 presidential election. It also joined other left-wing organizations to launch a 10-year, $100 million<\/a> campaign aimed at \u201csecuring access to abortion care in every state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planned Parenthood\u2019s annual report also notes the abortion chain spent $46.7 million on \u201cpublic policy\u201d and $14.8 to \u201cengage communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pro-life and pro-family leaders welcomed the efforts to extricate taxpayers from funding Planned Parenthood, the nation\u2019s largest abortion chain which has increasingly stepped into\u00a0carrying out transgender procedures<\/a>, often to minors\u00a0as young as 12<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cAmericans work hard for their money \u2014 and under the Biden administration, despite loads of hard work, that money didn\u2019t go very far. For many, the economy was a top issue in this election. Working to ensure that American taxpayer dollars are only used in ways that work to further the good of our nation is at the forefront of the Trump administration\u2019s agenda,\u201d Mary Szoch, director of the Center for Human Dignity at Family Research Council, told The Washington Stand. \u201cIt was beautiful to see that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have recognized that using American taxpayer dollars to fund the killing of unborn children is a complete waste of money. It is inefficient on so many levels \u2014 including that it robs Americans of future generations of children. I look forward to seeing the other areas DOGE recognizes as a waste of taxpayer dollars; this first announcement signaled that rebuilding a culture of life is part of taking back America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins found<\/a> \u201clots of good news in this plan,\u201d specifically highlighting its calls to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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