July 22, 2021

FRC Creates New Website Tracking Taxpayer Funding of Abortion

The Family Research Council launched a new website this month to show taxpayer funding and abortion data of Planned Parenthood since 1994.

Titled, "America's Direct Deposit to Planned Parenthood," the analysis uses information from the Government Accountability Office and Planned Parenthood's annual reports to show how many taxpayer dollars have been funneled into Planned Parenthood organizations. Between 1994 and 2019, Planned Parenthood has reported performing 7,059,206 abortions and receiving $9.7 billion in total taxpayer funding. Over that period of time, the annual taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood has quadrupled from $163.1 million in 1994 to $618.1 million in 2019.

Over the period between 1994 and 2018, Planned Parenthood's share of the total abortions in the US has increased from 10.5% to 55.8%.

As the US House of Representatives considers a budget bill that doesn't include the protections of the Hyde Amendment, Planned Parenthood stands to gain even more funding from taxpayers.

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said:

"Planned Parenthood has become America's abortion giant, and it has been taxpayer dollars that has bankrolled the baby-killing industry. Planned Parenthood now performs more abortions annually than every other abortion supplier in America. Far from escaping its racist, eugenicist roots, it increasingly targets minority babies by locating the vast majority of its abortion facilities near black or Hispanic neighborhoods. Planned Parenthood does not deserve billions in government funding. Even pro-choice Americans have long agreed that taxpayers should not be forced to fund abortions. The time has come to put an end to the forced partnership between taxpayers and Planned Parenthood," concluded Perkins."

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