Under President Trump, the SBA said that affiliates of organizations with over 500 employees were not eligible for loans through the Paycheck Protection Program. Planned Parenthood Federation of America had over 600 employees at the time, but affiliates collectively received $80 million in loans.
In its investigation, the OIG justified the loans by saying regional organizations did not classify as affiliates.
“To assess affiliation, we reviewed documents such as bylaws, member agreements, articles of incorporation, tax documents, and membership requirements to determine if control or the potential for control existed,” the OIG wrote. “We looked for any instances of control through voting, management of other member organizations, or business interests of close relatives. We found that the national organizations did not have unique management agreements with member organizations, which could indicate control.”
National Right to Life told Live Action News, “Those funds were used to prop up Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider with over $1 billion in assets. The Paycheck Protection Program was designed to protect small businesses — not the nation’s largest abortion provider with over 16,000 employees.”
Planned Parenthood of Illinois received $3.8 million in PPP loans.
