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Tax-Funded Planned Parenthood: 329,455 Abortions a Year
The latest annual report from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America reveals that the PPFA received more than $487 million in tax dollars over a 12-month period — and performed 329,455 abortions.
The report covers the period from July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, the PPFA’s fiscal year. It states that the organization received “government health services grants and reimbursements” totaling $487.4 million, accounting for 46 percent of its revenue.
Previous annual reports showed total funding from “government grants and contracts,” while the 2010 report also includes payments from Medicaid managed care plans.
A comparison with earlier figures shows an almost steady increase in the number of abortions performed at its clinics, CNS News disclosed: In 2006, Planned Parenthood did 289,750 abortions; in 2007, it did 305,310; in 2008, 324,008 abortions; and in 2009, 331,796.
The PPFA therefore accounts for a major portion of the abortions reported annually to the Centers for Disease Control, which in 2008 — the most recent year for which figures are available — numbered 825,564
The latest annual report claims that abortion services make up 3 percent of “medical services.” But the PPFA states it served 3 million people and performed 329,445 abortions — meaning that about 11 percent of women served received an abortion.
While abortions increase, adoption referrals made by the organization continue to decline. In fiscal year 2007, Planned Parenthood’s “adoption referrals to other agencies” totaled 4,912. In fiscal year 2010 that number was 841, a decrease of 82.8 percent.
The new annual report also shows that the PPFA had net assets as of June 30, 2010, of $1,009,600,000.
“With over a billion in net assets and a business model centered on abortion and government subsidies, it is time for Planned Parenthood to end its reliance on taxpayer dollars,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List — a pro-life organization that lobbies Congress to defund Planned Parenthood.
“Despite an unprecedented effort by statewide and federal leaders to defund them, a wave of former employees willing to testify against them, and uniform agreement amongst Republican presidential candidates that they should be defunded, Planned Parenthood continues full-steam ahead.”
HAT TIP: Newsmax.com
