How much money?

In May 2010, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on federal funding of organizations that perform abortions. The report found that from 2002-2009, pro-abortion groups spent over one billion dollars from the federal government. Planned Parenthood alone received $657.1 million in federal grants and contracts over the course of seven years.

As evidenced in their recently released Annual Report for 2007-2008, government grants make up a third of Planned Parenthood’s total revenue.

Planned Parenthood 2007-2008 Annual Report, page 18

And that’s not even the whole story. Planned Parenthood and similar organizations take in much more money through funding streams not covered in the Government Accountability Office report, including state and local grants.

The gusher of tax dollars being sent to Planned Parenthood must be stopped now. See how your Representative voted on Representative Pence’s Amendment to de-fund Planned Parenthood, and tell your Senators to support the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act to defund Planned Parenthood now.

What are they spending our money on?

Planned Parenthood is a business, and abortion is where the money is.

Using data from Planned Parenthood’s Annual Reports from 1997 to 2008, these charts expose the violent reality of America’s largest abortion provider.

As seen in the graphs above, 98% of Planned Parenthood’s “services” for pregnant women are abortions.*

Planned Parenthood doesn’t just use our tax dollars to fund abortion. In their latest Annual Report, Planned Parenthood outlines its research projects undertook in the past year including research in “advances in abortion service delivery.” (page 4)

As evidenced by the outline of their legislative agenda for 2008-2009, Planned Parenthood also sought to ensure that abortion is considered as “health care,” deny conscience protection to health care workers, and increase the incredible amount of taxpayer dollars they already receive on a yearly basis:

“achieve affordable, quality, comprehensive reproductive health care as part of health care reform” (page 12)
“ensure that doctors, nurses, and pharmacists who oppose contraception and abortion cannot deny patients vital health care information and services based on their personal biases” (page 12)
“increase government funding for family planning programs” (page 12)
Tell Congress you don’t want Planned Parenthood to receive any more of your hard earned tax dollars. Tell your Representative to “Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act” Now!

Abby Johnson also recently posted about Planned Parenthood’s posted numbers. Read her blog now.

*You can read more about the services Planned Parenthood provides at : http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/fact_ppservices_2010-09-03.pdf