Posted on 12/17/2003 11:53:09 AM PST by chance33_98
Government Funding and Abortion Income Help Planned Parenthood Make a Killing, According to Organization's Annual Report
12/17/03 1:05:00 PM
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To: National Desk
Contact: Joe Giganti of American Life League, 703-928-9695 or jgiganti@all.org
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- "It's an outrage that our government has subsidized an abortion performing organization such as Planned Parenthood to the tune of more than $3 billion over the past four decades," said Jim Sedlak, executive director of American Life League's STOPP International. "Planned Parenthood's just-released 2002-2003 Annual Report shows that 33 percent of its income came from government grants and contracts totaling $254.4 million in the fiscal year ending in June 2003. That's a 5.6 percent increase from 2002. This government money helped Planned Parenthood haul in a $36.6 million profit in its last fiscal year."
Elected federal, state and local officials are responsible for the huge flow of tax money to Planned Parenthood. The largest portion comes from the federal government. Ed Szymkowiak, national director of American Life League's STOPP International said, "According to the latest Government Accounting Office report, Planned Parenthood received $60.9 million from Medicaid and $58.7 million from Title X of the Public Health Service Act in 2001. Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood increased by about 79 percent from 1997 to 2001, in part due to waivers granted by President Clinton. President Bush has continued granting such waivers. In 2002, he approved expanded Medicaid coverage waivers in Wisconsin and New York which will result in even more tax funding for condoms and sometimes-abortifacient contraceptive drugs and devices."
"This abuse of our tax dollars must stop," said Sedlak. "Let's not forget that while Planned Parenthood has been riding a tax- funded gravy train, it has reported performing more than 3.2 million abortions since 1977, including a record 227,375 in the most recent year. American Life League's STOPP International implores all elected officials to take immediate steps to end funding of Planned Parenthood. We also ask all Americans to echo that message to the president and their federal, state and local elected officials."
NOTE: The GAO report cited above maybe found online at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03527r.pdf
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American Life League's STOPP International is dedicated to fighting Planned Parenthood's anti-life agenda. ALL, with more than 375,000 supporting families, is the nation's largest pro-life educational organization.
Yep, but post 3 only made the first point. . .forgot all about the second.
Taxpayers could save money through forced sterilization, euthanasia of handicapped and elderly and a host of other actions. But we don't because they aren't right.
True specific views on aborton were not stated - only the value of 'saving money' was stated. That indicates to me that saving money is the important issue for that individual. If it were secondary to the value of saving innocent babies lives, that would have been stated.
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