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Received taxpayer funds totaling $305.3 million — a whopping $32.6 million (12 percent) more than last year By John Jalsevac WASHINGTON, June 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On June 6 Planned Parenthood (PP) released its official 2005-2006 annual report. The report details the activities and financial situation of the organization at length. During the year of 2005-06, besides reporting that 264,943 children were killed by medical and surgical abortions performed by its clinics, it also reported a record income, including a record amount of taxpayer funding. Planned Parenthood’s total income for the year was $902.8 million, with a $55.8 million profit.Jim...

PORTLAND - The wife of Gov. Ted Kulongoski says younger women need to be reminded about the importance of the right to an abortion in a time of shifting political values. Mary Oberst made a rare public speech over the weekend to recall the days when abortions were outlawed and women lost jobs, got kicked out of school and were put at risk after getting pregnant. Oberst told about 400 people at an abortion rights banquet Saturday that younger women don't fully appreciate what it was like before the U.S. Supreme Court made abortion legal 31 years ago in the...