Taxpayer Funds Used to Fund Abortions? Say It Ain’t So!

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The following blog post is by Family Council staff member Luke McCoy.

Arkansas and 32 other states have successfully passed legislation prohibiting taxpayer funds from being used for certain abortions, excluding a minority of abortions from rape, incest and a mother’s ability to survive the pregnancy.

The Hyde Amendment, which is the federal provision that prohibits certain federal taxpayer funds from being used for certain abortions originated in 1976 and has been attached to federal appropriation bills throughout the years. With that said we can rest easy knowing taxpayer money is not used for abortions in those 33 states and focus on other pro-life measures, right? Don’t get comfortable yet.

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Abortion, Public Funding On the Rise at Planned Parenthood

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A new report is out showing the Planned Parenthood Federation of America did a record 333,964 abortions in the 2011-2012 fiscal year.

Those abortions generated an estimated $150 million of the organization’s $1 billon budget. That year, Planned Parenthood referred 2,300, pregnant women to adoption agencies. While Planned Parenthood’s abortion business is on the rise, some of their other services—like cancer screenings and contraceptives—are down.

In spite of efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of abortions saw an up tick in public funding in 2011-2012. “Taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood reached a record of $542 million last year, almost half its $1 billion-plus budget,” said Jim Sedlak, vice president at the American Life League.

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Ross Perot Foundation Donates $1 Million to Texas Planned Parenthood

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Texas lawmakers recently passed legislation to defund Planned Parenthood, but the Perot Foundation has come to the aid of the nation’s largest provider of abortions.

UPI reported that the Ross Perot foundation has supported Planned Parenthood for over 20 years.

It saddens me that Texas billionaire Ross Perot supports Planned Parenthood.

Here is a link to the story.

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