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CV NEWS FEED // Two national pro-life organizations have reacted to Planned Parenthood’s 2022-23 annual report, denouncing the abortion giant’s actions as going “above and beyond the law” for receiving government funding.
American Life League’s Planned Parenthood watchdog division, STOPP, released a statement condemning abortions and the use of taxpayer dollars to fund them.
“This report should be the centerpiece of criminal investigations into misconduct by Planned Parenthood and its board. You cannot mix, mingle, and misuse nonprofit money for improper purposes, and Planned Parenthood continues to do so to the tune of nearly $1 billion in donations and another $700 million in taxpayer money,” STOPP said in the statement.
According to the Planned Parenthood report, the organization killed 392,715 babies in the last year and received nearly $700 million in government health services reimbursements and grants—34% of their total annual revenue.
Live Action pointed out in a news release that the number of abortions nationwide has increased 5% since the last report and 100% since 2000. Abortions across the country have never been higher.
Lila Rose, president and founder of Live Action, added that Planned Parenthood’s adoption referrals have fallen by 5% since the last report.
“Planned Parenthood commits 228 abortions for each adoption referral and 62 abortions for each prenatal care service it provides,” she stated. “On a national scale, the corporation killed an average of 1,076 children daily through abortion, with approximately 45 dead children every hour, and one destroyed child every 80 seconds during 2022-23. Meanwhile, it received over $1.9 million in taxpayer funding daily, serving fewer clients with dwindling legitimate health services.”
She continued:
These numbers demonstrate that Planned Parenthood prioritizes killing preborn children over everything else … I call on our leaders in Congress and the White House to come together to defund and shut down Planned Parenthood. Only by defunding every cent of money entrusted to the public good can we take the first step toward justice. Planned Parenthood must be defunded and shut down.
