Pence Gives Planned Parenthood a Run for Its Money
Family Research Council - November 8, 2007: FRC has learned that Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), one of Congress's most passionate advocates for the unborn, is poised to introduce a bill this week that would strip funding from groups like Planned Parenthood that perform abortions yet receive Title X family planning dollars.
According to the organization's own annual report, Planned Parenthood received more than a third of its nearly $1 billion budget from government grants and contracts last year alone. As Rep. Pence says, "It's time that the American people know that the nation's biggest abortion provider is also the largest recipient of Title X dollars." And that's no coincidence.
Although family planning dollars cannot directly fund abortions, they can be used to offset "operational costs" and free up money to promote and provide abortions. Meanwhile, for all of the "family planning" rhetoric, it became painfully obvious in 2005-2006 which "choice" the organization advocates since Planned Parenthood failed to report a single adoption referral in the U.S. in 2005-2006. Investigations have also uncovered troubling evidence that Planned Parenthood employees have falsely reported information to the authorities and failed to report cases of sexual abuse and statutory rape. Yet for all of the controversy, which spans several state and local jurisdictions, the organization continues to be a significant beneficiary of federal funds. Help Rep. Pence put an end to this taxpayer-sponsored madness. Call your congressmen and tell them to join the effort to strip Planned Parenthood's taxpaid money tree.
