Planned Parenthood and its affiliates received nearly $2 billion from taxpayers to fund abortions
Abortion groups obtained "$148 million from HHS, $1.54 billion from Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP and 44 Paycheck Protection Program loans for approximately $89 million."
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a recent report that revealed that (between 2019 and 2021), nearly $2 billion in taxpayer funds went to funding abortions.
According to the study, Planned Parenthood and its affiliates made almost $1.78 billion :
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According to the GAO, "this report describes federal funding of health centers, affiliates of Planned Parenthood, four national organizations, it also describes the funding received and spent by these organizations from 2019 to 2021." In order to do this, data was collected from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Payment Management System of the Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Uniform Data System of the Health Resources and Services Administration of the HHS.
Republicans call report 'truly shocking'
In Congress, Republicans spoke out about the report, calling it "truly shocking."
Senator Marsha Blackburn said that "it is appalling that large abortion providers continue to receive billions of dollars in taxpayer funds" and added that "the American people want their tax dollars to be spent responsibly and in accordance with our nation's values, not on the left's abortion-on-demand agenda."
Rep. Chris Smith stated that " Planned Parenthood received a whopping $1.78 billion, as the nation battled the Covid-19 pandemic":
The statements of the congressmen are a reflection of the opinion of the majority of Americans. A Marist Poll survey revealed that around 60% of citizens reject and oppose using their tax money to finance abortions.
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