Report shows $1 billion in US taxpayer money has gone to abortion industry

Washington D.C., Jun 17, 2010 / 07:27 am (CNA).- A report released by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals over $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer money going to organizations that promote or provide abortions, including Planned Parenthood. Pro-life leaders have responded to these findings by calling for Congress to change their policies on federal funding.

The 33-page report was requested by Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas), and strongly supported by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the co-chair of the House Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, as well as other members of Congress.

The report discovered that six organizations connected to the abortion industry received over a billion dollars in federal funds between 2002 and 2009. The organizations include Planned Parenthood Federation of America, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Population Council of the United States, Guttmacher Institute, Advocates for Youth and Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America alone received $657.1 million in federal funding.

“A significant portion of federal taxpayer funding for domestic activities was provided through grants under the Title X program which provides grants for family planning,” stated Rep. Smith’s press release. “This program provides a funding source that helps abortionists set up clinics that do family planning in one room and abortion in the next.”

At a news conference on Capital Hill this morning, Olson and Smith joined other members of Congress to discuss the GAO’s findings.

“Planned Parenthood’s founder Margaret Sanger said, ‘The most merciful thing that the large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it,’” said Smith.

“No one ‘kills it’ more efficaciously and in such huge numbers – over 300,000 dead babies each year – as Planned Parenthood Federation of America.”

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