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Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Courage, Senate: Pass the One Big Beautiful Bill, Stop Forced Funding of Big Abortion
The only certainties in this world, a famous quip says, are death and taxes. No group in America weds the two like Planned Parenthood. The indisputable head of the abortion industry, they boast of more than 400,000 abortions a year – at least ten times the capacity of Times Square. And they do it while raking in nearly 40% of their $2 billion in income from taxpayers. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act that just passed the House of Representatives is the best opportunity to stop forced taxpayer funding of Big Abortion since 2017, when a similar effort fell short by one vote. As the Republican majority works through budget reconciliation, all the Democrats' old lies are re-emerging: 'Women will lose critical health care.' 'Planned Parenthood does more than abortion.' More than ever, they fall flat. For the longest time, it seemed certain Planned Parenthood was 'too big to fail' and politically untouchable. At over a century old, they've outlived scandal after scandal: multi-million-dollar payouts to settle Medicaid fraud charges. Dozens of employee lawsuits alleging racial discrimination. Their eugenics-driven foundress, Margaret Sanger, getting cast under the bus during 2020's summer of unrest. Even – horrific as it is – the revelation of their selling freshly harvested organs of aborted babies for thousands of dollars apiece in incentives. The abortion giant not only survived – the subsidies taxpayers were forced to pay increased to more than $700 million, including about half a billion from Medicaid. They've survived in part by grossly exaggerating their importance as a health care provider of last resort for poor women – for instance, allowing the public to think they provide mammograms (they never have). They cling to this fiction as a shield, even while their own reports show massive declines in everything from contraception to pap smears. Except abortions, of course. Those are at record level. When a pregnant woman enters Planned Parenthood looking for help, 97% of the time she is sold an abortion, rather than supported in parenting or planning for adoption. Now, a new analysis by the Charlotte Lozier Institute estimates community health centers offering women's health care outnumber Planned Parenthood locations (in-person and virtual) 15 to one nationwide. These include 5,500 federally qualified health centers, which provide comprehensive health care services to low-income and underserved populations, and 3,300 rural health clinics serving Medicaid and Medicare patients in areas particularly vulnerable to care shortages. That's on top of thousands of pregnancy resource centers that provide free baby supplies, education and assistance. Women have real choices. Community health centers are vastly more available than Planned Parenthood, and more women choose them already. When Medicaid patients choose these centers, Medicaid dollars stay with them. At last, scandal-plagued Planned Parenthood is poised to collapse under its many detriments. The New York Times, no pro-life outlet, acknowledged Planned Parenthood botches procedures and subjects patients to inhuman treatment. In one case, sewage was allowed to leak into a recovery room for days. NPR highlighted 'dysfunction' between rank-and-file employees and management, with one former employee stating she was repeatedly expected to break protocol to assist surgical abortions despite being the sole nurse on duty. Moreover, billions of dollars in donations go not to fix their appalling conditions, but to fund the organization's constant litigation and political activism. OpenSecrets found Planned Parenthood spends more to lobby the federal government than any group on either side of the abortion issue. Supposedly in a financial crisis, they've just taken out a full-page ad in The New York Times – the outlet they feel betrayed them – signed by some of the richest people in America. But the media won't save them. The courts won't bail them out. Even Gavin Newsom is cutting them off. Enter a new administration focused on rooting out waste and fraud. In March, the Trump administration halted millions in Title X funds to Planned Parenthood, citing a review of their DEI policies. In any case, millions of Americans strongly reject abortion as 'family planning.' Groups that treat it as such aren't entitled to tax dollars. The freeze is already having an effect as Planned Parenthood centers shutter across the country. Only Congress can tackle mandatory Medicaid spending, however. Some say we're tilting at windmills, since the Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funding of elective abortions. Because money is fungible, this is like claiming subsidies to McDonald's Corporation wouldn't underwrite hamburger sales. It's rich coming from Democrats in Washington, some of whom used to support the life-saving Hyde Amendment but virtually all of whom despise it today. Even occasional Republicans, making anonymous, uninformed statements to the media, miss this key point. Fortunately, they are a minority; the pro-life movement is united to defund Big Abortion, as is the GOP with leaders like Speaker Johnson and Leader Thune. Defunding Big Abortion is a win-win for fiscal hawks and patients. With 70% of voters concerned about wasteful spending, there can be no more excuses for forcing such a terrible investment on taxpayers. This is the new certainty: Planned Parenthood's gravy train must end. Have courage, Senate Republicans. Women deserve better than shoddy and shrinking care. They won't miss the smell of sewage. It's time to expose the Democrats, not only as patronizing and hypocritical but radically blind to the harm to women and children. Marjorie Dannenfelser is president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. The only certainties in this world, a famous quip says, are death and taxes. No group in America weds the two like Planned Parenthood. The indisputable head of the abortion industry, they boast of more than 400,000 abortions a year – at least ten times the capacity of Times Square. And they do it while raking in nearly 40% of their $2 billion in income from taxpayers. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act that just passed the House of Representatives is the best opportunity to stop forced taxpayer funding of Big Abortion since 2017, when a similar effort fell short by one vote. As the Republican majority works through budget reconciliation, all the Democrats' old lies are re-emerging: 'Women will lose critical health care.' 'Planned Parenthood does more than abortion.' More than ever, they fall flat. For the longest time, it seemed certain Planned Parenthood was 'too big to fail' and politically untouchable. At over a century old, they've outlived scandal after scandal: multi-million-dollar payouts to settle Medicaid fraud charges. Dozens of employee lawsuits alleging racial discrimination. Their eugenics-driven foundress, Margaret Sanger, getting cast under the bus during 2020's summer of unrest. Even – horrific as it is – the revelation of their selling freshly harvested organs of aborted babies for thousands of dollars apiece in incentives. The abortion giant not only survived – the subsidies taxpayers were forced to pay increased to more than $700 million, including about half a billion from Medicaid. They've survived in part by grossly exaggerating their importance as a health care provider of last resort for poor women – for instance, allowing the public to think they provide mammograms (they never have). They cling to this fiction as a shield, even while their own reports show massive declines in everything from contraception to pap smears. Except abortions, of course. Those are at record level. When a pregnant woman enters Planned Parenthood looking for help, 97% of the time she is sold an abortion, rather than supported in parenting or planning for adoption. Now, a new analysis by the Charlotte Lozier Institute estimates community health centers offering women's health care outnumber Planned Parenthood locations (in-person and virtual) 15 to one nationwide. These include 5,500 federally qualified health centers, which provide comprehensive health care services to low-income and underserved populations, and 3,300 rural health clinics serving Medicaid and Medicare patients in areas particularly vulnerable to care shortages. That's on top of thousands of pregnancy resource centers that provide free baby supplies, education and assistance. Women have real choices. Community health centers are vastly more available than Planned Parenthood, and more women choose them already. When Medicaid patients choose these centers, Medicaid dollars stay with them. At last, scandal-plagued Planned Parenthood is poised to collapse under its many detriments. The New York Times, no pro-life outlet, acknowledged Planned Parenthood botches procedures and subjects patients to inhuman treatment. In one case, sewage was allowed to leak into a recovery room for days. NPR highlighted 'dysfunction' between rank-and-file employees and management, with one former employee stating she was repeatedly expected to break protocol to assist surgical abortions despite being the sole nurse on duty. Moreover, billions of dollars in donations go not to fix their appalling conditions, but to fund the organization's constant litigation and political activism. OpenSecrets found Planned Parenthood spends more to lobby the federal government than any group on either side of the abortion issue. Supposedly in a financial crisis, they've just taken out a full-page ad in The New York Times – the outlet they feel betrayed them – signed by some of the richest people in America. But the media won't save them. The courts won't bail them out. Even Gavin Newsom is cutting them off. Enter a new administration focused on rooting out waste and fraud. In March, the Trump administration halted millions in Title X funds to Planned Parenthood, citing a review of their DEI policies. In any case, millions of Americans strongly reject abortion as 'family planning.' Groups that treat it as such aren't entitled to tax dollars. The freeze is already having an effect as Planned Parenthood centers shutter across the country. Only Congress can tackle mandatory Medicaid spending, however. Some say we're tilting at windmills, since the Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funding of elective abortions. Because money is fungible, this is like claiming subsidies to McDonald's Corporation wouldn't underwrite hamburger sales. It's rich coming from Democrats in Washington, some of whom used to support the life-saving Hyde Amendment but virtually all of whom despise it today. Even occasional Republicans, making anonymous, uninformed statements to the media, miss this key point. Fortunately, they are a minority; the pro-life movement is united to defund Big Abortion, as is the GOP with leaders like Speaker Johnson and Leader Thune. Defunding Big Abortion is a win-win for fiscal hawks and patients. With 70% of voters concerned about wasteful spending, there can be no more excuses for forcing such a terrible investment on taxpayers. This is the new certainty: Planned Parenthood's gravy train must end. Have courage, Senate Republicans. Women deserve better than shoddy and shrinking care. They won't miss the smell of sewage. It's time to expose the Democrats, not only as patronizing and hypocritical but radically blind to the harm to women and children. Marjorie Dannenfelser is president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.
Fox News
28-03-2025
- Health
- Fox News
Republicans can't squander this opportunity to defund Big Abortion
This week, members of Congress are getting a visit from hundreds of pro-life constituents from across the country, coming to Capitol Hill to urge them to defund Big Abortion. It's been talked about for years and even included in Republican reconciliation bills in the past. Now is the time to get it done, and the way to do it is in the upcoming budget reconciliation bill. Reconciliation is a complicated process, but the key is, these bills can pass the Senate with a simple majority rather than the usual 60 votes needed to break a filibuster. With a complete GOP majority in Washington, this is a huge opportunity we cannot squander. Americans overwhelmingly support cutting back out-of-control federal spending, with 70% of voters saying government expenditures are rife with fraud and waste. The same percentage of Independents now disapprove of the Democratic Party, the most unpopular it's been in years. Any anti-fraud-and-waste efforts should absolutely zero out funding to the corrupt abortion industry – especially the hundreds of millions to "progressive groups like Planned Parenthood" flagged by Elon Musk. But wait, someone might object, isn't Planned Parenthood a nonpartisan healthcare provider? If only their slick propaganda resembled the truth. In reality, their priorities are abortion, profits and politics. Planned Parenthood has done more than any other group to make abortion the leading cause of death in America. They ended the lives of nearly 393,000 unborn children in a single year, according to their last annual report, or about 40% of abortions in the U.S. – a number that could fill Times Square to capacity ten times. 97% of the time a pregnant woman walks into Planned Parenthood, she's sold an abortion rather than helped to keep her child or make an adoption plan. Many Planned Parenthood employees even straight-up admit their center doesn't do prenatal care or offer ultrasounds apart from abortions: "It's called Planned Parenthood, I know it's kind of deceiving." While Planned Parenthood provides fewer and fewer cancer screenings, abortions and income keep setting records. Some of their billions in assets comes from wealthy, elite funders. Some has come from the barbaric harvest and sale of baby body parts for "research." More than a third of their income is from – guess who? – taxpayers. In 2023, their taxpayer funding amounted to almost $700 million or $2 million a day, with a significant chunk coming from Medicaid. And you didn't even get a "Thanks." A bombshell report in The New York Times, of all outlets, reveals the stark horrors and incompetence Americans are getting for their money: botched abortions that are lethal for babies and put women's lives at risk. IUDs implanted in women who are already pregnant. Sewage leaking into a recovery room, causing people to vomit. Now they're also accused of delaying emergency responders in the death of an 18-year-old with late-term abortion complications. The Times noted that, since the Dobbs Supreme Court decision, Planned Parenthood "has enjoyed a fundraising boom"…but instead of providing affordable health care, the national organization's bylaws require most of the money to be funneled into never-ending lawfare and political activism. Planned Parenthood's political arm spends more on federal lobbying than any group on either side of the abortion issue. In the 2024 election cycle, they spent almost $70 million lying about pro-life Republicans and pushing to enshrine all-trimester abortion in state constitutions, not including the many millions spent by local affiliates or their PAC. They are political radicals, consistently backing far-Left Democrats like Kamala Harris – the first presidential candidate to campaign at a Planned Parenthood abortion center. In Florida, they allegedly gave the Harris-Walz campaign office space, potentially illegally. The majority of Americans nevertheless rejected Planned Parenthood's no-limits abortion agenda – yet Big Abortion continues attacking President Trump and his administration. In his first term, President Trump's Protect Life Rule stopped $60 million in taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood, because their business is abortion, not health care or planning for parenthood. But around half a billion dollars a year comes to them from Medicaid, which must be addressed by Congress through legislation. The pro-life movement is united around defunding Big Abortion, with a coalition of more than 150 national and state pro-life leaders – representing all 50 states – encouraging members of Congress to act on their mandate to root out corruption. The Republican Congress shouldn't miss this priceless opportunity to fulfill a promise and deliver a huge win for all Americans.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Defund 'Big Abortion' industry that thrived under Biden, 150 pro-life groups urge Congress
FIRST ON FOX: More than 150 state and national pro-life coalitions signed a letter sent to Congress Wednesday morning urging lawmakers to cut Medicaid funding to "Big Abortion," primarily Planned Parenthood, through budget reconciliation. Budget reconciliation is a special legislative process used in Congress to make changes to spending, revenue and the federal debt limit. While the coalition acknowledged the Trump administration's efforts to stop former President Joe Biden's "abortion agenda" and cut government waste through Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, the group said a "Republican trifecta presents the opportunity to bolster these efforts" even further. Doge Must 'Defund' Planned Parenthood, Mike Pence's Watchdog Group Urges Musk After President Donald Trump's electoral victory and his subsequent pardoning of pro-life individuals charged under the Biden administration's Department of Justice, pro-life conservatives are now redirecting their efforts within the movement to cut off abortion providers' access to widespread federal funding. "Republican reconciliation bills in 2015 and 2017 included a provision to stop giving hard-earned American tax dollars to Big Abortion," the groups wrote. "In 2025 it is even more urgent to cut funding for this industry that endangers women and unborn children and spends tens of millions of dollars to promote woke policies and candidates. Planned Parenthood and groups like it were among those first identified for cost saving measures by Elon Musk who singled them out in the Wall Street Journal last November." Read On The Fox News App Trump has "already rolled back" funding for abortion groups abroad through his executive order reinforcing the Hyde Amendment, a law that prohibits federal funds from being used to pay for abortions. "Congressional action is necessary to stop the biggest source of taxpayer cash for the domestic abortion industry – Medicaid," the letter states. While the Hyde Amendment sets the federal limits on abortion funding, individual states have the authority to expand or restrict Medicaid coverage beyond these exceptions. Some states choose to use state funds to provide Medicaid coverage for abortion services beyond the cases allowed under the Hyde Amendment, while others do not. Several lawmakers in the House and Senate have already introduced bills to rollback federal support for Planned Parenthood. Introduced by Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn., in January, the "Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2025" proposes a one-year moratorium on federal funding to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., and its affiliates. Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Near-total Abortion Ban Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., also introduced the End Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers Act in January, seeking to defund Planned Parenthood and similar abortion providers nationwide. Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., along with six other lawmakers, reintroduced this legislation in January. In 2024, Planned Parenthood – the nation's leading provider of abortion services – spent nearly $70 million to support pro-abortion candidates and abortion ballot measures across the country through its political action arm. Abortion was one of the major party platform issues for Democrats in 2024, with Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri and Montana voting to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitutions. "Their massive pro-abortion political arm, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, pushes all-trimester abortions and promotes fearmongering lies that put women and girls at needless risk," the letter said. Feds Gave $700M To Planned Parenthood During Year Of Record Abortions Both the House and Senate adopted separate budgets for FY 2025 last month, and both are expected to pass their reconciliation packages by April or May. The Trump administration also plans to freeze $27.5 million in federal family-planning grants to organizations, including Planned Parenthood, while reviewing their use of funds for diversity, equity and inclusion, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. "Women and children deserve better care. In an era of reexamining federal funding, Congress should start by cutting funding for Big Abortion in the upcoming reconciliation bill," the groups said. Among the 150 major pro-life coalitions who signed the letter include Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, AAPLOG Action, ACLJ Action, Advancing American Freedom and AFA article source: Defund 'Big Abortion' industry that thrived under Biden, 150 pro-life groups urge Congress
Fox News
26-03-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Defund 'Big Abortion' industry that thrived under Biden, 150 pro-life groups urge Congress
FIRST ON FOX: More than 150 state and national pro-life coalitions signed a letter sent to Congress Wednesday morning urging lawmakers to cut Medicaid funding to "Big Abortion," primarily Planned Parenthood, through budget reconciliation. Budget reconciliation is a special legislative process used in Congress to make changes to spending, revenue, and the federal debt limit. While the coalition acknowledged the Trump administration's efforts to stop former President Joe Biden's "abortion agenda" and cut government waste through Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the group said a "Republican trifecta presents the opportunity to bolster these efforts" even further. After President Donald Trump's electoral victory and his subsequent pardoning of pro-life individuals charged under the Biden administration's Department of Justice (DOJ), pro-life conservatives are now redirecting their efforts within the movement to cut off abortion providers' access to widespread federal funding. "Republican reconciliation bills in 2015 and 2017 included a provision to stop giving hard-earned American tax dollars to Big Abortion," the groups wrote. "In 2025 it is even more urgent to cut funding for this industry that endangers women and unborn children and spends tens of millions of dollars to promote woke policies and candidates. Planned Parenthood and groups like it were among those first identified for cost saving measures by Elon Musk who singled them out in the Wall Street Journal last November." Trump has "already rolled back" funding for abortion groups abroad through his executive order reinforcing the Hyde Amendment, a law that prohibits federal funds from being used to pay for abortions. "Congressional action is necessary to stop the biggest source of taxpayer cash for the domestic abortion industry – Medicaid," the letter states. While the Hyde Amendment sets the federal limits on abortion funding, individual states have the authority to expand or restrict Medicaid coverage beyond these exceptions. Some states choose to use state funds to provide Medicaid coverage for abortion services beyond the cases allowed under the Hyde Amendment, while others do not. Several lawmakers in the House and Senate have already introduced bills to rollback federal support for Planned Parenthood. Introduced by Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn., in January, the "Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2025" proposes a one-year moratorium on federal funding to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., and its affiliates. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., also introduced the End Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers Act in January, seeking to defund Planned Parenthood and similar abortion providers nationwide. Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., along with six other lawmakers, reintroduced this legislation in January. In 2024, Planned Parenthood – the nation's leading provider of abortion services – spent nearly $70 million to support pro-abortion candidates and abortion ballot measures across the country through its political action arm. Abortion was one of the major party platform issues for Democrats in 2024, with Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri and Montana voting to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitutions. "Their massive pro-abortion political arm, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, pushes all-trimester abortions and promotes fearmongering lies that put women and girls at needless risk," the letter said. Both the House and Senate adopted separate budgets for FY 2025 last month, and both are expected to pass their reconciliation packages by April or May. The Trump administration also plans to freeze $27.5 million in federal family-planning grants to organizations, including Planned Parenthood, while reviewing their use of funds for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. "Women and children deserve better care. In an era of reexamining federal funding, Congress should start by cutting funding for Big Abortion in the upcoming reconciliation bill," the groups said. Among the 150 major pro-life coalitions who signed the letter include Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, AAPLOG Action, ACLJ Action, Advancing American Freedom and AFA Action.
