WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee passed a resolution to end “any and all” taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood and divert the money to other women’s health organizations.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, praised the decision for “taking this pro-life stand to get taxpayers out of the abortion business.”
She noted that Planned Parenthood’s annual report showed it performed a record-high 333,964 abortions for fiscal year 2010-2011 while health services it provided for women decreased.
“This abortion-centered business simply doesn’t need or deserve taxpayer dollars,” Dannenfelser said.
The Republican resolution was sponsored by RNC committeewoman Ellen Barrosse of Delaware.
“It’s time to send our taxpayer dollars to organizations that truly care about women,” Barrosse said. “I thank my fellow RNC members for reaffirming our commitment to the unborn and their mothers.”
Although direct taxpayer funding for most abortions is barred by legislation like the Hyde Amendment, Planned Parenthood receives federal funding for family planning, disease testing and other services. In the fiscal year 2011-2012 it received $542.4 million in federal, state and local funding, out of $1.2 billion in total revenue, and made $87.4 million in profit.
Planned Parenthood had about 3 million clients in 2011. Abortions constituted 92% of the organization’s pregnancy services in 2011, with prenatal care making up 7% and adoption referrals making 0.6%.
Planned Parenthood at one time had strong support among some Republicans, including future president George H.W. Bush. Its strongest supporters now include President Barack Obama, who has vigorously defended funding for the organization.
Earlier this month U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced a bill to bar federal funds for any entity that performs abortion.
Several U.S. states have passed similar measures, but they have faced pressure from the Obama administration and federal regulators.
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Excellent reporting. PP then is getting a half billion dollars from taxes… nearly half their revenues. People don’t realize that much of the Old Testament punishment by God of the Jews in two exiles was about child killing attached to Baal worship that the Jews repeatedly went back back to time and again. See Wisdom chapter 12.
God does not dramatically punish though until He decrees that the sins are “complete” or “filled up”.... for this concept see both Gen.15:16: ” …for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet complete” and see Christ in Mt.23:31 “Thus you bear witness against yourselves that you are the children of those who murdered the prophets; 32 now FILL UP what your ancestors measured out!”... after which came the destruction of Jerusalem in which 1.1 million were killed (Josephus) or 600,000 (Tacitus).
Be prepared for vigorous pushback on this valiant effort by the Democrats, who will wail, ‘You are forcing us to heed your religious beliefs!’ Well, we are ‘WE THE PEOPLE’, and should not be forced to fund abortion as ‘health care’. Enough is enough - let the liberal eugenicists privately fundraise their own factions to support legalized baby-killing. The ‘shell game’ of publicly funding PP by calling it ‘reproductive health care’ must stop.
I find it rather amusing that by PP bragging about their “success” they have made it quite clear that they do not need federal funding. It has completely backfired on them!! Glad to know the RNC is doing all they can to get those monies back into those agencies that actually help women in crisis pregnancies. The testimonies of countless women (and men) at the March for Life have proven that abortion hurts women, even those who have become pregnant through rape. Only they can tell their story and the reality of what they faced. Thanks be to God for this initiative of the RNC!! And thanks be to God for the courageous witness of people in the “Silent No More” campaign and the “Save the 1” campaign for shedding light to the whole world of what abortion really does.
Now you see why I am not a Democrat.
“Although direct taxpayer funding for most abortions is barred by legislation like the Hyde Amendment, Planned Parenthood receives federal funding for family planning, disease testing and other services.”
Any abortions performed by Planned Parenthood are funded privately. Please grasp this concept, orthodox Catholics.
It does nothing but hurt women to advocate that healthcare services like cancer screenings and family planning should be opposed. For many women, Planned Parenthood is their sole source of primary healthcare. It’s not like Catholics are providing these services to women. Closing Planned Parenthood offices means more women will live with undiagnosed cancers and continue to be challenged with unwanted pregnancies. (This, when most Catholic women use birth control during their reproductive lives! Guess they must all be wealthy enough not to need the low-cost or free Planned Parenthood services.)
PS: Thanks for the compassion, Catholics. Hope you never need their help.
Planned Parenthood should change their name since they don’t really plan parenthood…they abort parenthood with 92% of their funds! This is not women’s healthcare. There are county health systems in many states that provide “true” women’s healthcare free or at low-cost.
This article sounds very very misleading…
RNC? does this have any bearing on what Congress does? On what the executive does? I can pass resolutions all day long Do they care? Nope. Not sure what this has at all to do with the law of the land.
Susan, I’m afraid you’re grossly misinformed. There is no way for PP to delineate which funds will be used for individual services provided, so to say that the abortions performed by them are not funded by the tax dollars they receive is ludicrous.
Also, PP’s most recent financial reports show that over the last 2 years, cancer screenings have declined by 29%, contraceptive services have declined by 11%, while abortions have risen to become 56.9% of their income. Before you defend PP in the future, you really should do some research.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/01/17/planned-parenthood-cuts-womens-health-care-to-do-more-abortions/
Amen so let it be! Shalom!
alleluia
Susan, are you blind woman? Do you, like your pro-abortion cohorts, have a problem understanding facts and reality? “Grasp this concept” you ask? How about you grasp this FACT: 333, 964 lives ended in their mother’s womb! Do you have trouble dealing with facts and truth while espousing your theoretical concepts? How can you possibly not see this? How do you sidestep this fact? What are you really promoting? PP does not help women. They kill their unborn babies - that does not help the mother or the dead child. Here’s another fact for you - the Catholic Church is the largest provider of charity in the World. It’s a fact - it may be hard for you but try and wrap your mind around it. Got it yet? Here is a concept, perhaps it will appeal to you: Taking a woman to PP for any help is like taking my Jewish friend to a Nazi death camp for help. Planned Parenthoid kills healthy babies! Can I make it any clearer for you? And regarding your sarcastic remark that you hope I (a Catholic)never need PP’s help - I would die before going to them for help. Seriously. When you have Faith in the real God, death loses it’s power over you. Truth wins over concepts. I hope you find that before you die. May God Bless you.
JMJ Glad to see the Republican party is serious about Pro-Life issues. I was worried there for a while during the elections they would jump ship. I hope and pray that I see the end of abortion during my life time, and never see another car with the ACTS logo, or the Marianist High School, Central Catholic High School logo parked at Planned Parenthood. Viva Cristo Rey
To EileenG; AMEN !!
To The RNC; Thank you! Thank you! No one should be forced to pay for the killing of Pre-Born children via Planned Parenthood or any other organization. In this Fiscal Crisis hopefully we can gain more support to end any and all taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood. Thank you RNC!
2 results of the effort to defund PP. 1) it will not succeed. 2) it will push more independents and moderate republicans to vote for democrats. Billiant! (NOT)
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