Taxpayer-funded abortion

Planned Parenthood filed financial statements that include 1 billion dollars in earnings. The lives of 3 million innocent children were taken at its facilities. Planned Parenthood does all of this with over $305.3 million dollars a year of your tax money.

It is nearly impossible to track funds the organization receives that may be used against Pro-life candidates. They are forbidden from using any family planning funds it receives from the government to advocate the political victory or defeat of any candidate. That "money is fungible," according to pro-life organizations. (Planned Parenthood's 'Attack Arm' Targets Pro-Life Candidates, CNSNews.com June 24, 2002)

Planned Parenthood has received $3.9 billion in federal taxpayer funds since 1987

All indicators point to more taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood if a Democrat is elected President.

Policies of the Federal Government and the Other States

The federal government pays for abortions only when necessary to save the life of the mother or in cases of rape or incest.

• It was the policy in twenty-seven states to fund abortions only when the life of the mother was endangered until the Clinton administration through threats and law suits forced funding for other exceptions in several of the states. (AL, AZ, AR, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MI, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, ND, OH, OK, RI, SC, SD, TX, UT)

• Eight other states choose to fund abortions only when the life of the mother is endangered or when the baby has been conceived by rape or incest-- several also fund when the baby might be born with handicaps or for other exceptions. (CO, IA, NC, PA, TN, VA, WI, WY)

• Eight states pay for abortions by order of their state courts. (California has been so ordered, but subsequently moved into the next category.) (CT, IL, MA, MN, NJ, NM, WV, VT)

• Seven states and the District of Columbia fully fund abortions by legislative decision. Since 1990 the California Legislature put California in this group by voting to fund abortion on demand. (AK, CA, HI, MD, NY, OR, WA)

Republicans Actively Work To Remove Tax-payer Funded Abortions

Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kans.), joined by 12 other Republican senators, is calling upon Democratic leaders in Congress to halt federal funding of abortion while cases of “negligent medical practice” are investigated. Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) introduced a bill in the House that would such stop such funds. Following the 107-count indictment against Planned Parenthood’s Kansas affiliate that includes performing illegal late-term abortions, falsifying documents and failing to comply with medical reporting requirements. Senator Brownback's letter was signed by more than 60 pro-family leaders.

Senator David Vitter (R-La.),to attach the pro-life provision to a bill (S. 1200) that permanently prohibits federal health programs for American Indians from providing abortions.

In addition, Republicans have sucessfully placed restrictions on federal funding abortions to Native Americans, federal employees and their dependents, Peace Corps volunteers, low-income residents of Washington, DC, federal prisoners, military personnel and their dependents, and Medicare users.

Democrats Actively Push Abortion Funding On Tax-payers

Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-Co.) offered an amendment to remove the provision of the bill that prohibits the funding of abortions by the Bureau of Prisons

Congressional Democrats would like to increase abortion internationally, H.R. 2764. The National Right To Life urged to remove bill language that would mandate U.S. subsidies to organizations that actively promote abortion in foreign nations.

Govenment Agencies Involved In Abortion

These departments are named in the abortion funding suspension requested by Senator Sam Brownback

• Labor Department
• Health and Human Services
• Education Department
• other related regulatory agencies