Searching for ways to cut the deficit? Defund Planned Parenthood

Kansas State Senator Tim Huelskamp has found a way to save money in this tenuous financial climate — defund Planned Parenthood. He stated “This year Kansas taxpayers paid out nearly $300,000 to subsidize this entity.”

The nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, recently released their annual report, this one covering the fiscal year 2007-2008.

The report reveals that taxpayer funding has increased from about $337 million to just under $350 million.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released the May 2009 budget review estimating that the federal government incurred a deficit of close to $800 billion for the first seven months of fiscal year 2009 more than four times the year-to-date gap of $153.5 billion in April 2008.

The U.S. deficit projections, which are up $89 billion from the White House's original estimates, will force the government to borrow almost half — 46 cents of every dollar it spends this year.

Among the items in the report: the number of annual abortions performed by Planned Parenthood is up over 5% to 305,310.

While Planned Parenthood’s report shows that adoption referrals are up from the previous report, they report only 4,912 referrals. In comparison to the 305,310 abortions report, that is more than 62 abortions for every one adoption referral.

Huleskamp’s amendment has passed through the Kansas House. If Governor Mark Parkinson signs the bill, Kansas will join six other states in the defunding of Planned Parenthood.

Not only does defunding Planned Parenthood help deflect budget deficits, but perhaps that money could be used for educating children or feeding families that are unemployed.