The California state budget is estimated to have a $24 billion deficit. This is resulting in teacher layoffs, library closures and reductions in prescription drug coverage for senior citizens — but Planned Parenthood is calling on California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to restore $36 million in proposed cuts to family planning funds.
While most companies struggle to survive in the current economy, recent annual reports show that business has never been better for Planned Parenthood and profits have never been so high.
Planned Parenthood claims that no taxpayer funds actually pay for abortions. Pro-life advocates dispute that claim saying that government grants for family planning free up other funds for Planned Parenthood to use for abortion services.
It is obvious that Planned Parenthood, which netted more than one billion dollars in profits last year and which is now having a 21 percent jump in the number of women they perform abortions on in a weekly basis, does not need any help from taxpayers.
More than $349 million of Planned Parenthood’s revenues came in government grants and contracts.
Defunding Planned Parenthood not only helps with the budget deficit, but can also allow more state money for education, Alzheimer’s patients, state parks and economic support for families hit hard by the economy.
Monday, June 8, 2009
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