{"id":187689,"date":"2018-09-01T11:07:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T16:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=187689"},"modified":"2018-09-03T10:26:21","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T15:26:21","slug":"planned-parenthoods-many-abuses-reasons-defund-abortion-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthoods-many-abuses-reasons-defund-abortion-corporation\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood&#8217;s host of abuses should be reason enough to defund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Planned Parenthood, the nation&#8217;s top abortion provider holding 35% of the nation&#8217;s marketshare in abortions, is not good for the taxpayer.\u00a0The corporation has a long history of corruption, which abortion-friendly media and politicians willingly overlook. The spin and propaganda regularly disseminated about its abortion business is so pervasive that the truth is often overlooked. Here are some facts, backed up by documented evidence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Women do not need Planned Parenthood for <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/guttmacher-report-women-dont-need-planned-parenthood-contraception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/guttmacher-report-women-dont-need-planned-parenthood-contraception\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535650683098000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG--QlGlE9KV1ZGLi8RPU9v1EEMWQ\">contraceptive services<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Planned Parenthood&#8217;s patients <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/prenatal-care-cancer-screenings-decrease-planned-parenthood-loses-100000-patients\/\">have been declining<\/a>\u00a0by hundreds of thousands.<\/li>\n<li>Services at Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yJeLTE7aG78\">have decreased<\/a>, despite an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/if-planned-parenthood-not-abortion-why-more-than-a-third-in-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/if-planned-parenthood-not-abortion-why-more-than-a-third-in-us\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535650683098000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHDbZCMJqePeagoIjbGU6rFwZAzxw\">increase<\/a>\u00a0in abortions and government funding.<\/li>\n<li>Planned Parenthood\u2019s claim that abortion is only 3% of its services <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qtgqxvaV-8U\">is a lie<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Funding Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-taxpayer-title-x-fund-abortion\/\">means funding abortion<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/half-planned-parenthood-funding-abortion\/\">More than half<\/a> of Planned Parenthood\u2019s non-government funding is from abortion.<\/li>\n<li>Abortion is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=acb1KUESU6M\">primary service<\/a> that taxpayer-funded Planned Parenthood\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q7YPUDcMBDE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DQ7YPUDcMBDE&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535650683098000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGxxN9R1BCexwfBhzQpBxQRw3cnhQ\">offers<\/a>\u00a0pregnant women.<\/li>\n<li>Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mkxUAR3a_Jc\">has abortion quotas<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/how-abortion-chain-planned-parenthood-masquerades-as-a-health-care-provider\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">masquerades <\/a>as a &#8220;health care&#8221; agency, but it is a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-prez-political-organizer-not-health-care-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political organization<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And this\u00a0political organization, like most, works to bring in dollars for political causes. A recent Live Action News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-supporters-healthcare-plummets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a>\u00a0showed that the abortion giant&#8217;s goal has long been to ramp up its political activities, with former CEO Cecile Richards stating her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/should-planned-parenthood-be-in-the-politics-business-537579587685\">she wanted to make it<\/a> &#8220;the largest kick butt political organization.&#8221; Richards has a background in political organizing &#8212; not in health care.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-harvests-body-parts-babies-lying-women-fetal-development\/\">READ: <em>Planned Parenthood lies to women about fetal development while harvesting fetal body parts<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But beyond this, the abortion corporation has a long list of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/100-abuses-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abuses<\/a>. Here&#8217;s a short list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Planned Parenthood was founded as a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthoods-connections-to-eugenics\/\">eugenics-based organization<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/report-planned-parenthood-found-engaging-in-medicaid-fraud\/\">has<\/a> been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/audits-show-planned-parenthood-non-compliant-with-federal-discount-drug-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/audits-show-planned-parenthood-non-compliant-with-federal-discount-drug-program\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535650683098000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHpH3cXVYl-wZRoRn2qH3mLbwa0Yg\">cited<\/a>\u00a0for overbilling abuses and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/profit-no-matter-what\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/profit-no-matter-what\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535650683098000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF54kNtjEQaeEXCTEuZ-cprfK-ayg\">Medicaid fraud<\/a>, and for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/private-information-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/private-information-planned-parenthood\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535650683098000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHr_PYWw7SgSUik6Z2MSKEgG3ANOw\">violating<\/a>\u00a0patient privacy.<\/li>\n<li>Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ekgiScr364Y\">lies about the services it provides<\/a>, including prenatal care.<\/li>\n<li>Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tu_0-iD-rPk\">does not provide mammograms<\/a>, despite claiming that it did.<\/li>\n<li>Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Byb6ibQb4Nc\">misinforms women<\/a> about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Byb6ibQb4Nc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DByb6ibQb4Nc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535650683098000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGNMLnIb8zKsKj8R1gPzz-oGA7rEA\">development<\/a>\u00a0of their preborn babies.<\/li>\n<li>Planned Parenthood has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/abortioncorporation\/\">poor standard of care<\/a> for its clients, with former managers accusing them of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0PUFJwiHlJM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3D0PUFJwiHlJM&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535650683098000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHvXlvEK5X3DnBdhDRqs9fFv6d0JQ\">treating women like cattle<\/a>\u201d and using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_WXjoqbStEM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3D_WXjoqbStEM&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535650683098000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFu1WCpkAMHV5bPeI_WKqR0nP-ogQ\">ultrasounds<\/a>\u00a0only for abortions.<\/li>\n<li>Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-failed-report-child-sexual-abuse-decades-part-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-failed-report-child-sexual-abuse-decades-part-one\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535650683098000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHU35ho3ewfhhU26EBmeMw09rPy2A\">fails<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-has-failed-to-report-child-sexual-abuse-for-decades-part-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-has-failed-to-report-child-sexual-abuse-for-decades-part-two\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535650683098000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEWwDDzZhhEBbbPWmUF-UvDkueygA\">report<\/a>\u00a0child <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-failed-report-child-sexual-abuse-decades-part-one\/\">sexual abuse<\/a> (a violation that alone should\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/regulation-remove-title-x-funding-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/regulation-remove-title-x-funding-planned-parenthood\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535650683099000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGlTpyIUzTi1aKOAU-IlT7y9RgWTg\">result<\/a>\u00a0in the organization losing millions of taxpayer\u00a0dollars granted to it\u00a0under the federal Title X Family Planning Program).<\/li>\n<li>Planned Parenthood&#8217;s sex \u201ceducation\u201d for teens <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/5-scandalous-moments-from-live-actions-planned-parenthood-sexed-investigation\/\">promotes<\/a> BDSM and other disturbing sexual practices.<\/li>\n<li>Planned Parenthood PACs and their appointed overseers have been <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-cited-campaign-violations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cited<\/a>\u00a0by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for multiple campaign donation violations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sues-planned-parenthood-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood staffers<\/a> have accused the organization of discrimination, and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/child-porn-harassment-rape-planned-parenthood-haven-sex-offenders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former staffers<\/a> have been tied to sexual abuse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The list above does not include the number of women injured or killed after using the organization\u2019s alleged \u201cservices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organization uses its political clout\u00a0to gain supporters to fuel their agenda. Its own reports reveal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Its \u201csupporters\u201d reportedly grew by 300 percent,\u00a0<strong>increasing<\/strong>\u00a0from 3 million in 2005 to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cecilerichards\/status\/991038333848563714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12 million<\/a>\u00a0by 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Private donations\u00a0<strong>increased<\/strong>\u00a0nearly 106 percent, from $258.7 million in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/liveaction.org\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2006-2007-Planned-Parenthood-Annual-Report.pdf\">2006<\/a>\u00a0to $532.7 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/71\/53\/7153464c-8f5d-4a26-bead-2a0dfe2b32ec\/20171229_ar16-17_p01_lowres.pdf\">2016.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Government funding\u00a0<strong>increased<\/strong>\u00a0over 61 percent, from $336.7 million in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/liveaction.org\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2006-2007-Planned-Parenthood-Annual-Report.pdf\">2006<\/a>\u00a0to $543.7 million in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/71\/53\/7153464c-8f5d-4a26-bead-2a0dfe2b32ec\/20171229_ar16-17_p01_lowres.pdf\">2016<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-focus-recruit-supporters.jpg\" alt=\"Graph: Planned Parenthood focus recruit supporters\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And all while it recruits &#8220;supporters,&#8221; its services to patients (and patient numbers in general) have dropped <em>dramatically<\/em> over the past decade:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Breast exams\u00a0<strong>declined<\/strong>\u00a0nearly 62 percent (882,961 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2007-2008-Planned-Parenthood-Annual-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2006<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0336,614 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/71\/53\/7153464c-8f5d-4a26-bead-2a0dfe2b32ec\/20171229_ar16-17_p01_lowres.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Pap tests\u00a0<strong>decreased<\/strong>\u00a0nearly 74 percent (1,070,449 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2007-2008-Planned-Parenthood-Annual-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2006<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0281,063 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/71\/53\/7153464c-8f5d-4a26-bead-2a0dfe2b32ec\/20171229_ar16-17_p01_lowres.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Cancer screenings\u00a0<strong>plummeted<\/strong>\u00a067 percent\u00a0(2,007,371 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2007-2008-Planned-Parenthood-Annual-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2006<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0660,777 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/71\/53\/7153464c-8f5d-4a26-bead-2a0dfe2b32ec\/20171229_ar16-17_p01_lowres.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Contraception services\u00a0<strong>dropped<\/strong>\u00a0by over 32 percent (3,989,474 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2007-2008-Planned-Parenthood-Annual-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2006<\/a>\u00a0to 2,701,866 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/71\/53\/7153464c-8f5d-4a26-bead-2a0dfe2b32ec\/20171229_ar16-17_p01_lowres.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>The organization\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-2016-women-dont-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overall services<\/a>\u00a0<strong>decreased<\/strong>\u00a0nearly 10 percent (<a href=\"https:\/\/liveaction.org\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2006-2007-Planned-Parenthood-Annual-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2006<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/71\/53\/7153464c-8f5d-4a26-bead-2a0dfe2b32ec\/20171229_ar16-17_p01_lowres.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>The organization\u00a0<strong>shuttered<\/strong>\u00a0more than\u00a0280 facilities (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2007-2008-Planned-Parenthood-Annual-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2007<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/about-us\/who-we-are\/planned-parenthood-at-a-glance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Planned Parenthood\u00a0<strong>lost<\/strong>\u00a0over 700,000 patients,\u00a0<strong>dropping<\/strong>\u00a0nearly 23 percent (3.1 million in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2006-2007-Planned-Parenthood-Annual-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2006<\/a>\u00a0to 2.4 million in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-2016-women-dont-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And in just\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-2016-women-dont-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the past few years<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The percentage of the organization\u2019s contraceptive services <strong>declined<\/strong> from 34 percent in January of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/files\/9313\/9611\/7194\/Planned_Parenthood_By_The_Numbers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2014<\/a>\u00a0to 28 percent in January of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/27\/8a\/278af3a4-8b4c-4289-bfe6-52ee2c3c048a\/pp_by_the_numbers_2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The estimated number of unintended pregnancies averted by contraceptive services each year <strong>dropped<\/strong> 22.33 percent, from 515,000 in January of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/files\/9313\/9611\/7194\/Planned_Parenthood_By_The_Numbers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2014<\/a>\u00a0to 400,000 in January of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/27\/8a\/278af3a4-8b4c-4289-bfe6-52ee2c3c048a\/pp_by_the_numbers_2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Between\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/files\/9313\/9611\/7194\/Planned_Parenthood_By_The_Numbers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2014<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/files\/5414\/5678\/8221\/PP_Numbers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a>, the estimated number of abortions averted by contraceptive services each year <strong>declined<\/strong> nearly 9 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-by-the-numbers-Jan-2014-to-Jan-2018-CORRECTED.jpg\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the organization&#8217;s own\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortions-drop-20-percent-10-years\/\">figures,<\/a>\u00a0its abortion market share has increased while the nation&#8217;s overall\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/half-planned-parenthoods-non-government-services-revenue-comes-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">profitable<\/a>\u00a0abortions are on a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/while-abortions-decreasing-nationally-planned-parenthood-market-share-continues-rise\/\">steady decline<\/a>. Between\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/liveaction.org\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2006-2007-Planned-Parenthood-Annual-Report.pdf\">2006<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/71\/53\/7153464c-8f5d-4a26-bead-2a0dfe2b32ec\/20171229_ar16-17_p01_lowres.pdf\">2016<\/a>, the corporation&#8217;s abortions increased nearly 11 percent, averaging more than 320,000 abortions per year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_184789\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p>This abortion business turns massive profits and should not be taxpayer funded:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Between\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/liveaction.org\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2006-2007-Planned-Parenthood-Annual-Report.pdf\">2006<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/71\/53\/7153464c-8f5d-4a26-bead-2a0dfe2b32ec\/20171229_ar16-17_p01_lowres.pdf\">2016<\/a>, overall taxpayer funding to the corporation\u00a0<strong>increased 61 percent<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Private donations increased by nearly 106 percent.<\/li>\n<li>Excess revenue over spending (<em>profit<\/em>) <strong>increased<\/strong> by\u00a0<em>27 percent<\/em>\u00a0<em>in just one year,<\/em>\u00a0from $77.5 million in 2015 to a whopping $98.5 million in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/71\/53\/7153464c-8f5d-4a26-bead-2a0dfe2b32ec\/20171229_ar16-17_p01_lowres.pdf\">2016<\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/need-help-from-planned-parenthood-be-prepared-to-donate\/\">Almost every year<\/a>\u00a0since 2000, the organization\u2019s revenue has <strong>exceeded<\/strong>\u00a0expenses by\u00a0<em>tens of\u00a0millions<\/em>\u00a0of dollars (yearly surpluses range from $12.2 million in 2001\u00a0to a high of $155.5 million in 2010).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_182258\" style=\"width: 537px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182258\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-182258 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-excess-revenue-over-expenses-2000-to-2016.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood excess revenue over expenses 2000 to 2016\" width=\"527\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-excess-revenue-over-expenses-2000-to-2016.jpg 527w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-excess-revenue-over-expenses-2000-to-2016-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-excess-revenue-over-expenses-2000-to-2016-500x390.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-182258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood excess revenue over expenses 2000 to 2016<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since the abortion-friendly media, regularly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-journalists-ignore-sexual-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awarded<\/a>\u00a0by Planned Parenthood, refuses to report honestly about\u00a0the organization, American citizens must say enough is enough. Demand an end to this abortion corporation&#8217;s taxpayer funding &#8211;permanently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planned Parenthood, the nation&#8217;s top abortion provider holding 35% of the nation&#8217;s marketshare in abortions, is not good for the taxpayer.\u00a0The corporation has a long history of corruption, which abortion-friendly media and politicians willingly overlook. The spin and propaganda regularly disseminated about its abortion business is so pervasive that the truth is often overlooked. 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