{"id":190356,"date":"2018-10-30T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T17:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=190356"},"modified":"2018-10-30T16:21:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T21:21:58","slug":"report-planned-parenthood-money-laundering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/report-planned-parenthood-money-laundering\/","title":{"rendered":"New report details Planned Parenthood&#8217;s &#8216;political money laundering scheme&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Today, Live Action has released a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PP-election-report-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>\u00a0summarizing Planned Parenthood election efforts,\u00a0dubbed as a &#8220;political money laundering scheme&#8221; to defeat pro-life candidates and elect pro-abortion politicians to carry out its agenda. Live Action News has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-millions-2018-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> documented that the abortion corporation&#8217;s political arms vowed to spend $20 million on their own in the 2018 midterms and $30 million in a consortium with <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/justice-people-of-color-aborting-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other groups<\/a> in a campaign called &#8220;Win Justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Planned Parenthood and its political arms are separate on paper, <strong>because taxpayers are forced to give the abortion chain over $500 million a year, donors are freed up to direct their money to Planned Parenthood\u2019s political agenda<\/strong> rather than to fund what nominal health services Planned Parenthood itself provides,&#8221; Live Action president Lila Rose stated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/taxpayer-funding-of-planned-parenthood-frees-up-money-to-campaign-against-pro-life-candidates-lobby-for-taxpayer-funded-abortions\/\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bK1tE74o3Q0\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-abortion-abortion\/\">READ: <em>Planned Parenthood&#8217;s 3-part plan for 2019: Abortion, abortion, abortion<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although election spending is carried out via the group&#8217;s political arms, a past Live Action News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-aim-largest-kick-butt-political-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>\u00a0noted how Planned Parenthood&#8217;s former CEO, Cecile Richards once\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/19\/liberals-aim-to-win\/?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0the New York Times, &#8220;We aim to be the largest kick-butt political organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_190358\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190358\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190358\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-election-report-points-out-diminishing-service-Live-Action.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood election report by Live Action\" width=\"624\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-election-report-points-out-diminishing-service-Live-Action.jpg 624w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-election-report-points-out-diminishing-service-Live-Action-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-election-report-points-out-diminishing-service-Live-Action-500x220.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood election report by Live Action<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Live Action&#8217;s report on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PP-election-report-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood\u2019s 2018 midterm election efforts<\/a>,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0there is a big funding cycle between the abortion corporation and the pro-abortion politicians its political arms work to elect:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>[E]very election cycle, Planned Parenthood\u2019s political arms (including Planned Parenthood Votes, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and Planned Parenthood Federal PAC) spend millions of dollars in campaign contributions, independent expenditures, and the recruitment of election workers to get pro-abortion politicians elected to office.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_190357\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190357\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190357\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-political-laundering-scheme-report-Live-Action-e1540861851117.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood political money laundering scheme (Image: Report Live Action)\" width=\"600\" height=\"475\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood political money laundering scheme (Image: Report Live Action)<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Those politicians, in turn, ensure that Planned Parenthood continues to receive over half a billion dollars in federal and state funding from taxpayers every year \u2013 almost 40 percent of Planned Parenthood\u2019s annual budget. These politicians will also fight against the appointment of judges and certain administration officials who are pro-life. They\u2019ll also fight restrictions on abortion, such as bans on dismemberment abortions and fetal pain legislation that prohibits abortions after 20 weeks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>In succeeding election cycles, Planned Parenthood\u2019s political arms will, in turn, spend millions of dollars to help these politicians get re-elected and to defeat their pro-life challengers.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_190360\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190360\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190360\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-2018-midterm-election-spending-report-Live-Action.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood 2018 midterm election spending Image: October 2018 Live Action report) \" width=\"707\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-2018-midterm-election-spending-report-Live-Action.jpg 707w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-2018-midterm-election-spending-report-Live-Action-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-2018-midterm-election-spending-report-Live-Action-700x418.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-2018-midterm-election-spending-report-Live-Action-450x270.jpg 450w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-2018-midterm-election-spending-report-Live-Action-500x298.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood 2018 midterm election spending Image: October 2018 Live Action report)<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rose described\u00a0the nation\u2019s largest abortion corporation as &#8220;a multimillion-dollar political machine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fda-abortion-pill-medical-supervision\/\">READ: <em>Abortion groups want FDA to allow abortion pill use without medical supervision<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And, while it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/how-abortion-chain-planned-parenthood-masquerades-as-a-health-care-provider\/\">bills itself<\/a>\u00a0as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthoods-health-care-reinvention-plan-failed\/\">health care organization<\/a>, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/health-abortion-profits-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review<\/a> of the group&#8217;s annual reports show that despite increasing government funding, the corporation&#8217;s actual health care services are decreasing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Breast exam services\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>The organization\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<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_190361\" style=\"width: 609px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190361\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190361\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-with-Win-Justice-Pac-vows-to-spend-30-million-on-2018-elections.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood with Win Justice Pac vows to spend $30 million on 2018 elections (Image: Live Action Oct 2018 report)\" width=\"599\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-with-Win-Justice-Pac-vows-to-spend-30-million-on-2018-elections.jpg 599w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-with-Win-Justice-Pac-vows-to-spend-30-million-on-2018-elections-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-with-Win-Justice-Pac-vows-to-spend-30-million-on-2018-elections-500x360.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood with Win Justice Pac vows to spend $30 million on 2018 elections (Image: Live Action Oct 2018 report)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to Rose, \u201cGetting a half billion dollars a year from taxpayers allows the abortion chain\u2019s donors to divert their money to political efforts to defeat pro-life politicians and to lobby for taxpayer funding of abortions, increases in federal funding, and the repeal of all abortion regulations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Live Action&#8217;s report:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>[T]axpayer dollars aren\u2019t just allowing Planned Parenthood donors to divert $20 million and some portion of Win Justice\u2019s $30 million to the midterms. According to its latest <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\">annual report<\/a>, Planned Parenthood and its political arms were able to spend $160 million last year for \u201cpublic policy\u201d and \u201cmovement building\u201d and to \u201cpromote health equity\u201d and \u201cengage communities\u201d as well as another $85 million on fundraising.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_190363\" style=\"width: 571px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190363\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190363\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-2016-annual-report-expenses-b-1.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood 2016 annual report expenses \" width=\"561\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-2016-annual-report-expenses-b-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-2016-annual-report-expenses-b-1-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-2016-annual-report-expenses-b-1-500x346.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood 2016 annual report expenses<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<p>While nationally, abortions are declining, the organization&#8217;s abortion market share has steadily\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/health-abortion-profits-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increased<\/a>\u00a0(due in part to the half a billion dollars they\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/health-abortion-profits-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">receive<\/a>\u00a0from taxpayers annually) &#8212; and the abortion corporation has just <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-abortion-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> plans to essentially double down. According to Live Action&#8217;s report:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Despite declining clients and health services, Planned Parenthood\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodaction.org\/pressroom\/planned-parenthood-announces-multi-million-dollar-plan-to-protect-and-expand-abortion-access-in-face-of-hostile-supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">newly released plan for 2019<\/a> reveals the corporation\u2019s continued obsession with abortion. The plan from both Planned Parenthood and its political arm, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, is \u201ca multi-million dollar, nationwide effort\u201d to \u201cexpand access to abortion in the United States.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189719\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189719\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189719\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-plan-to-expand-abortion-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood plan to expand abortion 2019 (Image: screen from PP Action Fund website)\" width=\"465\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-plan-to-expand-abortion-2019.jpg 465w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-plan-to-expand-abortion-2019-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-189719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood plan to expand abortion 2019 (Image: screen from PP Action Fund website)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;While Planned Parenthood and its supporters continue to claim that the $500+ million it receives annually from taxpayers doesn\u2019t pay for abortions, that funding clearly frees up other money to help in this effort to create more access to abortion &#8212; and to grow Planned Parenthood\u2019s market share of the abortion business,&#8221; Live Action <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PP-election-report-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">states<\/a> in the report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BgB5E91lD6s\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rose pointed out that it\u2019s the taxpayers who &#8220;end up paying for Planned Parenthood\u2019s radical pro-abortion agenda &#8212; an agenda that <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-poll-majority-against-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> after poll shows most Americans are against.\u00a0Planned Parenthood is weaponizing the taxpayers\u2019 own money against them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_190386\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190386\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190386\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-weaponizing-taxpayers-money-against-them-Live-Action.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood weaponizing taxpayer's money against them (Image: Oct 2018 Live Action report) \" width=\"576\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-weaponizing-taxpayers-money-against-them-Live-Action.jpg 576w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-weaponizing-taxpayers-money-against-them-Live-Action-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Planned-Parenthood-weaponizing-taxpayers-money-against-them-Live-Action-500x427.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood weaponizing taxpayer&#8217;s money against them (Image: Oct 2018 Live Action report)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rose has called for the &#8220;corrupt bargain between Planned Parenthood and pro-abortion politicians&#8221; to end:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>It\u2019s paid for by taxpayers and with the lives of over 320,000 preborn children every year. Congress and the president must fulfill their promise to defund Planned Parenthood of all taxpayer dollars. American taxpayers should not be in the abortion business, nor should they be subsidizing campaign contributions to any politician to keep them in office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read the full report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PP-election-report-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Live Action has released a new report\u00a0summarizing Planned Parenthood election efforts,\u00a0dubbed as a &#8220;political money laundering scheme&#8221; to defeat pro-life candidates and elect pro-abortion politicians to carry out its agenda. Live Action News has previously documented that the abortion corporation&#8217;s political arms vowed to spend $20 million on their own in the 2018 midterms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":169093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[6,9459],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New report details Planned Parenthood&#039;s &#039;political money laundering scheme&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Because taxpayers are forced to give Planned Parenthood over $500M\/yr, donors are freed up to direct their money to Planned Parenthood\u2019s political agenda.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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