{"id":240339,"date":"2021-02-20T13:45:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T19:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=240339"},"modified":"2021-02-25T13:26:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T19:26:16","slug":"89-seconds-planned-parenthood-report-record-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/89-seconds-planned-parenthood-report-record-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"One every 89 seconds: Newest Planned Parenthood report shows record number of abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Planned Parenthood has released its latest annual report for 2019-2020<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>and as expected, abortions and taxpayer dollars at the abortion corporation are still on the rise. The report reveals a nearly\u00a03% increase in abortions\u00a0\u2014 a record for Planned Parenthood, and a slight increase in taxpayer funding from its 2018-2019 report. The 2019-2020 report<\/a> by Planned Parenthood represents services provided by Planned Parenthood affiliate health centers from October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019.<\/p>\n

The report also specifies that Planned Parenthood’s financial numbers “reflect operations of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. and Planned Parenthood Global, Inc. for the year ended June 30, 2020. Affiliate figures reflect the operations of 53 Planned Parenthood affiliates and are based on amounts reported in affiliate audited financial statements for fiscal years ended during 2019.”<\/p>\n

Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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  • Abortions increased nearly 3%<\/strong>, according to the 2019-2020 report<\/a>, from the previous year (7% increase from 2009), for a record high total of 354,871<\/strong> abortions, up from 345,672. That’s\u00a0over 972 <\/strong>preborn children daily \u2014\u00a0one\u00a0killed every 89 seconds<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • Taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood increased<\/strong>\u00a0from $616.8 million to $618.1 million in 2019-2020<\/a>. That’s\u00a0$1.7 million<\/strong> taxpayer dollars daily.<\/li>\n
  • Planned Parenthood now holds over 41% of the abortion market share in the US, up from 40% the year prior.<\/li>\n
  • Nearly one out of every six female clients visiting Planned Parenthood had an abortion.<\/li>\n
  • Prenatal care and adoption referrals both dropped double digits from the previous year. Planned Parenthood commits\u00a041 abortions for every one prenatal care service and 133 abortions for every adoption referral.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Increase in abortions<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Planned Parenthood’s\u00a02019-2020 report<\/a>\u00a0displays\u00a0a\u00a0total of\u00a0354,871<\/strong> abortions, which is the highest ever recorded by Planned Parenthood, an increase of almost 3% from the\u00a0345,672 abortions<\/a> previously reported<\/a>.\u00a0This represents an almost 7% increase from its abortion totals just over a decade ago, in 2009<\/a>\u00a0(332,278).<\/p>\n

    Planned Parenthood’s market share of abortions has also increased to over 41%, based on the most recent totals for national abortion numbers reported by the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute<\/a> in 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    Planned Parenthood annual report abortions and government revenue 2000 to 2019 (Graph: Live Action News)<\/p><\/div>\n

    Planned Parenthood’s multiple past attempts to downplay its prioritization of abortion has been debunked<\/a>\u00a0many<\/a>\u00a0times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Clients and facilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

    In the report, Planned Parenthood indicated that in 2019-2020<\/a>, its client base remained at 2.4\u00a0million, the same as the previously reported year. This represents nearly 2.1 million female clients and 321,001 male clients, a growing demographic. In\u00a02018-2019<\/a>, Planned Parenthood\u2019s male clients totaled 297,743, up from 250,000 in\u00a02014<\/a>. From October 2018<\/a> to October 2019<\/a>, the numbers indicate that nearly one out of every six female clients that visited Planned Parenthood had an abortion.<\/p>\n

    In the past decade, Planned Parenthood’s clients have declined 20% from the\u00a03 million they claimed to serve in\u00a02009<\/a>\u00a0and 27.27% percent since\u00a01996-1997<\/a>\u00a0(3.3 million clients).<\/p>\n

    Planned Parenthood facilities have remained at around 600 nationwide for the past several years, however they have fallen nearly 29% percent (28.57%) in the past decade, from 840 facilities in 2009<\/a>, and 33.33% from a high of 900 in 1996-1997<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    • 2020<\/a>:\u00a0 600 facilities, 49 affiliates<\/li>\n
    • 2019<\/a>: 600 facilities, 56 affiliates<\/li>\n
    • 2018<\/a>: 600 facilities, 56 affiliates<\/li>\n
    • 2009<\/a>: 840 facilities, 83 affiliates<\/li>\n
    • 1996<\/a>: 900 (highest year on record), 142 affiliates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Cancer screenings<\/strong><\/p>\n

      The latest annual report indicates an almost 6% increase in total cancer screenings (598,852), up from 566,186 reported in\u00a02018-2019<\/a>. However, in the past decade, total cancer screenings dropped over 67% (from 1,830,811 in\u00a02009<\/a>) and declined over 72% since a high in\u00a02004<\/a>\u00a0(2,157,849).<\/p>\n

      While Pap tests also rose nearly 7% (255,682 in\u00a02018-2019<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0272,990 in 2019-2020<\/a>)\u00a0<\/strong>they have fallen nearly 70% from 904,820 in 2009<\/a> and nearly 77% from\u00a0a high of\u00a01,183,692 in\u00a02004<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      Manual breast exams (Planned Parenthood does not perform mammograms<\/em>) rose 1.75% from 265,028 in\u00a02018-2019<\/a>\u00a0to 269,669 in 2019-2020<\/a>. In the past decade,\u00a0breast exams\u00a0have fallen 68% from 830,312 in\u00a02009<\/a>\u00a0and over 75% from 1,086,654 in\u00a02000-2001<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      Family practice services<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Family practice services declined over 6% from 34,075 in 2018-2019<\/a> to 31,912 in the most recent report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      This category “may include assessment and management of uncomplicated conditions related to the skin… the gastrointestinal system… ear, eye, nose, throat, and respiratory system… medication management of previously evaluated controlled hypertension; and medication management of previously evaluated hypothyroidism…” In addition,\u00a0Planned Parenthood’s “primary care” is also included here.<\/p>\n

      According to the report, only “some affiliate health centers offer primary care services, which may include treatment of acute and chronic disease, minor office procedures, evaluations for referral to specialists, authorization for hospital care, health assessments, and well-person\/well-child preventive maintenance.”<\/p>\n

      According to the report,\u00a0Planned Parenthood committed over 11 abortions for every “family practice\/primary care” service it claimed to have performed.<\/p>\n

      Other procedures<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Planned Parenthood defines “other procedures” to include “WIC services, pediatric care, transgender services, other adult preventive care, and high complexity visits, including infertility services.”<\/p>\n

      This category increased nearly 83% (from 9,738 in 2018 to\u00a017,791 in 2019-2020<\/a>). It is plausible that this increase is likely due to Planned Parenthood’s addition of transgender services<\/a>. More than 200 Planned Parenthood facilities (a third of the total facilities) in 31 states are now providing hormone therapy for transgender patients.<\/p>\n

      According to Abigail Shrier<\/a>, transgender services are a growing business<\/a>\u00a0at the abortion giant. In a blog post, Shrier\u00a0claimed<\/a> a Planned Parenthood\u00a0employee told her, \u201ctrans-identifying kids are cash cows, and they are kept on the hook for the foreseeable future in terms of follow-up appointments, bloodwork, meetings, etc., whereas abortions are (hopefully) a one-and-done situation.\u201d<\/p>\n