{"id":276185,"date":"2022-09-19T14:30:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T19:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=276185"},"modified":"2022-10-12T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T18:00:12","slug":"planned-parenthood-funded-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-funded-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"These cities and states are funding abortion with taxpayer dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Multiple cities and states across the country are funding Planned Parenthood — and abortion — by sending hard-earned taxpayer dollars, either directly to an abortion industry recipient or to an abortion funding organization, which in turn, pays for abortions. The move follows a June decision by the United States Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade<\/em>, enabling states to determine if they want to rise up and protect the preborn child, or whether they will allow preborn life to be executed by violent abortion.<\/p>\n

Since 2000<\/a>, Planned Parenthood has committed almost 6.4 million abortions and received $9.3 billion from taxpayers.<\/p>\n

Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/h3>\n

In August, the Albuquerque\u00a0City Council\u00a0voted<\/a>\u00a0to send<\/a> $250,000 to Planned Parenthood.\u00a0City Councilors Isaac Benton, Pat Davis, Tammy Fiebelkorn, Trudy Jones, and Klarissa Pe\u00f1a voted for the bill that funded Planned Parenthood. As Live Action News previously\u00a0reported<\/a>, Albuquerque’s Department Director of Family and Community Services Carol Pierce claimed the funds would go toward services like wellness visits, breast exams, STD testing, and cancer screenings, despite the fact that those services at Planned Parenthood have been on the decline<\/a>,\u00a0while abortion and taxpayer funding is on the rise<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Atlanta, Georgia<\/h3>\n

In June<\/a>, the Atlanta City Council\u00a0approved<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0resolution<\/a>\u00a0stressing that no city funds will be used to investigate abortion, and that police will make investigations of possible illegal abortion their lowest priority. A separate\u00a0resolution<\/a>\u00a0allowed the city of\u00a0Atlanta<\/a>\u00a0to donate\u00a0$300,000<\/a>\u00a0to pro-abortion organizations, like Access for Reproductive Care Southeast<\/a>. The\u00a0Atlanta City Council<\/a>\u00a0passed the resolution on the consent agenda unanimously and without any objection. The money will pay for things such as rides to abortion appointments, abortion travel, and accommodations for women seeking abortions, according to\u00a0news reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This week, the Atlanta City Council approved a resolution to make a $300,000 donation to Access Reproductive Care Southeast, a nonprofit abortion fund. https:\/\/t.co\/vdcQXhrVdy<\/a><\/p>\n

— WABE News (@wabenews) August 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n