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The Colorado\u00a0Constitution clearly states<\/a> that public funding of abortion is forbidden, but four separate Colorado state departments are listed as financially supporting the most public advocate for abortion in the state. Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains (PPRM) has received $10 million from the state between fiscal years 2009 and 2012. Upon request, state department receipts documenting the payments have been released to Media Trackers Colorado.<\/p>\n

The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, Department of Education, Justice Department, and Department of Health and Environment have all contributed state funds to Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

\"\"Planned Parenthood of the Rockies’ recent botched abortion episode with Ayanna Byer raised the question of who was responsible for Planned Parenthood\u2019s state-regulated health care. Media Trackers found that\u00a0Planned Parenthood clinics are not medically regulated<\/a> by any Colorado state-level authority\u00a0and thus are not held accountable to the same basic medical standards that other outpatient health clinics are held to in the state. Byer\u2019s abortion was\u00a0conducted with no anesthetic<\/a> by a \u201cDr. John Doe\u201d and has raised serious concerns\u00a0about Planned Parenthood\u2019s health regulations and patient care.<\/p>\n

While the state does not regulate or set medical standards for Planned Parenthood, it has spent millions of dollars financially supporting the organization. The\u00a0Department of Health Care Policy and Financing has spent nearly $10 million<\/a> since 2009 on PPRM services. Due to Medicaid rules, the purpose of these expenditures is hidden from public view.<\/p>\n

According to the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, \u201cPlanned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains is an enrolled Medicaid provider. As a provider, they present claims within an electronic system (MMIS) and those claims are approved for payment in the MMIS. This is an electronic system, and there are no documents routinely generated by the system.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing did provide Media Trackers Colorado with ad hoc reports which were prepared for internal use. These documents reveal claim payments from Planned Parenthood that are eligible for federal financial compensation. PPRM\u2019s expenses in the state of Colorado are for medical equipment, medical tools, and a lengthy list of contraceptive drugs (some of the contraceptive expenses exceed $600,000). Several of these records are from fiscal year 2008-2009, before contraception became part of the political debate.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Department of Human Services\u2019 receipts<\/a>\u00a0for 2012-2013 are for PPRM services such as relationship classes, classes for youth, and a $4,500 expense for a Preparation Conference Honorarium. These programs paid for by the state include topics about contraception, sexually transmitted diseases\/infections, pregnancy options, and healthy relationships, among other things. The Department of Human Services has sent nearly $5,000 to Planned Parenthood since fiscal year 2009.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Justice Department has also used PPRM\u2019s educational services<\/a>, with receipts for classes on contraception, healthy relationships, and \u201crefusal kills.\u201d The costs add up to over $1,100 since 2010.<\/p>\n

The Department of Health and Environment specifically noted that it does not regulate or license PPRM\u2019s health services, although it does regulate and license the majority of health clinics in the state of Colorado. The Department has\u00a0contributed over $3 million to Planned Parenthood since 2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Planned Parenthood and those who advocate on its behalf will no doubt claim that the money spent by the state doesn\u2019t directly fund abortions, critics will note that money is a fungible asset. Taxpayer money sent to Planned Parenthood may not directly fund abortions, but it can be used to offset costs elsewhere within the organization while other funds with fewer or no strings attached can be used to directly subsidize activities like abortion.<\/p>\n

Michael J. Norton, a senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, told Media Trackers that abortion clinics \u201cshould not be able to play by a different set of rules than everyone else.\u201d Norton went on to say that \u201c[a]ll women deserve to be protected, but the abortion industry has long fought to make sure that it doesn\u2019t have to maintain the same safety and sanitary standards as other medical centers.\u201d The case of Ayanna Byer\u2019s botched abortion, and subsequent trip to the emergency room, came as no surprise to Norton, who noted that PPRM treated her \u201clife and health with utter disregard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ayanna Byer is currently suing Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains for malpractice. Byer is being represented by Doug Romero, another attorney affiliated with Alliance Defending Freedom.<\/p>\n

Note: This article first appeared at Media Trackers<\/a> and is reprinted with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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