{"id":335381,"date":"2025-08-02T11:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T16:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=335381"},"modified":"2025-08-15T18:45:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:45:53","slug":"planned-parenthood-donors-dropping-mission-creep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-donors-dropping-mission-creep\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood donors dropping out over organization&#8217;s &#8216;mission creep&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>As Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/judge-expanded-injunction-against-defunding-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fights<\/a> to maintain access to taxpayer dollars, some of its donors are upset about the organization&#8217;s &#8220;mission creep,&#8221; Planned Parenthood&#8217;s deliberate departure from the reasons those donors began supporting the organization in the first place.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Takeaways:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A recent article from the Wall Street Journal caused a stir among Planned Parenthood supporters, revealing that the organization&#8217;s &#8220;mission creep&#8221; is disappointing its donors.<\/li>\n<li>This &#8220;mission creep&#8221; isn&#8217;t new; it&#8217;s been happening since the 1960s, when the organization began to move toward abortion, away from a primary emphasis on birth control.<\/li>\n<li>The adoption of gender ideology and a move toward providing &#8220;gender affirming care&#8221; has upset donors who believe Planned Parenthood has abandoned women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>The Context:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Planned Parenthood only serves <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/top-myths-debunked-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an estimated 2%<\/a> of American women of reproductive age, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/top-myths-debunked-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organization\u2019s<\/a> services, clients, and donors have <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/report-details-planned-parenthood-record-abortions-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plummeted<\/a>\u00a0over the years while abortions soared to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/decade-planned-parenthood-abortions-high-health-plummet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">record highs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Its <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/report-details-planned-parenthood-record-abortions-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest report<\/a> revealed over 400,000 abortions in a single year, while <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/report-details-planned-parenthood-record-abortions-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">receiving<\/a> nearly $800M from taxpayers. Planned Parenthood (PP) is responsible for over 7.5M abortions since 2000, and has seen a 291% increase in taxpayer funding (nearly $203M v $792M) since that time.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Big Picture:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Planned Parenthood&#8217;s &#8220;mission creep&#8221; isn&#8217;t new. It has strategically strayed from its original mission for decades. Here&#8217;s a list of its varied &#8220;missions&#8221; over the years:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u27a1\ufe0f Contraception and Sterilization (<\/strong><strong>1942) &#8211;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/reject-planned-parenthood-eugenic-population-agenda-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">founded<\/a> by Margaret Sanger, a proponent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/european-history\/eugenics\">eugenics<\/a> and population control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u27a1\ufe0f Abortions and Abortion Referrals (<\/strong><strong>1962-1970) &#8211;<\/strong> began moving away from birth control, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/how-planned-parenthood-abortion-corporation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">referring<\/a> for and committing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/abortionprocedures.com\/?__hstc=61024563.39a91b711af9bfe3a7bb31a697c37769.1732753468913.1753721213500.1753803046813.739&amp;__hssc=61024563.14.1753803046813&amp;__hsfp=1913391899\">abortions<\/a>, thanks to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1974\/03\/19\/archives\/alan-guttmacher-pioneer-in-family-planning-dies-planned.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">president<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=es7eCQAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA106&amp;dq=jerome+holland,+abortion&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj_t9WnqL3ZAhVJR6wKHcIIB3EQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&amp;q=jerome%20holland%2C%20abortion&amp;f=false\">eugenicist leader<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/collections.countway.harvard.edu\/onview\/items\/show\/12453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alan F. Guttmacher<\/a>, who took office in 1962. In 1970, it <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-first-abortion-center\/\">opened<\/a> its first abortion facility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u27a1\ufe0f Abortion under Medicaid (<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/reject-planned-parenthood-cashing-in-taxpayers-expense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>1978<\/strong><\/a>) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-suspicion-black-genocide\/\">elected<\/a> Faye Wattleton, its first Black female president, who <a href=\"https:\/\/saynsumthn.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/wattleton.jpg\">promised<\/a> to be more aggressive on \u2018abortion rights\u2019 and vowed to <em>restore abortion access<\/em> <i>\u201c<\/i>to the poor\u201d under Medicaid. She <a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?nid=1988&amp;dat=19920227&amp;id=oHoiAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=b60FAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=1484,4167509\">grew<\/a> PP\u2019s budget from $90 million (1978) to $384 million (1990).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u27a1\ufe0f Radical Promotion of Abortion (1990s) &#8211; <\/strong>leadership became cult-like in promoting abortion, rejecting president Pamela J. Maraldo&#8217;s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthoods-health-care-reinvention-plan-failed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reinvention plan<\/a>\u201d to focus on \u201chealth care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u27a1\ufe0f Increasing Abortions and Political Power<\/strong> (<strong>2008) &#8211;<\/strong> President Cecile Richards&#8217; goal was to make Planned Parenthood into \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-aim-largest-kick-butt-political-organization\/\">the largest kick-butt political organization.<\/a>\u201d Under her tenure, political support and abortions increased.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u27a1\ufe0f Advocating for Actual Healthcare<\/strong> <strong>(2019) &#8211;<\/strong> selected Dr. Leana Wen as president, but she was later <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-leana-wen-fighting-abortion-fired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ousted<\/a> when attempting to move away from abortion advocacy toward providing legitimate health care. Her critics called this &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/what-is-planned-parenthood-fighting-for-ddf1de65\">mission creep<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u2753Varied Political Activism (TODAY)<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>&#8211;<\/strong> the organization has &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/doctor-out-planned-parenthood-political-activist-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political activist<\/a>&#8221; Alexis McGill-Johnson at the helm, where in the words of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/what-is-planned-parenthood-fighting-for-ddf1de65\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>, &#8220;a different kind of mission creep set in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m pro choice and used to donate to Planned Parenthood but now I&#39;m realizing it&#39;s just a way to keep aborting babies of blacks and poor women (Eugenics) and how many billions does abortion bring in per year?????? \ud83e\udd14 <br \/>If you really cared about women you&#39;d promote contraception.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Burningrice (@burningrice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burningrice\/status\/1842991839873519856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2>The Details:<\/h2>\n<p>Live Action News has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-report-case-defunding-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documented<\/a> the organization&#8217;s increasing &#8220;mission creep&#8221; away from focusing primarily on abortion and instead turning towards <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-sex-educator-warns-sexualization-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexualizing children<\/a> through its involvement in sex-ed program creation and distribution, and in ensuring the inclusion of sexually explicit materials in <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-teens-150-cards-sex-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">schools,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sex-ed-go-planned-parenthood-sexual-birth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-goal-educate-sexualize-teens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">videos<\/a>, and in <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-spot-on-natural-family-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apps<\/a> for minors.\u00a0Through these avenues of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/taxpayer-funded-sex-ed-club-reject-pro-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collaboration<\/a> with other groups, Planned Parenthood is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/how-did-planned-parenthood-become\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promoting<\/a> LGBTQIA+ and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/reject-planned-parenthood-expand-gender-affirming-minors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender ideology<\/a> to school-age children.<\/p>\n<p>Live Action&#8217;s undercover investigation even <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/undercover-investigation-hormones-planned-parenthood-easy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exposed<\/a> Planned Parenthood\u2019s willingness to provide cross-sex hormones to minors upon their <em>first visit<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GfoZCtbvdhM?si=bBm4SSMiYZOZSMtR\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In its recent article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/what-is-planned-parenthood-fighting-for-ddf1de65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is Planned Parenthood Fighting for<\/a>?\u201d the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) claimed Planned Parenthood is &#8220;tethering itself to causes like democracy reform&#8230; and gun control \u2014 actions that have alienated some donors, according to former employees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WSJ added that Planned Parenthood is offering young people &#8220;decidedly liberationist advice, including graphic descriptions of sexual techniques,&#8221; along with posts that &#8220;celebrate Pansexual Pride Day and declare that &#8216;virginity is a social construct.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WSJ wrote that Planned Parenthood&#8217;s &#8220;pervasive language around &#8216;pregnant people&#8217; is intended to be inclusive of transgender people, a cause that the organization connects to abortion rights under the umbrella of &#8216;bodily autonomy.&#8217; As Planned Parenthood put it on Threads, &#8216;trans and nonbinary people are essential to the movement for sexual and reproductive health and rights\u2014the fight for trans rights is our fight.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it seems the organization\u2019s &#8220;mission creep&#8221; toward gender ideology and &#8220;gender affirming care&#8221; has donors particularly disturbed.<\/p>\n<p>Comments left beneath the WSJ article online paint an interesting picture.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Donors turned off by &#8220;progressive&#8221; ideology and advocacy<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>William wrote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>First, get rid of ideologues&#8230;. Next, get out of progressive advocacy. Then, return to providing health care.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_335474\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335474\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-335474\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Get-rid-of-Alexis-McGill-Johnson-PP-Prez-700x350.jpg\" alt=\"Get rid of Alexis McGill Johnson PP Prez\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Get-rid-of-Alexis-McGill-Johnson-PP-Prez-700x350.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Get-rid-of-Alexis-McGill-Johnson-PP-Prez-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Get-rid-of-Alexis-McGill-Johnson-PP-Prez-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Get-rid-of-Alexis-McGill-Johnson-PP-Prez-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Get-rid-of-Alexis-McGill-Johnson-PP-Prez.jpg 1054w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-335474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Get rid of Alexis McGill Johnson PP Prez<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Clark wrote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>PP&#8217;s mission in the beginning was a noble one. Provide health care assistance to women who needed it; however, it has outlived its purpose. The majority of Americans do not support gender affirmation (or whatever they call it). This group believes that men can reproduce? Fire the lot of them.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_335483\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335483\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-335483 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-from-Nobel-to-You-are-Fired-700x306.jpg\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood mission creep from Nobel to You are Fired\" width=\"700\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-from-Nobel-to-You-are-Fired-700x306.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-from-Nobel-to-You-are-Fired-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-from-Nobel-to-You-are-Fired-768x335.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-from-Nobel-to-You-are-Fired-500x218.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-from-Nobel-to-You-are-Fired.jpg 1033w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-335483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood mission creep from nobel to you are Fired<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Donald wrote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>I have always believed that PP provided a vital service, now that it is in the Progressive activism business I see it as a disservice that needs to be reined in&#8230; It&#8217;s starting to sound like the NEA, just as NEA no longer cares about educating children I doubt PP has much interest in health services.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_335485\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335485\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-335485\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-donor-from-vital-to-disservice-700x294.jpg\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood donor from vital to disservice\" width=\"700\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-donor-from-vital-to-disservice-700x294.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-donor-from-vital-to-disservice-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-donor-from-vital-to-disservice-768x322.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-donor-from-vital-to-disservice-500x210.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-donor-from-vital-to-disservice.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-335485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood donor from vital to disservice<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sharon wrote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>I was a longtime donor to Planned Parenthood. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Getting fundraising appeals that didn&#8217;t use the word &#8216;woman&#8217; but referred to us as &#8216;pregnant people&#8217;, menstruators, and chestfeeders was so off mission that I talked to my local chapter head. She looked at me glassy-eyed, and said &#8216;our staff all believes in inclusion.&#8217; <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>When your inclusion means erasing women, and you&#8217;re supposedly a feminist org, you&#8217;ve completely lost the plot. I know a lot of other women also quit supporting them for this reason.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_335468\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335468\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-335468\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-erases-women-uses-pregnant-people-WSJ-comment-700x282.jpg\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood erases women uses pregnant people WSJ comment\" width=\"700\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-erases-women-uses-pregnant-people-WSJ-comment-700x282.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-erases-women-uses-pregnant-people-WSJ-comment-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-erases-women-uses-pregnant-people-WSJ-comment-768x309.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-erases-women-uses-pregnant-people-WSJ-comment-500x201.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-erases-women-uses-pregnant-people-WSJ-comment.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-335468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood erases women uses pregnant people WSJ comment<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_335462\" style=\"width: 495px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335462\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-335462\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-uses-pregnant-people-FB-485x700.png\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood's 'mission creep' refers to women as 'pregnant people' (Image: Facebook) \" width=\"485\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-uses-pregnant-people-FB-485x700.png 485w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-uses-pregnant-people-FB-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-uses-pregnant-people-FB-768x1108.png 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-uses-pregnant-people-FB-500x721.png 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-uses-pregnant-people-FB.png 820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-335462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood&#8217;s &#8216;mission creep&#8217; refers to women as &#8216;pregnant people&#8217; (Image: Facebook)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_335472\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335472\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-335472\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-has-radicalized-themselves-700x236.jpg\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood has radicalized themselves\" width=\"700\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-has-radicalized-themselves-700x236.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-has-radicalized-themselves-300x101.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-has-radicalized-themselves-768x259.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-has-radicalized-themselves-500x169.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-has-radicalized-themselves.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-335472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood has radicalized themselves<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ellen stated:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>This organization&#8230; spent much of their funding on strictly liberal causes totally divorced from the goal of legalizing and providing affordable abortions&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_335478\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335478\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-335478\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthoods-mission-creep-away-from-abortion-to-funding-liberals--700x446.jpg\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood's mission creep away from abortion to funding liberals\" width=\"700\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthoods-mission-creep-away-from-abortion-to-funding-liberals--700x446.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthoods-mission-creep-away-from-abortion-to-funding-liberals--300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthoods-mission-creep-away-from-abortion-to-funding-liberals--768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthoods-mission-creep-away-from-abortion-to-funding-liberals--500x318.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthoods-mission-creep-away-from-abortion-to-funding-liberals-.jpg 991w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-335478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood&#8217;s mission creep away from abortion to funding liberals<\/p><\/div>\n<p>S Stroll wrote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>As long as Planned parenthood continues to dole out dangerous life altering drugs to vulnerable young people with no real screening or disclosures about what the drugs actually do to them, (what they call gender affirming care) they are on their own and I am unable to support them or work up any outrage about their funding being slashed. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>They chose to throw women under the bus in the name of their woke gods.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_335471\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335471\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-335471\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-looses-support-for-woke-gods-700x280.jpg\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood looses support for woke gods\" width=\"700\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-looses-support-for-woke-gods-700x280.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-looses-support-for-woke-gods-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-looses-support-for-woke-gods-768x308.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-looses-support-for-woke-gods-500x200.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PLanned-Parenthood-looses-support-for-woke-gods.jpg 1051w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-335471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood looses support for woke gods<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Donors Discouraged by Promotion of Abortion over Birth Control<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Whatever their mission, I just don&#8217;t think taxpayers should be mandated to subsidize any of the Planed Parenthood operations. And I could be wrong, but it seems to me back in the 1950s and &#8217;60s Planned Parenthood was all about birth control education and information,&#8221; wrote Charles. &#8220;Somewhere along the line they apparently morphed into supporting abortion, or treating abortion as if it were an after-the-fact method of birth control&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_335476\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335476\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-335476\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-mission-creep-from-birth-control-to-abortuion-700x399.jpg\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood mission creep from birth control to abortion\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-mission-creep-from-birth-control-to-abortuion-700x399.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-mission-creep-from-birth-control-to-abortuion-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-mission-creep-from-birth-control-to-abortuion-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-mission-creep-from-birth-control-to-abortuion-500x285.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-mission-creep-from-birth-control-to-abortuion.jpg 1075w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-335476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood mission creep from birth control to abortion<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Donors Thought Their Money Went to Help Poor Women<\/h3>\n<p>Amelia wrote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>When I donated to PP, I thought I was mostly donating to run women&#8217;s health clinics for poor women, the uninsured, and teens\/young adults who needed an affordable option not part of their parents&#8217; insurance&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>I understood that PP needed some funds to run the organization and that lobbying and advocacy (or, at least, public relations) were part of the organizations functioning, but I never thought most of my donations went to those purposes and not to patient care. I am very disappointed to learn this.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_335480\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335480\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-335480 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-very-disappointed-700x634.jpg\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood donor very disappointed with org's mission creep\" width=\"700\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-very-disappointed-700x634.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-very-disappointed-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-very-disappointed-768x696.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-very-disappointed-500x453.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-very-disappointed.jpg 1087w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-335480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood donor very disappointed with org&#8217;s mission creep<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ann <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/independenttoo1\/status\/1899863774577717358\">tweeted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>I used to donate to Planned Parenthood because I believe that no matter what your economic status you should have the right to use birth control[.] I do not believe [] abortion is birth control because that is not what it is, but I do believe in getting healthcare for women that don&#8217;t have access because of their economic status[.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She added that she felt Planned Parenthood had taken people&#8217;s money and given it to the Democratic Party as a &#8220;laundering scheme for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_335464\" style=\"width: 571px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335464\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-335464\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-claims-its-a-laundering-scheme-for-democrats-Image-Twitter-X.png\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood donor claims its a laundering scheme for democrats (Image Twitter &quot;X&quot;)\" width=\"561\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-claims-its-a-laundering-scheme-for-democrats-Image-Twitter-X.png 658w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-claims-its-a-laundering-scheme-for-democrats-Image-Twitter-X-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-claims-its-a-laundering-scheme-for-democrats-Image-Twitter-X-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthood-donor-claims-its-a-laundering-scheme-for-democrats-Image-Twitter-X-500x507.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-335464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood donor claims its a laundering scheme for democrats (Image Twitter &#8220;X&#8221;)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Donor Disappointed at Drift Away from Fight for Legal Abortion<\/h3>\n<p>Neal, apparently a supporter of Planned Parenthood for decades, wrote that he wondered &#8220;if PPFA has moved beyond &#8216;mission creep&#8217; and&#8230; discarded the group&#8217;s original mission&#8230; without explaining, much less asking &#8216;permission&#8217; of those who&#8230; believe in a woman&#8217;s right to choose&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_335469\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335469\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-335469\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthoods-mission-creep-will-lose-donors-WSJ-comment-700x642.jpg\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood's mission creep will lose donors WSJ comment\" width=\"700\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthoods-mission-creep-will-lose-donors-WSJ-comment-700x642.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthoods-mission-creep-will-lose-donors-WSJ-comment-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthoods-mission-creep-will-lose-donors-WSJ-comment-768x704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthoods-mission-creep-will-lose-donors-WSJ-comment-500x458.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planned-Parenthoods-mission-creep-will-lose-donors-WSJ-comment.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-335469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood&#8217;s mission creep will lose donors WSJ comment<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><b>The Bottom Line:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Staffers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/what-is-planned-parenthood-fighting-for-ddf1de65\">claim<\/a> the national organization is &#8220;bloated, with too many employees making too much money in undefined roles,&#8221; adding that it has &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-restructuring-outrage-fuels-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ghosted donors<\/a>&#8221; and may have mismanaged philanthropic gifts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Meanwhile, many clinics are underfunded and operate at a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-victim-shift-virtual-business-model\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deficit<\/a>,&#8221; noted WSJ. &#8220;Some former executives said the national office\u2019s outspoken progressive agenda can make it harder for affiliates to gain the support of local and state governments. Over the past two decades, clinics have <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-closures-restructuring-telehealth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed<\/a> or left the network. (Planned Parenthood would not provide specific numbers.)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Previously, over the course of one year alone, Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-lost-400000-donors-last-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-lost-400000-donors-last-year\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1755363661976000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1PIrOtehSzZcvx7p37yzzd\">lost<\/a>\u00a0400,000 donors.<\/p>\n<p>However, PP&#8217;s\u00a0latest report\u00a0for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/ec\/6d\/ec6da0d6-98e5-4278-8d11-99a5cba8e615\/2024-ppfa-annualreport-c3-digital.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/ec\/6d\/ec6da0d6-98e5-4278-8d11-99a5cba8e615\/2024-ppfa-annualreport-c3-digital.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1755363661977000&amp;usg=AOvVaw39S1gDojqdKotJsexa1Keh\">2023-24<\/a>\u00a0revealed the\u00a0abortion corporation had lost <i>another<\/i> 73,000 \u201cactive individual contributors,\u201d\u00a0to a new low of 503,000 for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/ec\/6d\/ec6da0d6-98e5-4278-8d11-99a5cba8e615\/2024-ppfa-annualreport-c3-digital.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/ec\/6d\/ec6da0d6-98e5-4278-8d11-99a5cba8e615\/2024-ppfa-annualreport-c3-digital.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1755363661977000&amp;usg=AOvVaw39S1gDojqdKotJsexa1Keh\">2023-24<\/a>.\u00a0This is a nearly 13% decrease from the 576,000 reported the prior year\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/ec\/f4\/ecf43d92-fcd2-4d11-b299-e67b5c3ac394\/2024-ppfa-annualreport-c3-digital.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/ec\/f4\/ecf43d92-fcd2-4d11-b299-e67b5c3ac394\/2024-ppfa-annualreport-c3-digital.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1755363661977000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3F0t8HRgXZKBjkP5Cc_85v\">2022-23<\/a>) and 31% from the 727,000 reported in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pianned-parenthoods-past-decade-3-3-million-abortions-6-billion-taxpayer-dollars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pianned-parenthoods-past-decade-3-3-million-abortions-6-billion-taxpayer-dollars\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1755363661977000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0i_4dO3mmwYMUO95pFTiWG\">2021-22<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition,\u00a0private donations were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/report-details-planned-parenthood-record-abortions-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/report-details-planned-parenthood-record-abortions-funding\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1755363661977000&amp;usg=AOvVaw33x4IgXHaJ7R7nUHkE0AXA\">down<\/a> 31%, falling from\u00a0$997.5M in 2022-23 to $684M\u00a0for 2023-24.<\/p>\n<p>But despite donor outrage, Planned Parenthood recorded over <strong>$684M<\/strong> in private revenue last year, because, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/what-is-planned-parenthood-fighting-for-ddf1de65\">according to<\/a> a former senior executive, &#8220;outrage tends to fuel donations; the more restrictions on abortion, the more it benefits the national office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note, 8\/15\/25: This post has been updated to correct the donor loss.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>Follow Live Action News on <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> and <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/LiveActionOrg\/\"><b><i>Instagram<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> for more pro-life news.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Planned Parenthood fights to maintain access to taxpayer dollars, some of its donors are upset about the organization&#8217;s &#8220;mission creep,&#8221; Planned Parenthood&#8217;s deliberate departure from the reasons those donors began supporting the organization in the first place. 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