Planned Parenthood: Profiting from Premeditated Murder

Planned Parenthood has been recently described as an “evil enterprise” by the Family Research Center. Dr. Janice Crouse, Senior Fellow of Concerned Women for America’s Beverly LaHaye Institute says “Planned Parenthood continues to be the nation’s primary abortion provider . . . Abortion is where its profit lies and abortion is the heart of its so-called ‘service’ to women.”

I was personally appalled when I learned recently that we, American Taxpayers, funded more than ¼ of a billion dollars to this despicable organization.

The American Life League recently reported that “after an unexplained seven month delay, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America released its 2004-2005 Annual Report a few days ago. . . This report shows that Planned Parenthood had a record year financially. It took in more total money ($882 million), more government money ($272.7 million) and more clinic money ($346.8 million) than ever before. . . [The following statement really shocks me.] ” Its total net assets have now risen to $784.1 million - $478.7 million in cash or investment.” You can see for yourself these shameful figures in the full Planned Parenthood annual report, which is in a PDF document online.

Further, a Concerned Woman for America news release makes the following observations about Planned Parenthood’s Annual Report:

· “While depicting itself as a benign health service for women, Planned Parenthood conducted 20 percent of the nation’s abortions –– over 255,000 abortions in 2004 (up 4.3 percent over 2003).

· “While claiming to be pro-adoption, Planned Parenthood referred only slightly more than 1,400 customers to adoption agencies (down 20 percent from 2003).

· “Nearly one third ($272.7 million) of Planned Parenthood’s income comes from taxpayers. That’s four times the amount given to abstinence programs.

· “Planned Parenthood sold nearly one million (up over 21 percent over 2004) “emergency” birth control kits in 2004 (these include the morning after pill –– Plan B).”

An email that I received from Family Research Center concluded that “One way to view Planned Parenthood is as the U.S.'s largest political party. It gets far more than either the Democrats or the Republicans from the federal government. Although it does not run candidates, it CONTROLS them--and intimidates them. Its platform is sexual license. I call upon the leaders of Congress to de-fund Planned Parenthood. . ."

Please do sign the petition below and also contact your legislator:

www.StopPlannedParenthoodTaxFunding.com