In a recent development, conservative factions are urging the newly appointed director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to halt any federal financial support to Planned Parenthood, a move that has been brought to light by The Daily Wire.
According to The Daily Wire, a letter spearheaded by Advancing American Freedom and endorsed by prominent pro-life leaders such as Lila Rose of Live Action and Bob Van Der Plaat of The Family Leader, was sent to OMB Director Russ Vought. The letter reminded Vought of his previous stance on the sanctity of life, quoting his words from the previous year: Defending life is the most important issue to me. Whenever there was a federal decision to be made, I personally saw President Trump decide for life. Every time.
Vought, in April 2024, amidst the uproar over then-presidential candidate Donald Trump's remarks on abortion, had expressed his views on a social media platform, stating, President Trump is navigating choppy waters carefully in a post-Roe sea of possibilities to save life very few ever thought possible that exists largely because he kept his word. That is what statesmen do. Below is a speech that I delivered in 2020 that still holds up about his pro-life record. Trust the man who delivered the end of Roe when all the other pro-life politicians could not.
The letter, first disclosed by The Daily Wire, expressed the group's anticipation of Vought's efforts in safeguarding American taxpayers' money from being squandered or used to fund abortions. It read: We look forward to supporting your work in protecting Americans hard-earned tax dollars from wasteful spending and funding abortions. As OMB Director, we strongly encourage you to review all federal funding to Planned Parenthood and to take all legal steps possible to ensure that American taxpayer dollars do not flow to Planned Parenthood or any of its subsidiaries.
The conservative groups highlighted that in 2022, Planned Parenthood was responsible for terminating nearly 400,000 unborn lives, with the ratio of abortions to adoption referrals exceeding 220 to 1. They also referenced figures from the Government Accountability Office, which showed that Planned Parenthood affiliates had received $148 million in Health and Human Services grants and $1.5 billion in Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP payments. The letter firmly stated, American taxpayers should not be funding this.
The letter further revealed, Shockingly, taxpayer dollars comprise 34% of Planned Parenthoods overall revenue, and its taxpayer funding has soared more than 40% since 2010. Because money is fungible, and the Biden Administration removed key regulatory safeguards ensuring that Title X dollars are walled off from Planned Parenthoods abortion services, American taxpayers are heavily footing the bill for abortions and keeping Planned Parenthoods doors open.
In addition to its abortion services, Planned Parenthood has recently emerged as a significant provider of transgender hormones, puberty blockers for minors, and surgery referrals. Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, told The Daily Beast in 2017, Its possible theyre the largest provider of trans health in the country. We dont know for sure. But its certainly among the biggest, if not the biggest.
The Washington Free Beacon reported in October 2023 that a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Jersey prescribed hormones to an 18-year-old high school boy diagnosed with autism, ADHD, anxiety, depression, and behavioral issues after a mere 30-minute consultation.
Similarly, Helena Kerschner, a detransitioner, told The Daily Wire in 2022 that she was prescribed testosterone after a brief visit to a Planned Parenthood clinic in the Chicago area. These instances underscore the concerns raised by conservative groups about the organization's practices and the use of taxpayer dollars.
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