Planned Parenthood took in nearly $800 million in taxpayer funding as the number of abortions increased and the number of patients remained flat, according to the organization’s annual report released Monday.
The Planned Parenthood 2023-24 Annual Report, titled “A Force for Hope,” saw the nation’s largest abortion provider increase its revenue by 13% from the previous year even though the number of patients rose by less than 2%.
The organization took in $792.2 million in government grants, contracts and Medicaid reimbursements, up $92.9 million from the previous report.
Meanwhile, the organization’s affiliates performed a record 402,200 abortions, up 2% from the previous year’s tally and 23% from 2013, according to the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute fact sheet.
The report showing an increase in taxpayer funding could hardly have come at a better time for House Republicans, as they seek to cut the organization’s federal funding by blocking its participation in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
“This report heightens the urgency to defund Big Abortion and stop forcing taxpayers to fund an industry that destroys unborn lives and preys on women and girls,” said Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America in a statement.
“As community health centers outnumber Planned Parenthood locations 15 to one nationwide and offer far more comprehensive care, including for Medicaid patients, Americans have real choices and much better options,” the statement said.
“We commend our House Republican allies for working hard on a budget reconciliation process that finally gets taxpayers out of the abortion business and we encourage them to persevere,” the group stated.
Planned Parenthood depicted its affiliates as crucial health care providers in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade, which prompted 20 states to enact limits on abortion access and make pregnancy “more dangerous,” according to the report.
“The staff at Planned Parenthood health centers continue to deliver care in spite of countless barriers, supporting patients and fueling their hopes for their lives and futures,” said the message from CEO Alexis McGill Johnson and Board Chair Tanuja Bahal.
The increase in federal funding came with the organization’s private contributions falling to $684.1 million, a decrease of 31%.
Students for Life of America Action President Kristan Hawkins said the taxpayers gave a 13% funding increase to Planned Parenthood “while most of America received only a 3% to 5% increase.”
“Demanding that Americans prop up an organization that sells wrong sex hormone treatments, that sterilizes minors, and that ends precious lives in the womb violates the consciences of many Americans,” she said.
“Planned Parenthood is a case study in how access to power equals wealth, and for those in the GOP who are inclined to support them, remember at election time they are coming for you!” Ms. Hawkins warned.
Since 2013, Planned Parenthood has seen total services drop by 10%, including a 61% decrease in breast exams and 63% fall in prenatal services.
The organization has also seen a 23% decline in patients since 2013, even though the number of abortions has been rising since about 2017.
Bradley Pierce, president of the Foundation to Abolish Abortion, connected the increase in abortions to the growing popularity of the abortion pill, which now accounts for about two-thirds of U.S. elective pregnancy terminations.
“This aligns with a broader increase in abortions across the United States over the past few years, which appears to be driven by abortion pills and other self-induced abortion methods,” he said.
