Fleming: GAO Report Confirms Abortion Advocacy Groups Receive Federal Funding
Federal taxpayer dollars continue to flow to America’s largest abortion provider.
3/25/2015-- 11:16 PM CDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman John Fleming, M.D., released the statement below following the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report showing that six abortion advocacy groups received $481 million in federal funding between 2010 and 2012, and about $1.2 billion in additional shared federal and state funds. Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in America received the bulk of this funding.
“Planned Parenthood performs almost 900 abortions each day, making up 94 percent of the three pregnancy services they claim to provide. Meanwhile, prenatal care and adoption referrals only account for around 6 percent. These groups are not here to support women; they are here to provide abortions and the public deserves to know this. Abortion has and always will be the taking of an innocent human life and no one should be forced to pay for abortion services through their tax dollars.
Background:
· Congressman Fleming and 72 members of Congress requested the GAO provide a report on the amount of federal funding abortion advocacy groups receive each year.
·The six groups that received funding include: the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the Population Council, International Planned Parenthood Federation of America (IPPFA), Guttmacher Institute, Advocates for Youth, and Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States.
·Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) received a majority of this funding, $1.5 billion or around $500 million each year.
· In January 2015 Congressman Fleming voted for the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act to ensure that people who purchased Obamacare health insurance plans were fully informed whether their premiums would fund abortion services.
Dr. John Fleming is Chairman of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans and is a member of the House Armed Services Committee. He is a physician and small business owner and represents the 4th Congressional District of Louisiana.