Planned Parenthood Received $90 Million in PPP Loans During COVID-19 Pandemic: Report
Planned Parenthood affiliates received $90 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans intended for small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Tuesday by the morning.
The PPP loans were designed to rescue small, independent businesses with fewer than 500 employees. But pro-life advocates raised concerns with the Small Business Administration (an independent government agency that supports entrepreneurs) and argued that Planned Parenthood has more than 16,000 employees nationwide, well above the threshold to be considered a small company.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., one of the lawmakers who requested the report in January 2022, called the findings “shocking.”
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“As small businesses struggled to make ends meet during the pandemic, Planned Parenthood illegally diverted more than $90 million from the Paycheck Protection Program, designed specifically to help our mom-and-pop stores keep their doors open,” Blackburn said. it’s a statement.
He added: “The American people want their tax dollars to be spent responsibly and in accordance with our nation’s values, not the left’s abortion-on-demand agenda.”
The report, also requested by New Jersey State Senator Chris Smith, outlined federal funding received by several major pro-abortion organizations between 2019 and 2021 amounting to nearly $2 billion.
Planned Parenthood got $1.78 billion, while the International Planned Parenthood Federation got $2.03 million, MSI Reproductive Choices got $1.35 million, and four regional abortion providers got $107.74 million in financing.
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The report noted that in 2019, Planned Parenthood, under the Trump Administration’s Protect Life Rule, rejected Title X funding, a federal grant program that provides funding for family planning and reproductive health services, due to stipulated the rule against abortion referrals and demanded financial separation. of abortion providers.
The GAO found that Planned Parenthood’s refusal to comply and lose its Title X funding “led nearly all enrollees to stop using family planning grants under Title
From 2019 to 2021, Planned Parenthood performed 1.11 million abortions and obtained about $1.78 billion in federal funding, equivalent to an average of $592 million annually, according to the report.
Aside from PPP loans, government sources that funneled funds to the organization included reimbursements from Medicaid, Medicare and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, totaling $1.53 billion, along with federal funding through grants and agreements. cooperatives worth 148.5 million dollars.
Planned Parenthood operates more than 600 health centers throughout the United States.
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