On February 18, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to end federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). The bill later failed to pass the Senate, by a margin of 42-58. Despite its demise, this legislative act reflected a monumental shift in America’s attitude—a shift against the nation’s largest abortion provider. Had the bill become law, it would have had a significant impact upon the abortion giant’s finances: PPFA receives roughly 46 percent of its budget from federal and state grants and contracts.
Leading up to the House’s vote, a pro-life activist group released videotapes of an undercover sting. Video footage showed employees at a variety of Planned Parenthood clinics who were willing to aid and abet the sex trafficking of minors, a federal criminal offense.
1 While the federal attempts to defund the abortion provider have stalled, state legislators and governors have withheld state dollars from Planned Parenthood. At the time of publication, as many as nine states had taken such action.
Yet to many Americans, the PPFA.... More
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