{"id":52589,"date":"2026-04-09T17:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/activists-renew-funding-campaign-after-planned-parenthood-reports-record-breaking-year-of-abortions\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:54:20","slug":"activists-renew-funding-campaign-after-planned-parenthood-reports-record-breaking-year-of-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/activists-renew-funding-campaign-after-planned-parenthood-reports-record-breaking-year-of-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists renew funding campaign after Planned Parenthood reports record-breaking year of abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">Planned Parenthood plans to perform an all-time high of 434,450 abortions of unborn babies in 2023\u20132024, according to the organization&#8217;s annual report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">According to the group, nearly half of Planned Parenthood&#8217;s revenue came from taxpayer dollars, even as abortion services increased and other services decreased. <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/cf\/d0\/cfd08bf5-480a-45da-bb38-c989e9647492\/digital-2025-ppfa-annualreport-c3.pdf\" class=\"text-red-500 hover-underline-animation-red\">2024-2025 Annual Report<\/a>. Notably, Planned Parenthood also reported a net loss of revenue for the first time in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">In response to the report, advocates for unborn children are renewing their call to permanently defund Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl xl:text-3xl font-semibold mt-4\">Abortion is a priority for Planned Parenthood<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">The number of abortions is at an all-time high <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/abortions-up-screenings-down-planned-parenthoods-latest-annual-report\/\" class=\"text-red-500 hover-underline-animation-red\">8% increase<\/a> Compared to the previous year, there were approximately 32,000 more abortions than the previous year. The numbers do not include telehealth chemical abortions, which account for a growing percentage of all abortions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">Planned Parenthood&#8217;s other services such as preventive care, Pap tests and cancer screenings are all <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/abortions-up-screenings-down-planned-parenthoods-latest-annual-report\/\" class=\"text-red-500 hover-underline-animation-red\">decreased by<\/a> from last year, continuing a decade-long trend, according to a report by <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/abortions-up-screenings-down-planned-parenthoods-latest-annual-report\/\" class=\"text-red-500 hover-underline-animation-red\">Charlotte Lozier Institute<\/a>A research and education group that advocates for unborn children and mothers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">Michael New, a Charlotte Lozier Institute scholar and assistant professor at the Catholic University of America, told EWTN News that the recent annual report is &#8220;consistent with long-term trends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">\u201cDuring the past 10 years, the number of abortions performed by Planned Parenthood has increased <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/fact-sheet-planned-parenthoods-2024-25-annual-report\/\" class=\"text-red-500 hover-underline-animation-red\">more than 34%,<\/a>New said. &#8220;Meanwhile, cancer screenings declined by more than 42% and prenatal services declined by more than 55% during the same period.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">&#8220;They perform about 40% of the abortions in the United States,&#8221; New said. &#8220;Abortion is a huge revenue source for them so it&#8217;s not surprising that they prioritize abortion while cutting some health care services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">Tessa Cox, another senior research associate at the institute, said that &#8220;over the past decade, access to abortion, government funding, and total revenues have increased even as client numbers have declined and total services have stagnated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">Dr. Christina Francis, who heads the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said that &#8220;an organization that presents death as the main driver of health care and their services cannot be expected to be taken seriously as a health care provider.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">&#8220;With each annual report, Planned Parenthood proves it is more concerned with decriminalizing abortion than promoting the beauty and strength of motherhood,&#8221; Francis told EWTN News.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl xl:text-3xl font-semibold mt-4\">Advocacy goals: Defense of Planned Parenthood<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">Despite declines in other services, more taxpayer money continues to go to Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">In 2023-2024, abortion providers receive more than $830 million in government grants, contracts and Medicaid reimbursements \u2013 nearly $40 million more than the previous year. This was an increase of 50% from 2014, or 10% when adjusted for inflation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">New stated that &#8220;Planned Parenthood is heavily dependent on taxpayer funding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">&#8220;It is not surprising that nearly 50 Planned Parenthood facilities ceased operations after being made ineligible for federal Medicaid funding starting in fiscal year 2026,&#8221; New said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">Advocates for unborn children agree: Defunding Planned Parenthood is a priority, especially in light of the report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">New said, &#8220;Defending Planned Parenthood remains an important policy goal for pro-lifers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">Although the movement to defund Planned Parenthood had some success last year, President Donald Trump&#8217;s budget defunds abortion providers for only one year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">New continued, &#8220;Pro-lifers should encourage President Trump and congressional Republicans to pass a 2027 budget that prevents Planned Parenthood from receiving federal Medicaid dollars.&#8221; &#8220;That said, funding cuts to Planned Parenthood due to the increasing prevalence of telehealth abortions may not have a large impact on abortion incidence in the short term.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">Noah Brandt, a spokesman for Live Action, a human rights group that advocates for unborn children, said that &#8220;32,000 more innocent children were killed than last year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">&#8220;These tragic statistics show why we cannot make the decision to block federal funding to abortion giants for one year, which is set to expire on July 4, 2026,&#8221; Brandt told EWTN News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">He added, &#8220;Congress needs to step up defunding and make it permanent to stop the flow of public dollars to an organization that is killing nearly half a million American children every year.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">Francis noted the importance of cultural change and legal safeguards for chemical abortion pills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">Francis said, &#8220;The pro-life movement has two battles: fighting the anti-motherhood narrative that has infected American society and fighting the abortion pill epidemic that has spread on the Internet because of the Biden administration&#8217;s reckless policies and the Trump administration&#8217;s unwillingness to restore safeguards for abortion drugs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">Cox said that &#8220;women deserve better options,&#8221; noting that these options &#8220;exceed Planned Parenthood.&#8221; <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/realchoices\/\" class=\"text-red-500 hover-underline-animation-red\">15 to 1<\/a> Nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-(18px) md:text-(20px) first-of-type:mt-5 mt-(16px) lg:mt-(28px) leading-(28px) md:leading-8 normal \">Planned Parenthood did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planned Parenthood plans to perform an all-time high of 434,450 abortions of unborn babies in 2023\u20132024, according to the organization&#8217;s annual report. According to the group, nearly half of Planned Parenthood&#8217;s revenue came from taxpayer dollars, even as abortion services increased and other services decreased. 2024-2025 Annual Report. 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