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Planned Parenthood Gets Record $542M in Taxpayer Funding

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    FBN’s Gerri Willis on the record funding the organization received from the government over the last year.

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We might remember last year about this time Planned Parenthood.

They -- in the headlines.

After the Susan G.

Komen foundation cut off funding from the not for profit.

Now for its part komen said Planned Parenthood was doing fewer and fewer mammograms and breast cancer screenings.

Was -- primary reason for funding the organization.

-- is nation's primary advocate for the prevention of breast cancer.

-- -- president said she couldn't understand how komen -- -- to this kind of bullying presumably from anti abortion advocates.

That was one of the nicer comments I gotta tell -- other women called Coleman's move quote disgusting and quote access cowardice on -- on.

Ultimately coming changed its mind but not until after some of the most brutal women on women named -- if I have ever heard.

Which brings me to today.

Planned Parenthood which -- to be described as a woman's health organization rather than they go to abortion source it is largely known as.

Is reporting a record year for both abortions and taxpayer funding hear the numbers.

Planned Parenthood performing almost 334000.

Abortions during the last twelve month period.

That's up from around 329000.

-- when he ten.

And it had a record year ad banner year when it came the government funding look at this.

An analysis done by the pro life group that is Susan B.

Anthony.

Should the organization -- -- record 542 million dollars in taxpayer money by the way of government contracts and grants and Medicaid reimbursements.

It's almost half the organization's budgets.

Ultimately -- reverse its dancing -- Planned Parenthood money because the outcry was fierce and ferocious.

But what today's record budget reveals is Planned Parenthood.

-- not manager rest certainly not financial duress.

Well next time you hear Planned Parenthood is being held back in some way by anti abortion -- or others don't believe -- they're doing just fine.

In fact they're doing better than ever and you are taken up the tab.

That's what I think now we --