Planned Parenthood says abortions at all-time high, taxpayer funding increasing

Planned Parenthood’s latest annual report shows a rising number of abortions and increasing federal funding for the abortion giant while other programs such as cancer screening and prevention services decrease.

Released on Mother’s Day, Planned Parenthood’s 2023-2024 annual report, titled “A Force for Hope,” revealed that the organization provided 402,230 abortions over the year, an increase of nearly 10,000 abortions from the previous year’s report and a record high in the abortion giant’s history.

As abortions increased, taxpayer funding increased as well. Public funding for Planned Parenthood was up by about $100 million from the previous year’s report. At $792.2 million, taxpayer dollars made up nearly 40% of Planned Parenthood’s revenue.

Amid the rise in abortions, Planned Parenthood also provided fewer health care services, with 45% fewer UTI treatments, 13.7% fewer primary care visits, and 8.1% fewer cancer screenings year over year.

Michael New, a senior associate scholar at the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute and assistant professor of practice at the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America, said this decrease was “consistent with broader long-term trends.” 

“During the past 10 years, Planned Parenthood has done 54.4% fewer cancer screenings and 62.8% fewer prenatal services,” New told CNA. “Meanwhile the number of abortions that they have performed has increased by over 22%.”

Taxpayers “are paying more money for more abortions and less health care,” New said. 

Citing data from the report, the Charlotte Lozier Institute found that almost 97% of women “seeking help related to their pregnancy at Planned Parenthood” were “sold an abortion” rather than health care.

Meanwhile, prenatal services, miscarriage care, and adoption referrals accounted for about 3% of Planned Parenthood’s services, according to the institute.

With various states strengthening their life-affirming laws, some women have sought abortion in other states. Planned Parenthood reported that it provided affiliates with $3.4 million in travel assistance for more than 12,000 patients seeking abortions. 

Planned Parenthood also highlighted its legal team’s efforts to block laws that protect unborn children, highlighting pro-abortion victories in Iowa and Arizona. The report also hailed Kamala Harris as the first sitting vice president to visit an abortion facility.

Pro-life voices call for defunding of Planned Parenthood

The report “heightens the urgency to defund Big Abortion,” stated Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, a pro-life network dedicated to ending abortion. 

“As community health centers outnumber Planned Parenthood locations 15 to 1 nationwide and offer far more comprehensive care, including for Medicaid patients, Americans have real choices and much better options,” the statement read. 

Planned Parenthood reported more than $2 billion in income and $2.5 billion in net assets in the annual report.  

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