According to their own report, it also has decreased its healthcare services.
By Catholics for Catholics
Abortions are increasing while programs for cancer screening and prevention services are falling, according to the latest report by Planned Parenthood.
The National Catholic Register newspaper reported that Planned Parenthood’s annual 2023-24 report titled “A Force for Hope,” showed that the abortion giant performed 402,230 abortions over the year. That was an upsurge of nearly 10,000 abortions from the prior year’s report and a record high.
With the upsurge of abortions, so did the taxpayer funding, according to the Register’s story. Funding for Planned Parenthood by the public increased by about $100 million from the year before, according to the report.
At $792.2 million, taxpayer dollars made up nearly 40% of Planned Parenthood’s revenue, according to the Register.
Despite the rise in abortions, Planned Parenthood made available less health care services, with “45% fewer UTI treatments, 13.7% fewer primary care visits, and 8.1% fewer cancer screenings year over year,” according to the Register.
This decrease was “consistent with broader long-term trends,” according to 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.
“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.
The Charlotte Lozier Institute found, according to the story that cited the report that almost 97% of women “seeking help related to their pregnancy at Planned Parenthood” were “sold an abortion” rather than health care.
For the time being, miscarriage care, prenatal services and adoption referrals accounted for about 3% of Planned Parenthood’s services, according to the institute.
Several states have enforced their life-affirming laws. Nevertheless, some women looked for abortions in other states; Planned Parenthood reported that it provided via affiliates with $3.4 million in travel assistance for more than 12,000 patients seeking abortions.
In addition, 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.
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