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Some facts on Planned Parenthood, courtesy of American Life League

After an unexplained seven-month delay, Planned Parenthood released it's 2004-2005 annual report on June 1st. The report covers the one year period from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

This report by Planned Parenthood shows that Planned Parenthood had a record year financially. It took in more total money ($882 million), more government money ($272.7 million) and more clinic money ($346.8 million) than ever before.

The report shows it killed a record number of babies (255,015 surgical abortions) and we estimate it took in a record $108 million from its abortion business - accounting for 31 percent of its clinic income

There was no mention in the report of the number of mothers who have died getting abortions at Planned Parenthood. PP did, however, give Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, the affiliate responsible for administering the medical abortion that resulted in the death of Holly Patterson, their Clinical Service Expansion and Outreach award!

In the area of sex education, despite Planned Parenthood's spending a record $45.4 million, the number of attendees at its sex education programs was 200,000 less than the previous year - although it did report that Teenwire.com (its very offensive sex site for kids) visits were up 45 percent over the year before. The report also showed that Planned Parenthood is pushing its sex education on the international scene. It reported that it gave sex education programs to 550,000 youth outside the United States, and bragged that 115,000 of those youth were now using contraception - most for the first time.

And what can we say about the profits? Another $63 million in profits for PP brings its total profits to $649.6 million since 1987. Its total net assets have now risen to $784.1 million - $478.7 million in cash or investments.

Note:

• The full Planned Parenthood annual report can be viewed online.
• American Life League has prepared a document giving the detailed financial and service statistics of Planned Parenthood for the last five years. You can obtain a free copy of that document by sending an e-mail to [email protected] and putting the words "PP statistics" in the subject line.

Here are some bullet facts you can use when making talks, informing public officials, or writing letters to the editor:

• Planned Parenthood is an $882 million business that made $63 million in profits last year.
• Planned Parenthood has made a total profit of $649.6 million since 1987.
• Planned Parenthood has received $3.9 billion (yes, that's billion, with a "b") in taxpayer money since 1987.
• Planned Parenthood spends $45 million a year on its sex education programs in an effort to sexualize our children.
• Planned Parenthood's abortion business provides 31 percent of its clinic income.
• Planned Parenthood kills over one-quarter million babies each year in its own facilities
• Planned Parenthood does 180 abortions for every one adoption referral
• Planned Parenthood kills 14 babies for every one it helps with prenatal care
• Planned Parenthood committed 19.8 percent of abortions in the United States in 2004
• Over 3.8 million babies have died in Planned Parenthood facilities since abortion on demand became the law of the land.

American Life League statement on the South Dakota law

We at American Life League have issued the following statement concerning the South Dakota bill:

American Life League welcomes the South Dakota bill which outlaws all medical and surgical abortions in the state without exception (despite news reports claiming there is an exception for life of the mother).

We are particularly encouraged that the bill specifically defines a human being’s life as beginning at fertilization.

Planned Parenthood has already announced its intention to challenge the bill in court. It is possible that this challenge may make it all the way to the United States Supreme Court. We are praying that the U.S. Supreme Court will use this bill, and its definition of a human being, as a vehicle to declare the personhood of pre-born children as beginning at fertilization.

We disagree with those who worry that the timing is not right for the bill. We firmly believe that it is the responsibility of the pro-life movement to always push as hard as possible for full protection of every baby. As much as we humans try to convince ourselves that we can determine the exact time when certain legislation should be passed, the reality is that it is God’s time that is important.

We pray that God will use the efforts of the people in South Dakota and other states to bring a full recognition of the personhood of every human being from its point of creation to its natural death.