Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Fischbach (MN-07) reintroduced the Defund Planned Parenthood Act and the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act with overwhelming support.
“Organizations like Planned Parenthood boast about receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayers annually to provide so called 'comprehensive health care services'. However, their reports show that, in 2020, they performed 383,460 abortions while the amount of prenatal services that they provided dropped from 40,000 to 9,000 in just 10 years. It is clear that Planned Parenthood is not in the business of supporting women but instead providing abortions on demand,” said Rep. Fischbach. “Americans across the country value the lives of precious unborn babies and it is wrong to force them to spend their tax dollars on something that goes against their closest held values. I am honored to introduce these pieces of legislation that helps protect the unborn, women, and taxpayers."
Background: The Defund Planned Parenthood Act prohibits the organization from accessing any federal mandatory or discretionary funds. In order to maintain their federal funding, the organizations must certify that they will not perform or support entities that perform abortions, with exceptions for rape, incest, and to protect the life of the mother.
The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act ensures taxpayer dollars do not support the destruction of unborn life by requiring all federally funded entities to certify that they will not perform abortions or provide funds to any other entity that performs an abortion, with exceptions for rape, incest, and to protect the life of the mother.
This legislation has significant support from outside groups:
“Thank you, Rep. Fischbach, for re-introducing the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act and the Defund Planned Parenthood Act. These critical bills ensure that hard-earned tax dollars are not used to fund elective abortion centers, and that taxpayers are not forced to subsidize Planned Parenthood, our nation's largest abortion chain. Planned Parenthood ended the lives of over 390,000 babies and took in nearly $2 million in taxpayer dollars per day as of their last report - it must stop.” - Hon. Marilyn Musgrave, Vice President of Government Affairs for Susan B. Anthony Pro-life America
"National Right to Life applauds Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach for introducing the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act and the Defund Planned Parenthood Act. These bills would prevent taxpayer money from being funneled to organizations that perform abortions. American taxpayers should not be forced to participate in the deaths of unborn babies by abortion or forced to supplement the multi-billion-dollar abortion industry with hard-earned money." - Carol Tobias, President of National Right to Life
“Planned Parenthood is not only guilty of ending innocent human life, but they also are known for exploiting women, covering up human sex trafficking, illegally selling baby body parts, committing sex/race-based abortions, failing to follow health and safety standards, and engaging in alleged Medicaid fraud. Planned Parenthood does not deserve one penny of government funding. In light of the fact that Planned Parenthood does not offer full-service medical care and has even cut back on all kinds of actual, non-abortion healthcare, women should be directed to take their healthcare dollars to those many alternative locations where saving lives, not ending lives, is the goal. Students for Life Action supports the Defund Planned Parenthood Act and urges Congress to take steps actually to defund and debar Planned Parenthood for good. If Members of Congress do not act, they will be hearing from us in Washington and in their districts.” - Kristan Hawkins, President of Students for Life Action & Students for Life of America. The President went on to say, “One does not need to be pro-life to agree that no taxpayer should be forced to pay for abortions with their hard-earned tax dollars. Especially in this moment when some argue that there needs to be less federal engagement on abortion, follow through would mean ending federal spending and federal mandates that allow and even demand ending innocent, preborn life. The abortion industry sells death at a profit, choosing to end the lives of those they say might suffer rather than addressing the suffering. Our nation deserves better. Students for Life Action supports the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act, which would require federally funded entities to certify that they will not, subject to certain exceptions, commit abortions or provide funding to other entities that commit abortions. This human rights atrocity should not be funded with our nation’s resources, which should be employed to welcome and support the children of the American people.”
