[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 53 (Wednesday, April 2, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H2810]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S BACKDOOR GOVERNMENT ABORTION FUNDING

  (Mr. BYRNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the government's 
backdoor funding of abortions through grants to abortion provider 
Planned Parenthood. Forty-five percent of the organization's entire 
revenue, totaling roughly $540 million in 2013, was provided directly 
by the American taxpayer through government grants.
  Planned Parenthood performed 327,000 abortions in 2012. Planned 
Parenthood states in its own budgetary report for 2013:

       We are the most effective advocate in the country for 
     policies that protect access to abortion.

  My constituents find the practice of abortion morally abhorrent and 
threatening to the social fabric of this country, and they should not 
be forced to subsidize abortions nationwide.
  I call on this body to respect the conscience of millions of 
Americans by ending the practice of government funding for abortions.

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