Pro-Life Activist: U.S. Needs to Cut Off Rich Abortion Mill's Taxpayer Funding
by Mary Rettig
August 31, 2005
(AgapePress) - The head of the pro-life activist group Stop Planned Parenthood (STOPP) says it's time to call for a halt to U.S. government funding for that organization, especially now that the supposed non-profit agency has made what he calls a sweetheart deal with Barr Pharmaceuticals, producer of the "Plan B" morning-after pill. STOPP executive director Jim Sedlak says the arrangement between the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Barr Pharmaceuticals means that the nation's largest abortion provider will be making $20 in profit for every Plan B kit it sells. "And last year," he notes, "Planned Parenthood says they sold 774,000 kits, which means they made a profit of over $15 million."
Any organization that can turn over that kind of money no longer needs or deserves federal funding, Sedlak contends. He says people should call their federal, state, and local governments to cut taxpayer support for Planned Parenthood, whose recent business would seem to ensure a healthy bottom line without the subsidy.
"Barr has agreed that for a five-year period it will sell Planned Parenthood Plan B at $4.25 a kit," the STOPP spokesman points out. "Now, Planned Parenthood sells this kit currently for $25," he says. "The retail price is $32, so Planned Parenthood is already undercutting the retail price."
Planned Parenthood already receives a third of its budget from U.S. taxpayers, Sedlak asserts. He says it is time for Americans to tell their legislators that Planned Parenthood makes quite enough money on its own, and that hardworking citizens do not need to fund it any longer.
Mary Rettig, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.
