And profit it did. In 2009 alone, Planned Parenthood netted more than $63 million. The abortion industry is not in need of a taxpayer bailout. The Black-Roby amendment would guarantee that the abortion giant get its hand out of taxpayers’ pockets.
The overwhelming majority of American taxpayers do not want to be in the abortion business. With passage of the Black-Roby amendment, they wouldn’t have to be.
Charmaine Yoest is president of Americans United for Life, where Anna Franzonello is staff counsel.
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