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A
pro-life group says Planned Parenthood's latest annual
report reveals the "hypocritical nature" of
the organization.
"Planned
Parenthood claims it seeks to reduce abortion, but its
abortion numbers are skyrocketing," said Jim Sedlak,
executive director of the American Life League's STOPP
International project.
According
to Sedlak, Planned Parenthood has performed over 3 million
abortions in its own facilities since 1970 - and that
includes 227,385 abortions performed in 2002-2003, a 6.7
percent increase over the 213,026 performed in 2001-2002,
he said.
Moreover,
Sedlak noted in a press release, when Planned Parenthood
opened an abortion clinic in Bryan, Tex., the health department
there reported a 153 percent increase in abortions. "More
Planned Parenthood facilities means more abortions,"
Sedlak said.
In
its 2002-2003 annual report, Planned Parenthood reported
a profit of $36.6 million, a 300-percent increase over
the $12.2 million profit reported the year earlier, STOPP
International said. (In its press release, STOPP did not
account for the huge year-to-year increase in Planned
Parenthood's profit. It said it would release a detailed
analysis in early 2004.)
But
STOPP International did note that Planned Parenthood received
$254.4 million from American taxpayers in 2002-2003 -
an all-time high. The taxpayer contribution exceeded the
$228.1 million in donations to the group, STOPP said.
The
annual report, as summarized by STOPP International, noted
that Planned Parenthood made 1,963 adoption referrals
in 2002-2003 - 12 more than it made in the year earlier.
The
American Life League's STOPP International describes itself
as an organization "dedicated to fighting Planned
Parenthood's anti-life agenda."
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