Recent annual reports show that federal funding to Planned Parenthood has increased, despite efforts by the Trump administration to eliminate federal funding for the abortion provider over the last four years. One healthcare funding expert told CNA that without congressional action, new avenues of federal funding for abortion providers could soon be made available by pro-choice policy makers.
While campaigning for president, Donald Trump made a series of commitments to pro-lifers in September 2016 that included “defunding Planned Parenthood as long as they continue to perform abortions”.
Planned Parenthood is barred by law from using federal funds – largely in the form of Medicaid reimbursements for services – to cover elective abortions.
However, pro-life critics of the organisation claim that federal dollars still allow the abortion provider to free up other resources for abortions.
Revenue
Planned Parenthood’s overall revenue has gone up in recent years, from nearly $1.3 billion in 2014-15 to more than $1.6 billion in 2017-18 and again in 2018-19, largely through increased government funding and donations from the private sector.
“Private contributions and bequests” have increased from $353.5 million in FY 2015 to its peak of $630.8 million in FY 2018, before dipping slightly to $591.3 million for FY 2019.
Federal funding of Planned Parenthood affiliates increased from the 2018 fiscal year to the 2019 fiscal year and has gone up overall since FY 2015.
