Most of the funding was disbursed through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the pro-life summary said.
Under the Hyde and Helms amendments, the caucus noted, federal funds were not used to pay for abortions directly. But “neither the Hyde nor Helms amendments limit funding for abortion providers,” the group pointed out.
“Federal funding of abortion providers expands the reach and influence of abortion advocates, giving taxpayers’ stamp of approval to the agenda of abortion advocates,” the caucus said.
The report showed Planned Parenthood receiving its nearly $2 billion worth of funds from several federal sources, largely through Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements but also including “grants and cooperative agreements” and loans forgiven via the Paycheck Protection Program, a COVID-era federal relief initiative.
“Overall, the federal funding Planned Parenthood received in 2019-2021 grew by $170 million” since the last GAO report released in 2021, the caucus said.
Both IPPF and MSI are global abortion groups that together carry out millions of abortions around the world every year. IPPF, the pro-life caucus said, received “approximately $2 million” in federal funding over the years reviewed, while MSI received about $1.3 million.