Dakota Beacon

FACTS ABOUT PLANNED PARENHOOD.

Planned Parenthood released its annual report covering FY 2011-2012, which contains figures for services provided for calendar year 2011.

Some highlights:

* During fiscal year 2011-2012, Planned Parenthood reported receiving a record $542 million in taxpayer funding in the form of government grants, contracts, and Medicaid reimbursements. Taxpayer funding consists of 45% of Planned Parenthood's annual revenue. Planned Parenthood reported $87.4 million in excess revenue, and more than $1.2 billion in net assets.

* In 2011, Planned Parenthood performed a record-high 333,964 abortions. Over the past three reported years (2009-2011), Planned Parenthood has performed nearly one million abortions (995,687).

* Planned Parenthood reported a total of three million clients in 2011, meaning that 11% of all Planned Parenthood clients received an abortion.

* In 2011, abortions made up 92% of Planned Parenthood's pregnancy services, while prenatal care and adoption referrals accounted for only 7% (28,674) and 0.6% (2,300), respectively. For every adoption referral, Planned Parenthood performed 145 abortions.

* Cancer screening & prevention services and contraceptive services provided by Planned Parenthood continue to drop. Contraceptive services have dropped by 12% since 2009, and cancer screening & prevention services have dropped by 29%.

NDSU partnership with PP?

Is this the partnership we want? Do we want the Planned Parenthood model educating our teenagers, and then asking them to educate their peers?

Contact President Bresciani and/or your legislators.

If you wish to contact President Bresciani with your personal thoughts, comments, or questions--you can do so at: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Tom D Freier

North Dakota Family Alliance Action