Here is the PROOF:
There was just a great moment at the House hearing gong on right now where Cecile Richards was forced to admit under questioning from Rep. Cynthia Lummins (R, WY) that although abortions only account for 3% of Planned Parenthood’s total procedures, abortions account for 86% of Planned Parenthood’s revenues: Abortions 86% of revenue, 3% of services. Lummins asks @CecileRichards to explain this disparity. — Amy Curtis (@moderncomments) September 29, 2015 Lummis: Abortions…would have been over 86% of non govt revenue…how do you explain this massive disparity —
Originally Posted by johnjay
Both numbers look suspect to me. PP is obviously trying to minimize its abortion activity, and the 3% number is clearly bogus. But it's important not to inflate the number either. Rep. Lummins said 86% of PP's
non-taxpayer revenue is from performing abortions. That's too high. Do the math. Their total revenues are $1.2 billion, of which taxpayers fund around $500 million. They perform roughly 350,000 abortions a year. Assuming they charge $500 each, then revenues from abortions would be $175 million and repesent 25% of non-taxpayer revenues and 15% of PP's total revenues.
I'm against taxpayer funding for PP but let's have some honest accounting here. Where did the 86% number come from?
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