By Bud Shaver,
Albuquerque, New Mexico- On April 2, as the United States Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case of Kerr v. Planned Parenthood concerning state funding for the abortion provider, a protest will be held at the Planned Parenthood facility at 4630 Eubank Blvd NE in Albuquerque, from 12PM-1PM.
Abortion Free New Mexico is organizing one of nearly 100 other protests being coordinated nationwide on April 2 by the Pro-Life Action League and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, calling for Planned Parenthood to be stripped of all federal funding, and for all such funding to be redirected to health centers that do not perform abortions. Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion chain, receives nearly $700 million in taxpayer funding every year.
As the Trump administration looks for places to cut government funding, pro-life advocates are pointing to the nation’s largest abortion provider and their massive taxpayer subsidy. Protests will be held nationwide on April 2 in nearly 100 cities from coast to coast, supporting the defunding effort and educating the public about Planned Parenthood’s central role in the abortion industry and their long record of unethical activity.
“Planned Parenthood claims that American women rely on them for healthcare, but a recent New York Times expose found they’re spending more resources lobbying in Washington DC than they are helping women,” said Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico.
“Planned Parenthood provides less than 1% of annual pap tests and breast exams, but performs 42% of annual abortions in the U.S. They’ve been caught shielding child predators, defrauding Medicaid, and harvesting fetal tissue for profit. This controversial organization does not deserve our tax dollars.”
Shaver emphasizes that pro-life advocates calling for the defunding of Planned Parenthood are adamant that no funding should be taken away from programs that help poor women and families. Every dollar taken from Planned Parenthood must be redirected to health centers that provide a wider range of services and higher standard of care than Planned Parenthood, without doing abortions
“The effort to defund Planned Parenthood has nothing to do with taking healthcare away from women. It’s about taking tax dollars away from the nation’s largest abortion chain,” she explained.
- These nationwide protests are being organized by Citizens for a Pro-Life Society and the Pro-Life Action League.
For more on the April 2 Defund Planned Parenthood protest effort, visit NoMoneyForAbortion.com.
