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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 12:26 PM Feb 2022

Millions in tax dollars flow to anti-abortion centers in US

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Anti-abortion centers across the country are receiving tens of millions of tax dollars to talk women out of ending their pregnancies, a nearly fivefold increase from a decade ago that resulted from an often-overlooked effort by mostly Republican-led states.

The nonprofits known as crisis pregnancy centers are typically religiously affiliated and counsel clients against having an abortion as part of their free but limited services. That practice and the fact that they generally are not licensed as medical facilities have raised questions about whether it’s appropriate to funnel so much tax money their way.

An Associated Press tally based on state budget figures reveals that nearly $89 million has been allocated to such centers across about a dozen states this fiscal year. A decade ago, the annual funding for the programs hovered around $17 million in about eight states.

Estimates of how many abortions have been prevented by such programs are unknown because many states only require reports of how many clients were served. Trying to pinpoint exactly how many pregnancy centers receive taxpayer dollars also is difficult because each state has a different system to distribute the money.

https://krcgtv.com/news/nation-world/millions-in-tax-dollars-flow-to-anti-abortion-centers-in-us-02-05-2022

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Millions in tax dollars flow to anti-abortion centers in US (Original Post) Sherman A1 Feb 2022 OP
Kickin' with disgust! Faux pas Feb 2022 #1
Ugh, crisis pregnancy centers! 🤬 ShazzieB Feb 2022 #2
. . . niyad Feb 2022 #3

ShazzieB

(18,704 posts)
2. Ugh, crisis pregnancy centers! 🤬
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 07:17 PM
Feb 2022

My state does NOT fund them, but they're all over the place anyway. There's one in my town, and i can't drive past it without flipping it off, just for existing.

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