Pro-life vs pro-abortion
We keep hearing about how abortion restrictions hurt poor women, and in reality they probably do. However the abortion industry is big business, especially compared to the pro-life organizations - from providers, to lobbyists, to non-profits, etc.
In 2021 there were 626k legal abortions performed in the US. At $1k per abortion that comes to $626 million per year. There is likely more than that spent on pro-abortion lobbying and fundraising combined per year. Maybe a shift in those funds would bring down the cost of abortions to poor women.
It usually comes back to money.
Providers
"These organizations received federal funds through cooperative agreements, public health coverage programs, and grants—including COVID-19 related funding. For example, health centers received over $21 billion and Planned Parenthood affiliates received about $148 million in federal grants from 2019 through 2021."
Lobbyists
"If you search the usual websites for campaign-finance data on pro-choice and pro-life groups, a surprising fact becomes clear: Pro-choice abortion-policy organizations outspend pro-life ones, by anywhere from 20 percent to 900 percent, nearly every year, going back to 1990, which is the oldest data gathered by the Center for Responsive Politics."
Non-profits
"According to the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, $1.7 billion went to reproductive rights nonprofits from 2015 to 2019. That’s 2.2% of the $76 billion from foundations during that time period."
This alone is $340 million per year...
We keep hearing about how abortion restrictions hurt poor women, and in reality they probably do. However the abortion industry is big business, especially compared to the pro-life organizations - from providers, to lobbyists, to non-profits, etc.
In 2021 there were 626k legal abortions performed in the US. At $1k per abortion that comes to $626 million per year. There is likely more than that spent on pro-abortion lobbying and fundraising combined per year. Maybe a shift in those funds would bring down the cost of abortions to poor women.
It usually comes back to money.
Providers
Health Care Funding: Federal Funding for Certain Organizations Providing Health-Related Services, 2019 through 2022
We reviewed federal funding for various organizations, including certain health centers, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and International...
www.gao.gov
"These organizations received federal funds through cooperative agreements, public health coverage programs, and grants—including COVID-19 related funding. For example, health centers received over $21 billion and Planned Parenthood affiliates received about $148 million in federal grants from 2019 through 2021."
Lobbyists
"If you search the usual websites for campaign-finance data on pro-choice and pro-life groups, a surprising fact becomes clear: Pro-choice abortion-policy organizations outspend pro-life ones, by anywhere from 20 percent to 900 percent, nearly every year, going back to 1990, which is the oldest data gathered by the Center for Responsive Politics."
Non-profits
MacKenzie Scott, Michael Bloomberg Among The Biggest Billionaire Donors To Abortion-Rights Groups
Reproductive health nonprofits received a fraction of the $76 billion in foundations’ philanthropic giving from 2015 to 2019.
www.forbes.com
"According to the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, $1.7 billion went to reproductive rights nonprofits from 2015 to 2019. That’s 2.2% of the $76 billion from foundations during that time period."
This alone is $340 million per year...
