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Planned Parenthood receives record amount of taxpayer support

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    Planned Parenthood reported receiving a record $542 million in taxpayer support in fiscal 2012, marking a steady increase in government funding despite Republican-led efforts at the state and federal levels to cut off that stream.

    The funding figures were included in the abortion provider's annual report released Monday. The numbers showed roughly 45 percent of Planned Parenthood's budget now comes from taxpayer dollars.

    Pro-life groups quickly seized on the report to renew their calls for Congress to "defund" Planned Parenthood.

    "Americans are sick and tired of underwriting the nation's largest abortion business," said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List.

    Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...record-amount-taxpayer-support/#ixzz2HPYRL9Ee
     
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