Thirty-seven Planned Parenthood affiliates applied for and received a total of $80 million in loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” has learned — and now the federal government wants the money back, saying the affiliates should have known they weren’t eligible for the coronavirus stimulus payouts.
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is reaching out to each involved Planned Parenthood affiliate explaining that affiliates of larger organizations with more than 500 employees aren’t eligible for PPP distributions, Fox News is told. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PFFA) alone has had more than 600 employees.
A Planned Parenthood affiliate in Metropolitan Washington (PPMW), for example, will receive a letter stating that although self-certified that it was eligible for a $1,328,000 PPP loan in accordance with the SBA’s affiliation rules, it will need to return the money.
The largest single government loan was a $7.5 million allotment to the Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties in California.
The SBA warned more “severe penalties” were possible, beyond mandatory repayment. In particular, incorrect or false eligibility certifications by PPP recipients could result in criminal or civil sanctions if the SBA determined borrowers made knowingly false statements, the SBA letter read.
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I would like to address a couple of points concerning Planned Parenthood. From most of the media from certain corners, one would think that PP is simply a clinic solely for abortions and a side booth for birth control. This fits nicely with those who are ardently pro-life, or more to the point, anti-abortion. For the record, let me state that I am pro-choice, BUT I hope that choice is for life! However, unless there’s going to be a lifting of all sanctions against birth control, abortion will be part of the human equation, as women make that painful decision about whether to carry a pregnancy beyond the first trimester. PP also engages in other medical procedures that help sustain the health of its patients, most of whom cannot afford to travel to or afford services elsewhere. I know that’s a sad story, but it is a fact that PP provides those services. So by denying these funds, the government, and those who back this decision as righteous, perhaps even pious, will be denying women and their children important other services which those who view PP as abhorrent choose to ignore. (Regrettably, for some I’ve spoken to who think thusly, they have insurance and a nearby clinic, and those who live in areas where a non-PP is available are viewed, as one woman put it, as the downcast who deserve to suffer… wow, how Christian is that!). For the record, here in Monterey, local COVID-19 testing has been started, and in fact was so overwhelmed that it ran out of supplies. Who was the provider of this important testing, and provided technicians and nurses to carry out the testing? Planned Parenthood ! No other agency was able to provide this service, and no one in the drive by line made any comment about PP doing the providing. They were just glad to get tested! So I beg of the readers here to use a little more critical thinking skills to do some research about PP before making a blatant statement about how absolutely right or wrong a Planned Parenthood facility is. Here’s a thought: instead of protesting and provoking animosity, perhaps actual tour a facility, engage the providers, find some common ground, perhaps you can provide adoptive service counseling ON SITE rather than demeaning, blaming and judging those who go in for any reason.
Their own reported numbers show the bulk of their work is abortion. Murder is murder no matter how hard the “decision” to commit murder is.
Michael, well written. Now, tell PP to stop murdering unborn babies and stick to their primary mission, taking care of women who may not have access to the medical care they need.
Michael….Are you a former employee of Planned Parenthood? I know I’m being factious but it sure sounds like their talking points. The history of Planned Parenthood, the founder Margaret Sanger, wanted “more from the fit, less from the unfit” (the majority of their clinics are located in minority neighborhoods and the majority of Blacks are aborted in NYC than are born alive!) And although they started out as a birth control organization they quickly evolved into today the largest chain of abortion clinics in this country. Their service of killing children in the womb, not to mention destroying women’s lives through the exploitation and degradation of this procedure, amounts to the majority of their services. They couldn’t exist without these deadly services because that’s where they make their blood money. And let’s not forget the selling of baby body parts to the highest bidder. How sick!
So whatever game they are playing with the virus (the ends do not justify the means) to get their evil reputation back it’s not going to work but only with those who are clueless about their evil organization.
Planned Parenthood DOES NOT do mammograms, and the contraceptive pills they give out are cheap low dose pills from what I have read, with less harm to the woman’s body but not as effective in preventing pregnancy, so more abortions as a result that makes the woman more susceptible to breast and other types of cancer and medical problems. A real demonic “Catch Twenty-Two” if you ask me.