Planned Parenthood released their annual report on Monday. The company performed 345,672 abortion procedures in the 2018-2019 fiscal year— nearly half of all abortions in the United States. They’re not sorry, but the annual report reveals an organization that’s scrambling to defend abortion.
Even as their heart-stopping work continues in clinics across the country, the annual report is filled with considerable trepidation over legal challenges to their business model. “We stand at an inflection point for reproductive health and rights,” the report begins. “Our opponents moved to dismantle our nation’s program for affordable birth control this year, forcing providers like Planned Parenthood out of the program with an unethical gag rule,” referring to their decision to withdraw from Title X funding due to the HHS reinstituting the ban on offering abortion services to Title X clients.
