Planned Parenthood No Longer Hiding the Ball

By Gracie Skogman, Legislative and PAC Director of Wisconsin Right to Life  

For decades, abortion providers have insisted that abortion makes up only a small fraction of their services and that taxpayer dollars never fund abortions. 

But both claims have always been misleading. Abortions account for a massive share of Planned Parenthood’s so-called “services,” and anyone who understands how money works knows tax dollars are fungible—federal funds may not directly cover abortions, but they free up resources that do.  

But after many decades of denying the truth, Planned Parenthood has finally revealed their cards. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced they are pausing abortion services in the face of federal Medicaid cuts.  

Why does this matter? The Hyde Amendment already prohibits federal funding of abortion, and Planned Parenthood has long claimed compliance. But President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” closed the loophole by cutting Medicaid dollars from going to abortion providers altogether. He recognized what the pro-life movement has said all along: taxpayer funding sustains the infrastructure that makes abortion possible. 

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s announcement dispels the two biggest myths they peddle – that abortions are a small amount of services, and they do not use tax dollars to cover them. Why now, in the face of Medicaid funding, are they pausing these services? The answer is simple: abortion has always been their business model, and taxpayer money has always been used to prop it up. 

Even their own numbers reveal the truth. Planned Parenthood’s latest reporting shows that abortions made up 96.9% of Planned Parenthood’s pregnancy services, while prenatal services, miscarriage care, and adoption referrals accounted for only 1.7% (7,008), 0.9% (3,598) and 0.5% (2,148), respectively.  

Planned Parenthood has never been committed to providing real choices for women. Their focus has always been abortion—ending the lives of innocent preborn children—while relying on federal funding streams to keep their doors open.