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DOGE must 'defund' Planned Parenthood, Mike Pence's watchdog group urges Musk
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Mike Pence's nonprofit conservative group, Americans Advancing Freedom, sent a letter to Elon Musk urging DOGE to cut Planned Parenthood's federal funding.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
Planned Parenthood received approximately $75 billion in federal funding from 2019 to 2021, including $22 billion in Health and Human Services grants and $53 billion from public health programs, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America affiliates accounted for $148 million in HHS grants and $1.5 billion in Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP payments, with regional organizations receiving an additional $108 million. Taxpayer dollars made up 34% of Planned Parenthood’s funding, the letter stated, citing a 2022-2023 annual report by the Charlotte Lozier Institute.
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