Republicans ban abortions and misuse tax dollars to fund Anti-Abortion Centers
Texas ranks last in providing prenatal care and misuses millions of women’s tax dollars to fund anti-abortion centers. What gives?
16 states have agreed to funnel more than $250m in taxpayer dollars towards anti-abortion facilities and programs that try to convince people to continue their pregnancies since the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade. – The Guardian
Texas has the second-largest population and the worst access to maternal care. – ValuePenguin
Lowest percentage of women 18 to 44 with health care coverage
The lowest percentage of women with a primary care provider
A high teen birth rate (22.4 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 19)
High infant mortality rate (5.5 per 1,000 live births)
The fifth-highest cesarean C-section delivery
Should MAGA Republicans misuse funds meant for women’s maternal care to push their right wing Christian extremist anti abortion agenda? Judge for yourself with this StoryMap.
Follow the money
“Anti-abortion groups took in at least $1.4billion in revenue in the 2022 fiscal year. And at least $344 million of that money came in the form of government funds.
These absolutely wild numbers come from a report from the Reproductive Health and Freedom Watch. Jenifer McKenna, the crisis pregnancy center program director of the organization, says the groups’ 990s report that they spent $1.2 billion on expenditures. “What did they do with all that money? There’s so many questions begged by their own reporting,” she told The Guardian.
Lack of regulation around crisis pregnancy centers
There is a shocking lack of regulation around crisis pregnancy centers. (Remember this video from North Carolina??) It’s bad enough that millions in taxpayer dollars are going to groups that lie to women, target children, and put people’s health and lives in danger. And we know that the groups often get TANF money—funds earmarked for low-income families. But Reproductive Health and Freedom Watch also found that crisis pregnancy centers were getting FEMA money! Please tell me why in the world crisis pregnancy centers should get emergency food and shelter funds? – Jesscia Valenti
Texas: 200 anti-abortion centers. 0 abortion clinics.
“There are approximately 200 crisis pregnancy centers in Texas… There are zero abortion clinics, because the state has banned almost all abortions.
This year, the Texas state legislature decided to raise its “alternatives to abortion” program’s annual allocation to $70 million … and tacked on an additional $25m to the 2023, bringing the total to $165m. Texas previously diverted money to its “alternatives to abortion” program from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which is meant to help lower-income families, according to data from Equity Forward.” – The Guardian
Resources
States to award anti-abortion centers roughly $250m in post-Roe surge – The Guardian
Reproductive Health and Freedom Watch
Abortion, Every Day – Jessica Valenti
Crisis Pregnancy Center Map
Ranking Maternal Care by State – Value Penguin
TakeAway: The taxes you pay are meant for the Government to improve your life, not for MAGA Republicans to misuse for their political agenda and fund anti abortion centers. Remind MAGA Republicans of that by voting for Democrats to protect women’s freedoms.
Deepak
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