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Related: About this forumMillions in tax dollars flow to anti-abortion centers in US
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Anti-abortion centers across the country are receiving tens of millions of tax dollars to talk women out of ending their pregnancies, a nearly fivefold increase from a decade ago that resulted from an often-overlooked effort by mostly Republican-led states.
The nonprofits known as crisis pregnancy centers are typically religiously affiliated and counsel clients against having an abortion as part of their free but limited services. That practice and the fact that they generally are not licensed as medical facilities have raised questions about whether its appropriate to funnel so much tax money their way.
An Associated Press tally based on state budget figures reveals that nearly $89 million has been allocated to such centers across about a dozen states this fiscal year. A decade ago, the annual funding for the programs hovered around $17 million in about eight states.
Estimates of how many abortions have been prevented by such programs are unknown because many states only require reports of how many clients were served. Trying to pinpoint exactly how many pregnancy centers receive taxpayer dollars also is difficult because each state has a different system to distribute the money.
https://krcgtv.com/news/nation-world/millions-in-tax-dollars-flow-to-anti-abortion-centers-in-us-02-05-2022
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(15,463 posts)ShazzieB
(19,013 posts)My state does NOT fund them, but they're all over the place anyway. There's one in my town, and i can't drive past it without flipping it off, just for existing.