02-24-2017, 01:58 PM
(02-24-2017, 12:55 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's already illegal for tax money to go towards abortions, correct? So, in my mind, it should be: look at PP's financial records. If any tax money went towards abortions, then you stop funding them. If none didn't, you keep funding, but you also keep checking (unless PP stops doing abortions).
Ideally, I don't want any of my tax money going towards an organization that murders unborn children, however, that's my personal opinion and as long as my taxes aren't actually paying for abortions, I don't really have any legal justification. Although, now that I think about it, because my company gets some funding from state and federal grants, there are certain religious things we aren't allowed to do and while I'm fine with things like the funds can't go towards church services, there are some rules like I can't even have religious displays in the lobby (although we fall under the exception since we provide services in a church building). So if I was getting the same funding, but providing services out of an office building, I couldn't have any religious displays in the lobby. In that case, I say we do the same to PP. They can continue to get taxpayer funding, but they can't use it for abortions NOR are they allowed to promote abortions in their offices.
You're correct tax payers dollars aren't allowed to fund abortions performed at Planned Parenthood. Abortion funding has to come from non-tax payer dollars and they must maintain accounting records to ensure the funds stay separate. I support this requirement so that tax payers who object to abortion know their tax dollars don't go to fund abortions. As to the rest, I don't know.
