WASHINGTON – Over 300 pro-lifers met with members of Congress today urging them to defund the abortion industry. This followed a letter signed by more than 150 pro-life organizations sent to members of Congress urging them to prevent taxpayer funds from being used to support Big Abortion. 

The following is a statement by Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life:

The abortion industry giant, Planned Parenthood, brings in over $2 billion a year and spends millions on lobbying for unlimited abortion but receives over $700 million in taxpayer funds. 

The American people should not be forced to support a multi-billion-dollar industry that takes the lives of preborn children and reportedly provides substandard care for women. Women and their preborn babies deserve better than abortion. 

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates, is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. NRLC works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia.