Multiple Planned Parenthood affiliates received loans totaling $80 million in COVID-19 stimulus funds, despite being ineligible.
According to a report from Fox News, 37 affiliates of the nation’s largest abortion provider had applied and received funding from the Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP).
The funds of the PPP were meant to help small businesses and their employees throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Affiliates of large organizations, defined as those exceeding 500 employees, are ineligible for the funds.
More than 600 people are employed by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PFFA).
According to the report, Planned Parenthood facilities in Orange and San Bernardino Counties in California were allotted $7.5 million, the largest of the government funds.
In response, the Small Business Administration (SBA) is contacting each affiliate to address their ineligibility for the loans. Failure to return the money in accordance with SBA orders will result in possible fines and penalties.
In a statement on Tuesday, Senator Marco Rubio (R. Fla), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, asserted that there is no room for debate over the abortion giant’s eligibility.
“There is no ambiguity in the legislation that passed or public record around its passage that organizations such as Planned Parenthood, whose parent…
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