U.S. Reps. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., held a special after-hours gathering on the House floor Wednesday to call for an end to taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.
The nation’s largest abortion business, which aborts more than 250,000 babies a year, received more than $330 million in tax dollars last year.
“Most Americans, I suspect, probably have no idea whatsoever that our tax dollars have enabled abortionists to establish and to run hundreds and hundreds of abortion mills throughout America,” Smith said. “Abortion is big business, and it is destroying the next generation of Americans.”
Bachmann said: “It's time to end their tax-exempt status. It’s a fraud. It is time to stop the public financing of Planned Parenthood. It is the right thing to do."
Nine other GOP members also participated: Reps. Joe Pitts, Penn.; Paul Broun, Ga.; Trent Franks, Ariz.; Jeb Hensarling, Ariz.; Jim Jordan, Ohio; Doug Lamborn, Colo.; Mike Pence, R-Ind.; Bill Sali, R-Idaho; and Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio.
