Fri Sep 24, 2021 – 12:10 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — President Joe Biden’s administration has violated the rules over a COVID bailout program in order to send money to Planned Parenthood.
The Washington Free Beacon conducted an analysis of ProPublica’s database on recipients of funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a 2020 fund created by Congress that is supposed to be used to help small business keep people employed and pay bills, and identified the amount given in 2021.
Nearly half of the $23 million received by Planned Parenthood affiliates through PPP is attributable to a $10 million loan to Planned Parenthood of Greater New York.
Congress had created the program to help mitigate the consequences of coronavirus shutdowns. Organizations with more than 500 employees are not eligible for the taxpayer money.
Planned Parenthood has previously been told that it is not eligible for the money because its affiliates are considered part of the larger organization. The Small Business Administration (SBA) under then-President Donald Trump told 37 affiliates to return $80 million in total loans received through the PPP.
One pro-life group told LifeSiteNews that the problem is bureaucratic, but Biden could stop it.
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