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Culture War Roundup for the week of October 2, 2023

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Abortion Services: $374,155

That figure seems very low. Looking at their own website, and taking the lowest cost of an abortion at a PP clinic, that's $600 for a surgical abortion:

Abortion pills (AKA medication abortion) can cost up to around $800, but it’s often less. The average cost at Planned Parenthood is around $580.

An in-clinic abortion can cost up to around $800 in the first trimester, but it’s often less. The average cost of a first trimester in-clinic abortion at Planned Parenthood is about $600. The cost of a second trimester abortion at Planned Parenthood varies depending on how many weeks pregnant you are. The average ranges from about $715 earlier in the second trimester to $1,500-2,000 later in the second trimester.

Your abortion may be free or low-cost with health insurance. But coverage for abortion varies depending on a lot of factors, like the laws where you live, what type of insurance you have, and the reason you need an abortion. You can call your insurance provider directly to find out their policies. Your nearest Planned Parenthood health center or other abortion provider can give you more information about the cost of abortion, and whether your insurance can help lower the cost.

How many abortions did they carry out? This site is definitely not a fan of theirs, but it claims from the 2020-21 report that:

Planned Parenthood performed 374,155 abortions in 2020-21 – down a little over 9,300 from the previous year, but over 3.4 million abortions over the past 10 reports.

So it seems that the 374,155 figure is not the funding but the number of abortions carried out. 374,155 x $600 = €224,493,000.

Somebody check my figures, that seems like a lot of money.

Looking at the report, the figures are on pages 11 and 29. I think the mistake you are making is that the figures on page 29 are services, not money. So for instance, "STI Testing & Treatment 4,411,825" is not dollars, it's the number of tests they carried out/provided (e.g. STI Tests 3,668,031 means they did over 3 million tests for STIs, not that the testing raised $3 million dollars).

If nationwide you're doing around 300,000 abortions annually at an average price of 600 bucks (be that "we take cash or credit cards" or your health insurance pays), then that ain't hay.

Woah, I read that crazy wrong if so, thanks for catching that. Pretty annoying they don't provide dollar breakdowns of the actual services.