By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation

I was reminded once of the generational impact pregnancy care centers have in America. The reminder came by way of a Christmas card from Morning Star Pregnancy Services in Pennsylvania. The card heralded "50 years of babies born, of lives transformed, of miracles & blessings."

The U.S. government funneled nearly $2 billion in taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood and a handful of other abortion businesses in just three years, a new government report provided to The Washington Stand reveals — an action one pro-life advocate called an act of costly “cultural imperialism.”

In all, the taxpayers financed $1.89 billion in federal funding to underwrite four international abortion businesses and four U.S.-based abortion offices during fiscal years 2019-2021, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. That’s an average of $592 million federal dollars every year. And $90.4 million of that funding may be illegal, critics say.

Discussions about abortion in America often center around issues of individual choice and autonomy. Yet, embedded within the debate is a less examined but profoundly disconcerting facet: the disproportionate impact of abortion on racial minorities. Individual "choice" cannot account for the racial disparities in abortion rates. These disparities appear to be the result of eugenic ideology and targeting by the abortion industry.