Article 6JM88 Anti-abortion centers raked in $1.4bn in year Roe fell, including federal money

Anti-abortion centers raked in $1.4bn in year Roe fell, including federal money

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Carter Sherman
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Exclusive: memo shows anti-abortion pregnancy centers received at least $344m in government money in 2022

Anti-abortion facilities raked in at least $1.4bn in revenue in the 2022 fiscal year, the year Roe v Wade fell - a staggering haul that includes at least $344m in government money, according to a memo analyzing the centers' tax documents that was compiled by a pro-abortion rights group and shared exclusively with the Guardian.

These facilities, frequently known as anti-abortion pregnancy centers or crisis pregnancy centers, aim to convince people to keep their pregnancies. But in the aftermath of Roe's demise, the anti-abortion movement has framed anti-abortion pregnancy centers as a key source of aid for desperate women who have lost the legal right to end their pregnancies and been left with little choice but to give birth.

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