When Planned Parenthood Federation of America president Cecile Richards described 2011 as “the most difficult year in Planned Parenthood’s history,” I wondered if she meant difficult as compared to the nearly $500 million in profit the organization had amassed the year before.

That profit mostly came from U.S. taxpayer-dollars at a time when millions of Americans were out of work. Or maybe it was in contrast to the $1 billion dollars in net asset value that Planned Parenthood also achieved in 2009-2010?