Devotion to abortion dangerously continues unabated despite coronavirus

Published March 26, 2020 7:16pm ET



In this time of crisis, the Left is still working to protect the sacred “right” to the life-ending procedure of abortion. This focus during the coronavirus pandemic says much about priorities not only now, but also during routine times when the country is up and running. While families deal with financial struggles and health fears, the minority party in Washington, D.C., has been looking for a way to support the nation’s largest abortion provider: Planned Parenthood.

According to their latest annual report, in fiscal year 2018 the nonprofit organization performed 345,672 abortions. Though they have long claimed that abortions comprise only 3% of what they do, their main revenue comes from ending lives in the womb. Abortions are nonessential procedures, and according to Planned Parenthood’s own website, first-trimester abortions can cost as much as $1,500. The government recommendations of social distancing and quarantining cut into Planned Parenthood’s abortion profits. The political arm of the abortion industry, the Democratic Party, more than understands the current financial “need.” With fewer clients, Planned Parenthood can’t end as many unborn lives as they do in any given week. And as follows, they can’t make nearly as much money.

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