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Direct federal funding of CPCs began in 2000 via the Special Projects of Regional Significance Program. $3 million was channeled directly to CPCs in 2000, doubling to $6 million by 2002[1].
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A
2006 report by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) suggests over $30 million of
federal tax dollars have gone towards crisis pregnancy centers since
2001 [2]. However, a Washington Post review of federal records states that amount is well over $60 million [3].
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States
of Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Texas have state-subsidized funding for
CPCs [4].
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In Texas: a 2006 round of tax cuts for social services effectively drained $25 million from family planning services. $5 million of that money was reallocated to support CPCs [5].
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In
2004, Michigan passed a bill to provide government grants for
non-profits to provide “free or low cost reproductive health services
to low-income women.” This bill, however, also prevented
the distribution of ultrasound machines to clinics that provide
abortions, leaving deceptive CPCs as the main beneficiary of these
grants [1].
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Via
the 2005 Positive Alternatives Act, the State of Michigan channeled $5
million over the course of four years to nonprofits that “encourage
women to carry their pregnancies to term” (CPCs) [1].
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Missouri allocated $1,330,000 to “abortion alternatives programs” (CPCs) in 2004 [1].
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The state of Pennsylvania gives over $4.3 million a year to CPCs. They also withhold state funding from abortion clinics [1].
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In 2004, Delaware gave $39,398 to a single crisis center [1].
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Louisiana allocated $1 million in state funds for CPCs [1].
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Following
in the footsteps of the state of Florida (as signed into law by
then-Governor Jeb Bush), “Choose Life” vanity license plates are being
sold in 18 different U.S. states, the proceeds of which go to fund CPCs. No comparable pro-choice vanity plate has been approved by state legislature [6]
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The Wal-Mart Foundation donated $157,153 to 261 different CPCs in 2004 [19].
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U.S. Airways has given free flight tickets to several CPCs [14]
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Chick-fil-A is consistent supporter of CPCs, Focus on the Family, Right to Life organizations, and other anti-choice causes [8]
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Curves
Fitness CEO Gary Heavin has donated substantial profits to CPCs [1] and
has close ties to Operation Save America, a radical anti-choice
organization [9].
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Interstate Batteries, initiators of the 2005 “Charged for Life” campaign [7]
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Walker Parking Consultants [17]
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GCI, Alaska-based phone, internet, and cable company [15]
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CoBank donated $2,500 to a CPC in Douglasville, GA in 2007. The check was presented by the CEO of GreyStone Power Corporation [18]
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A Terre Haute, Indiana IHOP restaurant hosted a fund raiser for a local CPC as part of its 50th anniversary celebration [28]
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Wells Fargo awarded a $1,000 grant to a CPC [29]
Foundations and Public Figures:
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The Walton Family Foundation [20]
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The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation granted $25,000 to CareNet Pregnancy Center of Dane County between 2004-2005 [21]
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Tom Monaghan, founder of Dominos Pizza [12], is a known monetary supporter of CPCs and other anti-choice causes. His foundation, the Ave Maria Foundation, granted $20,000 to a CareNet Pregnancy Center (CPC) in 2000 [22].
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Adolph
Coors, son of Coors Brewing Company, has, through the Adolph Coors
Foundation, given sizeable monetary grants to large anti-choice
organizations and many CPCs, including Families First, Mountain Area
Alternatives Crisis Pregnancy Center, Life Choices Pregnancy Center,
and A Woman’s Place [13]
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The
Richard and Helen Devos Foundation (headed by Amway co-founder Richard
Devos) has made sizable grants to anti-choice groups such as a
$3,250,000 grant to Focus on the Family [23], and has given $325,000 in
grants to the Pregnancy Resource Center in Grand Rapids, MI between
1998-2005 [24]. The Foundation has made smaller donations to several other CPCs as well [25]. Similarly,
the Dick and Betsy Devos Foundation has also made sizeable donations to
both Focus on the Family,the Grand Rapids CPC, and others [26].
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Joe Gibbs, football coach and NASCAR owner, supporter of the 2005 “Charged for Life” campaign [10]
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Bobby Labonte, NASCAR racer, supporter of the 2005 “Charged for Life” campaign and previous bearer of the CareNet logo [11]
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Professional
golfer Justin Leonard designated $25,000 of his 2008 Ryder Cup charity
money to go to the Dallas Pregnancy Resource Center [27].
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Ryder Cup participant Stewart Cink has also designated $25,000 towards the Pregnancy Resource Center of Gwinnett County [27].
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