GAO to investigate Planned Parenthood, others

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Michael J. Norton regarding the decision of the federal government’s General Accounting Office to investigate Planned Parenthood and other organizations that are receiving federal taxpayer dollars:

“American taxpayers deserve to know if their hard-earned money is being funneled to groups that are abusing it. The GAO is right to investigate the stream of tax dollars going to Planned Parenthood and other specific organizations. Audits and other reviews of Planned Parenthood affiliates’ financial data and practices--as well as 45 audits of state family planning programs and one audit of a family planning organization--found more than $108 million in waste, abuse, and potential fraud. Taxpayer money is only supposed to be used responsibly and for the common good.”