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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Planned Parenthood affiliates improperly applied for, received $80 million in coronavirus stimulus funds

Thirty-seven Planned Parenthood affiliates applied for and received a total of $80 million in loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" has learned -- and now the federal government wants the money back, saying the affiliates should have known they weren't eligible for the coronavirus stimulus payouts.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is reaching out to each involved Planned Parenthood affiliate explaining that affiliates of larger organizations with more than 500 employees aren't eligible for PPP distributions, Fox News is told. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PFFA) alone has had more than 600 employees.

A Planned Parenthood affiliate in Metropolitan Washington (PPMW), for example, will receive a letter stating that although self-certified that it was eligible for a $1,328,000 PPP loan in accordance with the SBA's affiliation rules, it will need to return the money.

PPMW's request for money from the Trump administration came just months after the affiliate's president and CEO, Laura Meyers, promised to turn down federal funds.

The SBA warned more "severe penalties" were possible, beyond mandatory repayment.

More here

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/planned-parenthood-coronavirus-stimulus-money-ppp-return

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now lets see if they give it back ??

Anonymous said...

Shouldn't the banks be held responsible too?

Anonymous said...

Lock them up!

Anonymous said...

Based on other posts that I have read, the person that authorized the funds to go to PP in the first place should be guilty of misappropriation!

Anonymous said...

Make them repay

Anonymous said...

What! not making enough on the baby parts market?

Anonymous said...

They should be made to give it back! They are not "small businesses" and the bulk of their "services" aren't needed during a pandemic anyway!