40 Days for Life, the world's largest grassroots pro-life campaign, is demanding a congressional investigation into Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers for alleged "profiteering" from the sale of abortion pills.
Shawn Carney, co-founder and CEO of 40 Days for Life, sent a letter to the chairman and ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Feb. 22 to request that the committee open an investigation into whether abortion providers are "profiting from selling the dangerous RU-486 abortion pills."
"Presently, pharmaceutical-induced abortions account for more than half of all abortions in America," Carney wrote. "The public deserves to know if companies like Planned Parenthood are profiting from this dangerous drug." The group notes that about 43% of Planned Parenthood revenues are estimated to come from government reimbursements or grants in the 2014-2015 fiscal year.
