Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas have used federal Tanf funds to support anti-abortion clinics. They not only send millions in federal welfare funds, but also state taxpayer dollars to such centers. Other states have channeled federal welfare funds to similar anti-abortion organizations. Ohio Right to Life, for example, said it “pursued” federal welfare funds for three years in a row. In North Dakota and Oklahoma, the only oversight provision in contracts states crisis pregnancy centers must be “outcome-driven with positive results”.

Source: The Guardian June 04, 2021 09:56 UTC