Planned Parenthood Releases New Report

Planned Parenthood dropped its 2023–2024 annual report over Mother’s Day weekend—a timing many critics deemed as tone-deaf at best and deeply ironic at worst. Titled “A Force For Hope,” the report unveils a stark portrait of America’s largest abortion provider: a record-breaking number of abortions, a dramatic influx of taxpayer funding, and a continued push to reshape both legal and cultural battlegrounds around abortion access and transgender medical services.

At the top of the report’s revelations is the staggering 402,230 abortions performed by Planned Parenthood over the past year—a nearly 10,000-case increase from the prior reporting cycle. To put that into perspective, that accounts for nearly 40 percent of all abortions estimated nationally in 2024, according to Guttmacher Institute data.

And while Planned Parenthood claims not to use federal dollars directly for abortion procedures due to the Hyde Amendment, the organization still managed to receive $792.2 million in taxpayer funding—a $100 million jump from the previous year. Critics argue this funding props up the entire infrastructure of the organization, freeing other resources to support abortion-related operations and litigation.

Interestingly, despite increased taxpayer funding and a rise in total services delivered (up 3.49%), Planned Parenthood’s financial efficiency appears to have dipped sharply. Their excess revenue over expenses fell nearly 85 percent, from $178.6 million to just $27.4 million. Private revenue also took a serious hit, dropping 31 percent, from $997.5 million to $684 million. These figures suggest a potential donor fatigue, reputational damage, or shifting financial priorities.

Still, Planned Parenthood’s net assets and liabilities reached a record $3.1 billion, showing that while some funding streams wavered, the overall war chest remains formidable.

Beyond abortion, Planned Parenthood continues to offer a mixed portfolio of health services, though not all are growing. While prenatal services were up 11 percent and adoption referrals rose by 25 percent, these numbers still pale in comparison to abortion statistics. Only 2,100 adoption referrals were made—roughly one for every 191 abortions.

Meanwhile, core preventative care services such as:

• Pap tests fell by 12%

• Breast screenings dropped 10%

• STI testing/treatment decreased 11%

• Cancer screenings dropped 8%

These declines in traditional women’s health services further fuel criticism that the organization is leaning increasingly into its abortion-centric identity rather than functioning as a comprehensive women’s healthcare provider.

The organization also continues to be a leading provider of so-called “gender-affirming care,” a controversial category that includes puberty blockers for minors and cross-sex hormones. Yet these services are buried within an ambiguous “other procedures” category, which also includes nutrition programs and pediatric care—making accurate tracking intentionally difficult.

This category has seen dramatic fluctuations: from ~16,000 in 2020 to ~257,000 in 2021 (a 1,500% jump), dropping to ~177,000 in 2022, and now plunging another 56% to just ~78,000 in 2023-24. Pro-life watchdogs like Live Action have accused Planned Parenthood of using this vague labeling as a smokescreen to obscure the true volume of transgender-related treatments.