Operation Rescue Calls for an Audit of Planned Parenthood in Iowa
I highly doubt AG Miller will have the courage to audit Planned Parenthood - Heartland like he should unless the heat is turned up on him. & I mean way up.
So that is why I urge you to contact AG Miller & add your support to that of Troy Newman as I have. Wednesday I sent an e-mail to AG Miller adding my voice I have put a copy of that e-mail at the end of this post so that you can have a sample to follow. Please do not copy word for word. & those from outside Iowa obviously will not be able to use the part I did about being an Iowa taxpayer, but you can still raise some taxpayer issues.
Contact info for AG Miller
Tom Miller
Iowa Attorney General
Hoover State Office Building
1305 E. Walnut Street
Des Moines IA 50319
Phone: 515-281-5164
Fax: 515-281-4209
1305 E. Walnut Street
Des Moines IA 50319
Phone: 515-281-5164
Fax: 515-281-4209
Be sure to include your full address as well as phone number. The more people he hears from the greater the heat, the more likely he is to actual do something.
State Audit of Iowa Planned Parenthood Demanded In Wake Of Telemed Abortion Scandal
Operation Rescue calls for an independent auditor in light of connections between Gov. Culver, Attorney General Miller and Planned Parenthood
Des Moines, IA — Operation Rescue has filed a formal request with Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller for a state audit of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, (PPH).
A Governmental Accounting Office report issued in Washington, DC, on May 28, 2010, revealed that $2.3 billion dollars in taxpayer money has been doled out to Planned Parenthood organizations nationwide from 2002-2008, yet Planned Parenthood’s own financial reports show that only $657.1 million has been spent. That leaves $1.8 billion dollars in tax funds with unaccounted for.
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, based in Des Moines, Iowa, has been the recipient of Title X funds as well as money from other federal programs. Thousands of tax dollars have been disbursed directly to PPH through the Iowa Attorney General’s office. It is likely that some of the missing $1.8 billion has made its way to Iowa.
“We believe the public has a right to know where their tax money is going. It is time that Planned Parenthood gives an account for the money that it has siphoned from hard-working taxpayers,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.
“We are especially concerned about possible misappropriation of funds after discovering that PPH is overbilling insurance companies for their remote-controlled abortion pill distribution scheme, known as telemed abortions.”
Evidence of overbilling by a number of Planned Parenthood affiliates has surfaced in California, where a state audit discovered that Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties had overbilled the state $5,213,645.92 for birth control pills alone. A Federal whistleblower lawsuit filed by former Chief Financial Officer of Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles revealed that the state of California was overbilled for a total of $180 million by Planned Parenthood affiliates in that state.
“There is enough history of Planned Parenthood bilking taxpayers and other financial improprieties to justify this request for an audit of PPH,” said Newman.
Operation Rescue released an investigative report on PPH’s telemed abortion scheme in March, 2010, then filed a complaint concerning its dangers with the Iowa Board of Medicine the following month. That investigation is ongoing.
OR also filed a formal complaint with the Attorney General’s office requesting a criminal investigation telemed abortions. Miller indicated that his office was unlikely to investigate. Operation Rescue then discovered connections between Miller and PPH, including a PPH abortionist who sits on one of Miller’s advisory boards. In addition, Gov. Chet Culver, recently met with PPH officials and received their endorsement of his re-election campaign.
“In light of Miller’s and Culver’s connections with PPH, we are asking for an independent audit to be conducted by someone not associated, either personally or politically, with Miller or Culver,” said Newman. “That is the only way the public can be assured of an honest accounting.”
Read the Complaint
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Operation Rescue calls for an independent auditor in light of connections between Gov. Culver, Attorney General Miller and Planned Parenthood
Des Moines, IA — Operation Rescue has filed a formal request with Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller for a state audit of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, (PPH).
A Governmental Accounting Office report issued in Washington, DC, on May 28, 2010, revealed that $2.3 billion dollars in taxpayer money has been doled out to Planned Parenthood organizations nationwide from 2002-2008, yet Planned Parenthood’s own financial reports show that only $657.1 million has been spent. That leaves $1.8 billion dollars in tax funds with unaccounted for.
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, based in Des Moines, Iowa, has been the recipient of Title X funds as well as money from other federal programs. Thousands of tax dollars have been disbursed directly to PPH through the Iowa Attorney General’s office. It is likely that some of the missing $1.8 billion has made its way to Iowa.
“We believe the public has a right to know where their tax money is going. It is time that Planned Parenthood gives an account for the money that it has siphoned from hard-working taxpayers,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.
“We are especially concerned about possible misappropriation of funds after discovering that PPH is overbilling insurance companies for their remote-controlled abortion pill distribution scheme, known as telemed abortions.”
Evidence of overbilling by a number of Planned Parenthood affiliates has surfaced in California, where a state audit discovered that Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties had overbilled the state $5,213,645.92 for birth control pills alone. A Federal whistleblower lawsuit filed by former Chief Financial Officer of Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles revealed that the state of California was overbilled for a total of $180 million by Planned Parenthood affiliates in that state.
“There is enough history of Planned Parenthood bilking taxpayers and other financial improprieties to justify this request for an audit of PPH,” said Newman.
Operation Rescue released an investigative report on PPH’s telemed abortion scheme in March, 2010, then filed a complaint concerning its dangers with the Iowa Board of Medicine the following month. That investigation is ongoing.
OR also filed a formal complaint with the Attorney General’s office requesting a criminal investigation telemed abortions. Miller indicated that his office was unlikely to investigate. Operation Rescue then discovered connections between Miller and PPH, including a PPH abortionist who sits on one of Miller’s advisory boards. In addition, Gov. Chet Culver, recently met with PPH officials and received their endorsement of his re-election campaign.
“In light of Miller’s and Culver’s connections with PPH, we are asking for an independent audit to be conducted by someone not associated, either personally or politically, with Miller or Culver,” said Newman. “That is the only way the public can be assured of an honest accounting.”
Read the Complaint
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My Letter to AG Miller:
Dear Attorney General Miller,
I has come to my attention that you recently received a letter dated 12 July 2010 from Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue, calling for a state audit of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland (PPH). I am writing to add my support on behalf of the letter & to also ask for an audit as well.
I wholeheartedly agree with the reasons he gave for wanting this audit done. As he wrote "There are reasons to believe that PPH may be engaged in improper financial dealings that is costing taxpayers money. The public has a right to know if PPH is receiving state and/or federal tax dollars, exactly how that money is being spent, and if there is a proper accounting for it."
In addition, with the budget situation the way it is here in Iowa, any money that PPH may have misappropriated could have been used elsewhere to meet pressing needs in the state that othrwise have gone unmet.
I urge you to see that this audit is begun as soon as possible with all transparency so that not only I, but all Iowa taxpayers will know the truth about how PPH is using or misusing our tax money, state & federal.
Thank You!
Sincerely,
Allen J. Troupe
Dear Attorney General Miller,
I has come to my attention that you recently received a letter dated 12 July 2010 from Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue, calling for a state audit of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland (PPH). I am writing to add my support on behalf of the letter & to also ask for an audit as well.
I wholeheartedly agree with the reasons he gave for wanting this audit done. As he wrote "There are reasons to believe that PPH may be engaged in improper financial dealings that is costing taxpayers money. The public has a right to know if PPH is receiving state and/or federal tax dollars, exactly how that money is being spent, and if there is a proper accounting for it."
In addition, with the budget situation the way it is here in Iowa, any money that PPH may have misappropriated could have been used elsewhere to meet pressing needs in the state that othrwise have gone unmet.
I urge you to see that this audit is begun as soon as possible with all transparency so that not only I, but all Iowa taxpayers will know the truth about how PPH is using or misusing our tax money, state & federal.
Thank You!
Sincerely,
Allen J. Troupe
address & phone number followed
Labels: Planned Parenthood, Telemed Abortions
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