Republicans Ask GAO How Many Tax Dollars Go to Planned Parenthood

Police officers and clinic escorts stand outside of the Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington during a protest vigil in Washington on Jan. 17, 2019. Zach Gibson/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—A huge group of Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives joined in signing a letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro asking that he update a 2018 study by the General Accounting Office (GAO), which he heads, that found Planned Parenthood receives more than $500 million in federal tax money every year.

“Taxpayer funding of abortion must end,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said in a joint statement on the May 10 letter. “A growing majority of Americans agree with this fact.”