Donald Trump denies coronavirus funds to Planned Parenthood abortion business

The Trump administration has acted to ensure that no funds from the new Paycheck Protection Program, set up to assist small businesses battered by COVID-19, will go to Planned Parenthood. “President Trump is committed to ensuring Paycheck Protection Program money is used for saving jobs at small businesses, not getting the government into the business of funding abortion,” a senior administration official told The Daily Signal.
The Paycheck Protection Program, designed to shore up small businesses that had to close or otherwise were affected by the coronavirus pandemic, allows companies with fewer than five hundred employees to be forgiven for the principal of a government loan if they don’t lay off their employees. The employers still have to pay the interest on the loans, overseen by the Small Business Administration.
The program’s initial $350 billion fund, established in legislation passed on the 30th of March by the House, was depleted on the 16th of April. The programme received $320 billion in new funding in a bill.
The senior administration official told The Daily Signal that the Small Business Association’s mission already excludes big enterprises such as Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider.
While each Planned Parenthood affiliate has fewer than five hundred employees, nationwide, it has over 16,000 employees. So when applying PPP’s affiliation rules neutrally, it’s clear that Planned Parenthood is one large employer and not eligible for PPP money.
Source: lifenews.com
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