Nearly 90 donations have been made to the Planned Parenthood of Maryland under Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s name, said Dana Robinson, the organization’s spokeswoman.
No, Pence is probably not the one making these donations. But it does follow a nationwide trend in which at least 46,000 donations have been made to Planned Parenthood — which delivers reproductive health care, sex education and information to millions of people worldwide — in the Indiana governor’s name since the election Nov. 8, according to New York Magazine.
In 2011, Pence, then an Indiana congressman, introduced a bill to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood because of his pro-life stance against abortion. Though the amendment failed, when Pence became governor in 2013 he signed a law that banned abortion in the state if the fetus has an abnormality, restricting Indiana’s abortion laws further.
Because the weekly report with donation figures at the Planned Parenthood of Maryland was last updated Tuesday, the number of donations made in Pence’s name “could be a little bit higher,” Robinson said. Planned Parenthood of Maryland currently has seven locations across the state.
While the Planned Parenthood of Maryland usually receives an average of 100 donations a week, Robinson said it received upward of 1,700 donations since Donald Trump won the election. In all, the national Planned Parenthood has received more than 200,000 donations since the election, according to New York Magazine.
Since election night, Trump said on 60 Minutes on Sunday he would nominate a pro-life judge to the Supreme Court. If Roe V. Wade were to be overturned, the decision to allow abortion providers would go back to the states.
“We’ll see what happens,” Trump said.
because of his pro-life stance. Though the amendment failed, when Pence became governor in 2013 he signed a law that banned abortion in the state if the fetus has an abnormality, restricting Indiana’s abortion access further.
Because the weekly report with donation figures at the Planned Parenthood of Maryland was last updated Tuesday, the number of donations made in Pence’s name “could be a little bit higher,” Robinson said. Planned Parenthood of Maryland currently has seven locations across the state.
While the Planned Parenthood of Maryland usually receives an average of 100 donations a week, Robinson said it received upward of 1,700 donations since Donald Trump won the election. In all, the national Planned Parenthood has received more than 200,000 donations since the election, according to New York Magazine.
Since election night, Trump said on 60 Minutes on Nov. 14 he would nominate a pro-life judge to the Supreme Court. If Roe v. Wade were to be overturned, the decision to allow abortion providers would go back to the states.
“We’ll see what happens,” Trump said.
