Sarah Palin compared Planned Parenthood to the Confederate flag in a recent Facebook post, asking, "Which symbol killed 90,00 black babies last year?" Her post, which shows the flag next to the Planned Parenthood logo, calls for the defunding of Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood gets about $500 million in government funding annually. Federal funding cannot be used to pay for abortions, however. There were 327,000 abortions performed by Planned Parenthood in 2014, according to Breitbart. Sarah Palin is well-known as a pro-life politician.
Around 2.7 million women and men visit Planned Parenthood centers in the U.S. every year. One in five women has visited a Planned Parenthood facility at least once. Only 3 percent of what PLanned Parenthood does includes abortions. In addition to abortions, Planned Parenthood provides health care and sex education, according to their official website.
Recently, Planned Parenthood has come under fire because of claims that the organization is using aborted fetuses to make money by selling various body parts and tissues, according to KSL.
The controversial post is one of many that Palin has made on her Facebook page in the last few days. She has also asked for businesses that donate to Planned Parenthood to be boycotted. Many of her posts includethe hashtag "#DefundPlannedParenthood," according to IBTimes.
Sarah Palin is the former governor of Alaska. She's also known for being John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.
