U.S. senators Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez are trumpeting the allocation of more than $3 million from HHS to the New Jersey Family Planning League (NJFPL). The additional amount, announced July 10, brings to $6.3 million the federal funds grabbed by NJFPL this year. That money will flow through NJFPL to Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey, Planned Parenthood of Central and Greater Northern New Jersey, Hoboken Family Planning, and Women's Health and Counseling Center in Somerville to fund 25 sites across the state.

Punctuating the fact that the funding was granted to undermine the state’s attempt to defund Planned Parenthood, Lautenberg said, "While women's health services have been severely cut at the state level, this federal funding will help women in New Jersey gain access to affordable health care in their communities." Lautenberg is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which funds HHS. Pumping up the hyperbole, he continued, "Women's health services are under attack by political extremists and it's more important than ever that we keep fighting to ensure quality care is available to every woman."

In light of all the damage that Planned Parenthood does to our society and the continued allegations of Medicaid fraud and other malfeasance, it is an outrage that the federal government should step in to fund Planned Parenthood when states are exercising their rightful place in determining which groups receive government funding within their borders. Go to our Defund Planned Parenthood Action Center today and send a letter to your members of Congress, demanding they work in every way possible to defund the abortion giant.