39 Groups Urge Trump Team to Debar Planned Parenthood Over $88 Million in PPP Loans
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 9
39 Groups Urge Trump Team to Debar Planned Parenthood Over $88 Million in PPP Loans
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 9
Summary
A coalition of 39 pro-life and faith groups asked the Trump administration to strip Planned Parenthood of qualified vendor status, a move that could block all federal funding for up to three years.
The push centers on a January SBA audit of 38 Planned Parenthood centers over $88 million in pandemic Paycheck Protection Program loans that the groups say were collected despite ineligibility.
Students for Life and allied groups told Treasury, DOJ, HHS and the SBA that debarment would reach Medicaid, Title X and sex-education funds without needing congressional approval.
The letter also cites broader allegations — including Medicaid fraud, health and safety violations and poor workplace conditions — while arguing other federally funded clinics can absorb patient demand.
Planned Parenthood called the SBA probe politically motivated in January; the organization and the agencies named in the new letter did not immediately comment Wednesday.