{"id":2390269,"date":"2025-01-14T16:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T21:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-parenthood-formally-accused-of-breaking-federal-law-to-help-kamala-harris\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T16:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T21:09:21","slug":"planned-parenthood-formally-accused-of-breaking-federal-law-to-help-kamala-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-parenthood-formally-accused-of-breaking-federal-law-to-help-kamala-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood Formally Accused of Breaking Federal Law to Help Kamala Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fplanned-parenthood-formally-accused-of-breaking-federal-law-to-help-kamala-harris%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2390269&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A pro-life association, 40 Days for Life, has\u2062 filed a complaint with the IRS alleging that Planned Parenthood violated tax-exempt regulations by supporting \u2064Vice President Kamala Harris during\u200c her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">presidential campaign<\/a>. The group claims that Planned Parenthood&#8217;s actions, such\u200b as providing\u200b workspace for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-shakes-up-legal-team-ahead-of-surrender\/\" title=\"Trump replaces legal team before surrender.\">campaign \u200cevents<\/a> \u200dand \u200bdistributing campaign-related flyers, constitute prohibited political activities\u200d that could\u2063 threaten its nonprofit status. The CEO of 40 \u2064Days for Life, shawn Carney, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">emphasized thier ongoing\u2063 vigilance<\/a> at abortion\u200c facilities, \u200dwhich allows them to witness these alleged \u200cinfractions. This is the second complaint filed\u2064 against Planned \u2063Parenthood by\u200c the organization \u200cin recent months, with the first concerning their mobile clinic&#8217;s proximity to \u2062the Democratic national Convention, which they assert amounted to political endorsement. \u200cThe group \u2064is calling for increased \u200dscrutiny and accountability regarding\u2063 how tax dollars are utilized in relation \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-desantis-slams-criminalization-of-politics\/\" title=\"DeSantis criticizes &#039;politicization&#039; of Trump&#039;s indictment.\">political \u200bactivities<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-worthy-recipient-pro-life-group-names-trump-pro-life-person-of-the-year\/\" title=\"\u201cA Worthy Recipient\u201d- Pro-Life Group Names Trump Pro-Life \u201cPerson Of The Year\u201d\">pro-life group<\/a> has accused Planned Parenthood of breaking Internal Revenue Service rules in supporting Vide President Kamala Harris during her failed presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>An official complaint has been filed with the IRS by 40 Days for Life, saying it has information about &ldquo;potentially prohibited political activities that may impact the tax-exempt status&rdquo; of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/musk-ramaswamy-signal-planned-parenthood-federal-funding-chopping-block\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a> in Florida, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/planned-parenthood-chapter-provided-harris-campaign-workspace-breaking-tax-law-irs-complaint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is one of the many violations we&rsquo;ve seen Planned Parenthood do, because we&rsquo;re physically at these abortion facilities, holding peaceful vigils and offering medical alternatives to abortion. And so because we&rsquo;re out there, you know, at over 1,700 locations, we see a lot of things that Planned Parenthood does,&rdquo; 40 Days for Life CEO Shawn Carney said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; Planned Parenthood under investigation&mdash;accused of violating their nonprofit status for political gain. It&rsquo;s time for transparency. Join the fight at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VlSG9TZ0TY\">https:\/\/t.co\/VlSG9TZ0TY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h9kuyJItsN\">pic.twitter.com\/h9kuyJItsN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 40 Days for Life (@40daysforlife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/40daysforlife\/status\/1879196779927007510?\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was clearly noticeable. They were giving out flyers that said Tim Walz Tuesdays, which doesn&rsquo;t sound like the greatest time in the world, but nevertheless, they were promoting all these events of hosting Walz-Harris campaign events and providing their space to do that, which, of course, they did not do for the Republicans,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And you just can&rsquo;t do that as a 501c3. This is very, very basic,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Carney noted that no amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/25-killed-dnc-planned-parenthood-abortion-truck-books-available-appointments-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bending the rules<\/a> could save the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The pro-abortion angle of running on celebrating abortion was a dismal failure for the Harris-Waltz campaign,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Planned Parenthood receives your tax dollars while ending millions of innocent lives. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO?\">@HawleyMO<\/a> calls for bold action: defund them, support moms, and protect babies. &#128184;&#10060;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundPlannedParenthood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundPlannedParenthood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7sTCw8bWcT\">https:\/\/t.co\/7sTCw8bWcT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 40 Days for Life (@40daysforlife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/40daysforlife\/status\/1878872977946927604?\">January 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Carney said, the group is &ldquo;hoping and pushing the Trump administration to take up that investigation because now we have two violations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Both allegations &ldquo;were obviously against the Trump administration and were heavily politically partisan towards the Democrats, which, of course, as nonprofits, you just can&rsquo;t do,&rdquo; Carney said.<\/p>\n<p>The group is rallying support for a petition to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/planned-parenthood-fighting-californias-proposed-ban-child-marriage-ensure-abortions-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">action taken<\/a> against Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once again, it appears the abortion giant is using YOUR tax dollars to get its powerful friends elected,&rdquo; 40 Days for Life <a href=\"https:\/\/www.40daysforlife.com\/en\/5-steps-to-defund-planned-parenthood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> on its website.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the SECOND complaint we&rsquo;ve filed just in the last few months &hellip; and another reason Planned Parenthood doesn&rsquo;t deserve another dime out of your paycheck,&rdquo; the group posted.<\/p>\n<p>The group made its initial complaint against Planned Parenthood in August, when it alleged that Planned Parenthood of Great Rivers, Illinois, crossed the line by parking its mobile van near the Democratic National Convention, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/planned-parenthood-faces-irs-complaint.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint said that parking the van near the convention amounted to a political endorsement of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Planned Parenthood&rsquo;s mobile clinic(s)&rsquo; presence and provision of free services juxtapose its\/their tax-exempt privilege against a politically charged environment,&rdquo; the group&rsquo;s letter to the IRS said. &ldquo;They are clear indicators of political endorsement or opposition of particular candidates and parties.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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The group, 40 Days for Life, has submitted a formal complaint to the IRS, claiming it possesses evidence of &#8220;potentially prohibited political activities&#8221; that could affect Planned Parenthood&#8217;s tax-exempt status in Florida. According to Shawn Carney, CEO of 40 Days for Life, their presence at abortion facilities allows them to witness numerous violations by Planned Parenthood. They are advocating for an investigation into these claims and have previously filed another complaint regarding Planned Parenthood&#8217;s actions during the Democratic National Convention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2390270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Planned-Parenthood-and-Harris.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36229,32438,32779,37662,36160],"class_list":["post-2390269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-federal-law","tag-kamala-harris","tag-legal-issues","tag-planned-parenthood","tag-political-controversy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Planned-Parenthood-and-Harris.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390269"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390273,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390269\/revisions\/2390273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}