Main PBS sponsor funds the abortion business and massive media

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PBS viewers have often heard the name of the major sponsor, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

However, the Foundation supports more than just public television; It is a major contributor to the abortion industry as well as funding other media outlets, journalism schools, and other projects.

The financial partnership between the media and abortion charities is certainly influencing how important matters like the sanctity of life are presented to the voting public.

Live Action took an in-depth look at the foundation's donations to Big Abortion, including:

Reproductive Rights Center

opendemocracy

  • In 2007, MacArthur provided $40,000 to OpenDemocracy. This left-leaning group, which once referred to the abortion pill as a “revolution for women's reproductive rights”, has led to abortion pill reversal ( It has also published hit pieces attacking the APR. Women seeking treatment are called “guinea pigs”.

planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood is by far the largest abortion corporation in the United States. A search on the organization's grants website shows that the MacArthur Foundation has contributed a total of more than $2.8 million, as follows:

  • Planned Parenthood of Illinois: $90,000 (1991-2017).
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation: $2,220,000 (2002–2012)
  • Planned Parenthood Federation of America: $450,000 (1985).
  • Planned Parenthood of Palm Beach Area: $50,000 (1987).

population council

  • The MacArthur Foundation's website shows it gave more than $US19 million ($19,022,000) from 1989 to 2023 to the Population Council, a eugenics-based organization founded by John D. Rockefeller III. The Population Council brought the abortion pill to America and was later established. Danko Laboratories, LLC, as a sub-licensee of the Population Council. Soon after Danko was established to manufacture the pill, he set up a system through which he would also receive royalties from its sales. Today, the Population Council is funded by the Gates, Buffett, and Packard Foundations, as well as several other foundations—including the Ford, Hewlett, MacArthur, and Kellogg Foundations.

To read a list of major abortion and large media donations from the MacArthur Foundation, read the full report on Live Action here.

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