There are calls from conservatives for Elon Musk to direct his Department of Government Efficiency team to assess Planned Parenthood in light of troubling allegations surrounding the organization.

A recent article in the New York Times shed light on the inadequate conditions of many clinics, citing financial struggles and instances of poorly trained staff leading to mishaps such as botched abortions and IUD insertions.

While Republicans have always opposed Planned Parenthood for performing abortions, many are now asking Musk to be the vessel for cutting funds. 

Advancing American Freedom, an organization founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, commended Musk’s efforts in rooting out inefficiencies and corruption in government but suggested that addressing issues within Planned Parenthood could also be a significant achievement.

‘We truly believe that the opportunity to defund Planned Parenthood may be yours and President Trump’s greatest moment,’ they said in a statement.

According to the conservative Women’s Congressional Policy Institute, Planned Parenthood gets over a half a billion dollars in government funds each year.  

Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood director turned pro-life activist, said the Times report should spur DOGE into action. 

‘Planned Parenthood needs to be defunded immediately. They have received hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars every single year and apparently they best they can do is give terrible care to the people they serve and fail to uphold even the bare minimum standard of care,’ she told Fox News. 

Conservatives are urging Elon Musk to take his Department of Government Efficiency team through Planned Parenthood amid shocking claims about the organization

The liberal New York Times recently reported about what a sorry state many clinics are, lacking money and in some cases staff trained poorly, with botched abortions IUD insertions gone awry

‘It’s no wonder turnover at Planned Parenthood is upwards of 50 percent. We can do better for women and defunding Planned Parenthood is a great place to start.’

DailyMail.com has reached out to the White House and Planned Parenthood for comment. 

Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has taken an axe to government departments with an edict to do whatever it takes to root out waste and fraud.

DOGE revealed Tuesday that Trump has saved taxpayers a staggering $55 billion in less than a month. 

The bulk of the savings were reportedly found through a combination of detecting and deleting fraud, canceling contracts and leases, and selling assets.

DOGE has vowed to provide updates on savings figures twice a week, promising additional information and improvements with time.

To date, savings have mostly been made in the US Agency For International Development (USAID), the Department of Education, the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Health and Human Services.

Ending diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) targets, programs and training days across the entirety of federal government accounted for a huge saving, and was among the first tasks DOGE conducted after Trump returned to the White House. 

Former Vice President Mike Pence’s organization Advancing American Freedom praised Musk’s work ‘eliminating waste, fraud and abuse’ but said Planned Parenthood could be a triumph

Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood director turned pro-life activist, said the Times report should spur DOGE into action

Elon Musk and DOGE’s efforts to reduce government waste have sparked outage among Democrats and government workers, who are protesting in the streets.

Critics maintain Musk is an unelected oligarch who should not be trusted to access data from the federal government. 

On Monday, the White House clarified in court papers that Musk’s title was ‘senior adviser to the president’ and that he is ‘not the U.S. DOGE Service Administrator.’ 

‘In his role as senior adviser to the president, Mr. Musk has no greater authority than other senior White House advisers,’ the court filing noted, adding that he had ‘no actual or formal authority’ to make government decisions by himself.

Trump has endorsed Musk’s work as a result of his election mandate to cut government spending and reduce the federal workforce.

‘We got elected to, among other things, find all of this fraud, abuse, all of this horrible stuff going on,’ he said in the Oval Office last week.