Forty-five of the 46 Senators who voted against defunding Planned Parenthood recently have accepted cash donations from the abortion group, an investigation has found. In addition, several media organisations and owners also have deep ties to Planned Parenthood.

Kristi Burton Brown of Live Action, a pro-life news organisation, did some digging, and discovered that all but one of the Senators who voted to block legislation that would have diverted funds to non-abortion health clinics have received cash from Planned Parenthood in the past.

Lila Rose, president of Live Action, tweeted out the findings:

The article contains a full list of senatorial campaign contributions stemming from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund from the years 1998-2015. It is reprinted at the bottom of this article.

The defunding legislation, introduced by Sen. Joni Ernst, failed to advance in the Senate, falling just seven votes short of the 60 needed. It seems that the blood money handed out to politicians by Planned Parenthood has secured its half a billion taxpayer bounty, for now.