Brief filed with Ohio Supreme Court argues abortion clinic
may not withhold records related to lawsuit asserting statutory rape cover-up

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Alliance Defense Fund on behalf of 27 pro-family organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Ohio Supreme Court Monday in a case involving Planned Parenthood staff who failed to report the statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl abused by her school’s soccer coach. The coach, age 21, brought the girl to the Planned Parenthood clinic in Cincinnati to have an abortion after discovering he had impregnated her.

The high court is being asked to reverse an appellate court decision keeping the minor and her parents, represented by ADF-allied attorney Brian Hurley, from accessing Planned Parenthood records that may show a systematic cover-up of statutory rape and other sexual abuse.

“The health and safety of young girls trumps Planned Parenthood’s desire for secrecy,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Jeff Shafer. “Ohio law mandates that Planned Parenthood report the sexual abuse of minors, and evidence that may reveal the organization’s violation of that legal obligation may not be hidden.”|
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Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry are targeting Catholics as well as minorities

The Population Research Institute (PRI) has found that Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry are targeting Catholics as well as minorities especially the third world people here and globally according to Ginny Hitchcock, the West Coast Representative of Population Research Institute.

On a worldwide basis, with the encouragement of the conservative members of the US Congress, she said that Steve Mosher and PRI are carrying out wide-ranging field research among Catholic populations in the developing world.

PRI has found that the International Planned Parenthood Federation’s population control is frequently used to "subdue" Catholic populations at the expense of basic aid and economic development.

"We're building on our reputation and relationship with strong pro-life members of Congress, and Catholic leaders abroad, to support human rights and to defend the Catholic faith and the rights of Catholic families throughout the world," PRI President Mosher said. read more FredMartinez

U.S. House Asked to Investigate Planned Parenthood's Response to Racist Donations

Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell last week asked U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, to launch a congressional investigation into responses given by Planned Parenthood clinics to callers who posed as potential donors and asked that their donations be used to provide abortions to minority women, The Columbus Dispatch reported.

Several University of California-Los Angeles students initiated calls to Planned Parenthood of Central Ohio and affiliates in Idaho, New Mexico, Oklahoma and other states in July 2007. The callers posed as donors and asked whether they could "underwrite" abortions for minority women.

The caller to the Ohio branch said he wanted his potential donation to fund an abortion for a black woman because there are "way too many black people in Ohio." According to The Dispatch, the receptionist said "OK."

Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, received more than $330 million in taxpayer money last year. CitizenLink

Construction Company Backs out of Building Abortion Center for Planned Parenthood after Local Pressure

fter facing local opposition from pro-life grassroots efforts, Walsh Construction has backed out of its plans to build a new Planned Parenthood (PP) facility in northeast Portland.

"It was a nice thing that Walsh got out. The battle still goes on," Bill Diss, Director of the pro-life organization Precious Children of Portland (PCP), warned the Catholic Sentinel.

Andrew Beyer, project manager for Walsh, has expressed support for the PP office and clinic, calling them "an important project in the redevelopment of Northeast Portland."  Beyer added that PP might still be able to build their facilities as their own general contractors.

Some critics of the new PP building project see it as part of a plan for black genocide.  The PCP notes on its website that the new building would move the city's PP headquarters from an area with a population of about 1% African Americans, to an area of about 43% African Americans. 

"Planned Parenthood tries to put their sex product and abortion facilities in Black neighborhoods.  More Blacks are killed by abortion than all other causes of death combined!" explained the PCP. read more LifeSite

Planned Parenthood of Ohio Defends Acceptance of Racist Abortion Donation

Officials with Planned Parenthood in Ohio are finally responding to allegations a UCLA student newspaper made in February that they gladly accepted donations from a caller who said he wanted it used for racist purposes. The Advocate magazine called Planned Parenthood centers in several states.

The pro-life publication told LifeNews.com at the time that an actor posing as a racist donor called Planned Parenthood and asked that his donation be used to abort African American babies in order to "lower the number of black people."

The magazine said an Ohio Planned Parenthood representative, Lisa Hutton, told the donor that Planned Parenthood "will accept the money for whatever reason." read more lifenews

Happy Mother's Day from Planned Parenthood

According to Planned Parenthood CEO, the best thing a mother can do for her child is leave a better world - a world with unresrticted abortion - thats what our daughters need?

"Happy Mother's Day" greetings from Planned Parenthood are as grotesque as its "Choice on Earth" Christmas greetings.

Today PP CEO Cecile Richards issued an email plea for $ under the guise of a Mother's Day greeting and using her dead mother and daughter as props.

This pathetic woman is so psychologically and emotionally invested in abortion she has no semblance of a conscience left. If and when she has grandchildren, I'm sure she'll use them, too.

Note the numerous purposeful times she - or, rather, PP's pr firm - invokes the words "mother," "daughter," and "grandmother."

"Legacy"? What legacy? Pro-aborts can leave no legacy, another reason we can undoubtedly know our side will eventually win - through attrition. read more Jill Stanek

Planned Parenthood Abortion Businesses Getting Bigger, Pro-Lifer Knows Why

Planned Parenthood's new abortion centers in places like Houston, Portland, Denver and Aurora are unlike their current facilities nationwide. These new centers that have been built or are in the construction phase are massive in size and one leading pro-life advocate thinks he knows the reason why.

Jim Sedlak of Stopp International says he has obtained Planned Parenthood Federation of America documents that show why the nation's largest abortion business is building its new centers larger than ever before.

Planned Parenthood broke the $1 billion income threshold for the first time in its last fiscal year and pro-life advocates have often accused the "non-profit" group of an obsession with making money.

That appears to be the case here. read more LifeNews

Iowa Legislature Puts the $750,000 Family Planning Line Item Back in the State Budget

Aggressive Lobbying by Planned Parenthood pays off

The Legislature ended up putting the new line item for "family planning" back into the state budget, which will give the abortion industry an additional $750,000 on top of the millions they already receive from our taxes.  Planned Parenthood lobbied hard for the money and has future plans to increase the funds to help them expand all over Iowa. IowaRightToLife

Planned Parenthood takes aim at McCain

As one of the key battleground states in the upcoming presidential election, Wisconsin is already getting attention from a powerful national lobby: the political arm of Planned Parenthood.

Badger women, in particular, will be aggressively targeted by the family planning group, says Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

Noting that McCain has voted against requiring health care plans to cover birth control and has opposed funding for international family planning services, Richards says: "He's opposed a whole host of things that are really very mainstream health issues."

That very record, however, is supremely attractive to Wisconsin Right to Life, the state's forceful anti-abortion lobby, whose political action committee last week endorsed McCain for president.

"Senator McCain has a stellar 100 percent voting record on protecting unborn children from abortion," the group writes in its announcement. read more Madison

Planned Parenthood Paints False Choice on Birth Control vs. Groceries

Planned Parenthood emailed its supporters on Monday urging them to contact Congress and ask for more funding for birth control. The abortion business claims college students need the funding because they're supposedly choosing between birth control and groceries.

"Birth control pills or dinner? Pills or a tank of gas? That's the decision college students and low-income women are facing around the country," Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards says.

But Wendy Wright, the president of Concerned Women for America, tells LifeNews.com that Planned Parenthood paints a false picture.

“If it is truly a choice between groceries and birth control pills, then many women will make the responsible choice to not engage in sexual activity – an overall healthier decision," she said. "Women will not only not get pregnant, they won't be at risk of sexually-transmitted diseases and emotional entanglements."

Wright pointed out that Planned Parenthood gets hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal and state governments.

She said the abortion business, which posted over $1 billion in income in its last fiscal year report, should pay for the birth control itself for these women in supposedly dire situations. LifeNews 4.28

Planned Parenthood Puts A Hit Out On Black Children

Unfortunately, recent investigations and reports suggest that this organization is actually peddling death in an aggressive and unethical manner.

Last Thursday a group of black pastors released a letter calling for all presidential candidates and other politicians to return or refuse to accept campaign donations made by Planned Parenthood nationally. I was proud to be a part of that effort. A recent Wall Street Journal story cited that Planned Parenthood is contributing an unprecedented 10 million dollars to various political campaigns this election cycle.

At first blush this seems like an extravagant, if not frivolous, use of money. Only those who are aware of the 305 million dollars a year of federal money that this organization rakes in would understand this strategic move. When the average person thinks of special interest groups, they often look at big businesses or certain industry lobbyists. But this is not always the case. Townhall 4.28

Pastors Accuse Planned Parenthood for 'Genocide' on Blacks

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has perpetuated a “genocide on the black community,” says a group of African-American pastors who claimed Thursday the birth control and abortion provider has had a racist agenda since its beginnings in 1921.

Holding a brief vigil and press conference in front of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Washington, D.C., the group of pastors and activists said they were incensed by the results of recent “undercover” inquiries into several Planned Parenthood clinics across the country.

“Every day … over 1,500 black babies are murdered inside the black woman’s womb,” said Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, of Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny (BOND). “This is a race issue.”

The pastors urged Congress to initiate an audit of the organization and have written letters demanding that money for Planned Parenthood be eliminated from federal Title X funding, of which the group got $65 million for fiscal year 2007, according to pro-life Concerned Women of America. In total, Planned Parenthood received $300 million in government contracts and grants in the current fiscal year. FoxNews

IS PLANNED PARENTHOOD ABOVE THE LAW?

Planned Parenthood likes to think of itself as above all reproach -- a champion of women's rights and also (as its annual report claims) the nation's "social justice movement."

But this week, in front of Planned Parenthood offices at 1108 16th St. NW in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, a group of black pastors and pro-life activists (joined by two GOP congressmen) will demand a congressional audit of what the group alleges are a pattern of racist practices, funded by taxpayers, at Planned Parenthood abortion clinics.

Planned Parenthood's latest trouble began when a feisty pro-life student magazine called Planned Parenthood offices in seven states, posing as an openly racist donor seeking to make sure his check could be earmarked to abort "a black baby." The resulting phone conversations are horrifying listening. (Judge for yourself at www.youtube.com./watch?v=zwif0VMW3c4.)

The Planned Parenthood Action Fund is promising to spend $10 million this election cycle. "These donations come even as Planned Parenthood is defending itself against a range of civil and criminal complaints in several states, and critics charge that the organization is trying to buy influence in Congress," notes ABC News.

It's a smart investment for an affluent organization (a budget surplus of $114 million and assets of more than $1 billion) that gets more than one-third of its income, or almost $337 million in 2006, from the taxpayers. read more Magie Gallagher, YahooNews

Planned Parenthood of New Jersey Rallies Forces against Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Planned Parenthood Affiliates of New Jersey continued their attack on Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPC) last week when it exhorted its supporters to back the Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act (SDAWS). That act that calls for the Federal Trade Commission to enforce truth-in-advertising standards so as to make it illegal for CPCs to present themselves in such a way as to lead individuals into believing that they perform abortions.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney and 11 other sponsors introduced SDAWS to the NJ House of Representatives in May 2007.  On April 1, Sen. Robert Menendez introduced the Senate companion to SDAWS.

Maloney claims that CPCs "have adopted the brazen tactic of advertising and presenting themselves as legitimate family planning centers in order to lure women seeking abortion information and talk them out of getting an abortion."

"Although they may claim to provide a range of services, CPCs are not legitimate health facilities and do not offer comprehensive health services and non-biased, medically accurate information about all pregnancy options," said Michele Jaker, Executive Director of PPANJ.

Randall K. O'Bannon, Ph.D., National Right to Life Director of Education and Research, systematically debunked the standard attacks on CPCs in his two-part article "Pro-Abortionists Crank Up Campaign to Mislead Public"

"As the number of CPCs has grown, as some centers have begun to receive modest federal funding, and as the Movement has grown far more effective in getting the truth about abortion's risks and realities into the hands of pregnant women, the attack has intensified," explained O'Bannon. LifeSite

Planned Parenthood Has 'Racist Agenda,' MLK's Niece Says

The niece of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., is among a group of pro-life black leaders calling for an end to federal funding for Planned Parenthood because of what she calls Planned Parenthood's "racist agenda."

"Planned Parenthood is definitely a racist organization - they have a racist agenda," Dr. Alveda King told Cybercast News Service. "Since 1970, there has been something like 50 million abortions. About 17 million of those have been blacks. It's black genocide. They are killing our people and fooling us." read more CNSNews 4.17

Komen Gave Planned Parenthood Abortion Businesses Over $700K Last Year

A new report from a Planned Parenthood watchdog finds chapters of the Komen Race for the Cure breast cancer group gave affiliates of the national abortion business over $700,000 last fiscal year. The enormous amount should be a red flag to pro-life advocates, one leading activist says.

Figures from STOPP International show Komen chapters giving $711,485 from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006 to Planned Parenthood affiliates.

Jim Sedlak, a representative of the watchdog group says the numbers are concerning given than millions of pro-life Americans will participate in Komen events during the month.

"More and more people are speaking up about the fact that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer research foundation, supports Planned Parenthood," Sedlak told LifeNews.com on Wednesday.

He pointed to studies showing abortion increases a woman's chances of contracting breast cancer and said that makes the donations extremely questionable. read more LifeNews 4.9

Planned Parenthood Registers Record Abortions, Profits

Planned Parenthood, the nation’s leading provider of surgical abortions, registered the largest number of abortions on record last year, according to its latest report.

According to figures, the pro-choice organization registered the largest percentage increase in abortions in over a decade. During the 2006-2007 period, 289,570 abortions were performed throughout its 860 locations, an increase of nearly 25,000.

Although separate and independent studies reveal that the number of abortions throughout the country decreased overall last year, Planned Parenthood records show it was little affected by recent declining trends.

Last year, Planned Parenthood serviced record numbers of patients and earned over $1 billion in profits. read more ChristianPost 4.7

Poll Finds Women in Battleground States Don't Know John McCain's Abortion Stance

The poll results will likely confirm to Planned Parenthood leaders that the pro-abortion group needs to spend more on vote education efforts.

A new poll commissioned by Planned Parenthood finds 16 percent of women in top presidential battleground states can't say whether John McCain's abortion views match their own. The abortion business worries the results show women who support abortion may back McCain because they don't realize he's pro-life.

The poll also shows telling those voters McCain opposes abortion makes pro-abortion voters less likely to support him.

Conducted by Hart Research Associates, the survey finds about 25 percent of pro-abortion voters who back McCain are less likely to support him when they learn he favors overturning Roe v. Wade and supports abstinence-only education. read more LifeNews 4.7

Planned Parenthood Capitalizes on Abortion

Does the federal government have the right to utilize your tax dollars to fund organizations whose core values completely differ from your own?

Answer: Absolutely. In fact, just this week it was revealed that Planned Parenthood, the nation’s most prominent abortion provider, received an astounding $336 million in government (both federal and state) grants. But get this: Planned Parenthood took in more than $1 billion last fiscal year, according to its own annual report, for the first time in its history.

It is apparent that there is big money to be made in abortion.

According to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s annual report (2006-07), the organization conducted 289,570 abortions, an increase of almost 25,000 abortions over the previous year.

American Life League reports that one in every four abortions in our nation is now conducted at a Planned Parenthood facility. In fact, Planned Parenthood is actually responsible for the deaths of more than 5,500 innocent lives every week. Through the years, more than three million unborn babies have had their lives snuffed out at a Planned Parenthood facility.

It’s a truly shocking statistic. read more NewsMax 4.5

Planned Parenthood Continues to Crack: New Video Outs More Racism

UCLA publication releases another video of Planned Parenthood staff excitedly accepting donations earmarked for black babies

The Advocate, a UCLA student publication, releases another video in its Planned Parenthood series exposing the organization's racist vision. Posing as a donor, law student James O'Keefe calls clinics in Oklahoma and New Mexico and asks to make a donation specifically to be used for a black baby. The clinics are more than happy to accommodate his request. See the video here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=zwif0VMW3c4.

The Advocate released its first video four weeks ago exposing Autumn Kersey, Director of Development at Planned Parenthood in Idaho. Ms. Kersey was caught on audio getting "excited" for a donation by an explicitly racist caller by phone. The students also exposed an Ohio clinic for gladly accepting donations, no matter what they may be used for. Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LJVPVh5TWo.  

"This new video demonstrates a disturbing trend of racism at Planned Parenthood," said Lila Rose, editor of The Advocate. "Planned Parenthood has no shame in accepting donations to purposely abort minority populations. People have forgotten the organization was founded on these principles and has continued to operate under these same racist views for decades." read more EMedia 4.3

Planned Parenthood hawks "free love" and encourage promiscuous sex for Teens

Tells how to go around parents to get contraceptives

The United States of America has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the Western world. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute's 2002 report, 75 out of every 1,000 girls aged 15-19 in the United States will get pregnant. Twenty-one out of every 1,000 will get an abortion.

One reason why our teen pregnancy and abortion rate is so high is because of Planned Parenthood's relentless targeting of our young people. Americans need to understand that most teen abortions don't start when a girl walks into a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic. They start when a slick Planned Parenthood operator walks into a classroom, or a teen logs onto a cleverly designed Planned Parenthood website.

Teenwire.com, with its aggressively contemporary layout and affable, "teen-friendly" graphics, is designed to attract youth used to surfing Myspace and YouTube. With beautiful colors and an eye-catching layout, combined with such hooks as "Ask the Experts" and "In Your Own Words," it is primed for maximum outreach to its target audience of teenagers.

So what does Teenwire.com have to say? read more LifeSite 4.1

Planned Parenthood: Annual Budget Surpasses $1 Billion; More Preborn Children Killed

"If the current trend continues, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. (PPFA) will command a budget of more than $1 billion in three years," warned Douglas R. Scott, Jr., president of Life Decisions International (LDI), in 2006. But PPFA's Annual Report for 2006-2007 shows that Scott was two years off the mark.

"Planned Parenthood surpassed the $1 billion mark in the very fiscal year immediately following my 2006 comment," Scott said. "This is shocking and more than a little frightening."

PPFA generated $1.0179 billion in Fiscal Year 2006-2007, which is an increase of nearly 11 percent over the previous reporting period. In Fiscal Year 2005-2006, PPFA's budget rose just 2.4 percent over the previous Fiscal Year. One year earlier (2004-2005) that figure was 8.4 percent. read more ChristianNewsWire 3.31

Catholic Diocese in Indiana, Wants Komen Race Boycott Over Abortion Ties

Another Catholic diocese has gone on record as urging Catholics and local parishes to boycott the Komen Race for the Cure because of its ties to abortion. Komen affiliates across the nation have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Planned Parenthood and the group has denied the abortion-breast cancer link.

The Catholic Diocese of Lafayette wants local parishioners to boycott the April race in Indianapolis expected to draw 40,000 people.

The diocese includes 63 churches in 24 counties and a statement LifeNews.com obtained explains the rationale behind the decision.

“Due to its policy allowing affiliates to offer financial support to abortion providing facilities, its
endorsement of embryonic stem cell research, and the continued denial that abortion may well lead to the development of breast cancer, it is not appropriate for Catholics to participate," the diocese said. read more LifeNews 3.27

The Abortion Industry

Planned Parenthood enjoys a good reputation. Many Americans think it performs necessary services — screening for sexually transmitted diseases, forestalling teen pregnancy and controlling family size.

But there are some disturbing realities behind the scene. For example, Planned Parenthood's confidentiality principles (it promises not to tell anyone of a teenager's problems) conflict with laws in every state that require health care workers to report suspected sexual abuse or statutory rape to law enforcers. Not surprisingly, investigators are finding a national pattern of failure to report sex crimes against underage teens. read more WashingtonTimes 3.27

Texas Billboard draws attention to Abortion Breast Cancer link and PP's relationship with the Susan G. Komen Foundation

A pro-life group in Texas is drawing attention to the Abortion Breast Cancer link and Planned Parenthood's relationship with the Susan G. Komen Foundation with a new billboard that raises serious questions -- and is drawing fire.

Pro-Life Waco has set up a billboard on the 1700 block of Franklin Avenue that poses suggestive questions: "What? An abortion increases my risk for breast cancer? Why does the Komen Race grant $45,000 to Waco's Planned Parenthood abortion provider?"

The billboard is also visible from the offices of the Waco Tribune-Herald, which has voiced support of Planned Parenthood's policies and agenda in the past.

An editorial in the March 23, 2008 edition of the paper called the billboard's claims "false" and "specious."

But John Pisciotta, Co-Director of Pro-Life Waco, tells LifeNews.com the Waco paper is off base. read more LifeNews 3.27

The Plague of Planned Parenthood

We all mourn the deaths in Iraq, now approaching 4,000th Americans, in the five-year-old fight for freedom and justice in that nation.  But sadly we seem oblivious to the fact that we lose approximately the same number of our fellow citizens everyday to abortion.  

The plague of abortion takes one American life about every 30 seconds.  But here’s a little good news...  Soon Congress will have the chance to limit severely the ability of this plague’s principal purveyor, Planned Parenthood, to force you to pay for its deadly deeds. 

Planned Parenthood spends millions annually to maintain its reputation as the foremost champion of “responsible” sexuality and child-bearing, with, among other things, ads featuring hip, healthy-looking young people and cute, cuddly babies. 

But Planned Parenthood’s record refutes its well-honed reputation.  In recent years, its affiliates have ignored numerous cases of statutory rape and sexual abuse of minors.  Last fall, Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri was handed a 107-count grand jury indictment, with allegations ranging from illegal late-term abortions, “making false information” and “unlawful failure to maintain records,” among other violations.  In California, meanwhile, several Planned Parenthood affiliates are under investigation for overcharging the state hundreds of millions (I repeat:  hundreds of millions) of dollars on birth control. HumanEvents read more

PP Offers Free 'Emergency Contraception Day' in Burlington

An education or an invitation?

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England will host its 2nd free Emergency Contraception (EC) Day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at its Mansfield Avenue health center in Burlington.

The one-day event is part of PPNNE’s spring Be One of Us promotions — a series of events designed to celebrate and reinforce Planned Parenthood’s mission as the primary resource for women’s health care, education and advocacy.

According to Planned Parenthood, free EC Day provides an opportunity to learn about and receive free emergency contraception, safe and effective at preventing unintended pregnancy when taken within five days after unprotected sex. Recommended yearly exams also can be scheduled including breast exams, Pap tests, blood pressure and thyroid checks, routine physicals and family planning. BurlingtonFreePress read more

Florida Planned Parenthood Affiliate Closes Amid Financial, Medical Problems

A prominent Planned Parenthood affiliate in southern Florida has temporarily closed up shop after significant financial problems and mismanagement. Officials from the national Planned Parenthood abortion business closed down Planned Parenthood of South Palm Beach and Broward Counties just weeks ago.

The national representatives allegedly found both financial improprieties as well as medical problems at the facilities the affiliate ran.

Adrienne Kimmell, executive director of Florida Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, told the Sun Sentinel newspaper that the affiliate shut down and began referring women to other abortion centers two weeks ago. LifeNews read more

Virginia Legislature Kills Effort to Stop Taxpayer Funding for Planned Parenthood

After some surprising initial success, the Virginia legislature has dropped an effort to stop taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood -- the nation's largest abortion business. The House and Senate initially included defunding Planned Parenthood in their versions of the state budget.

However, that amendment was removed during the conference committee negotiations and pro-life groups are disappointed.

Victoria Cobb, president of the Virginia Family Foundation, told LifeNews.com that Senate Majority Leader Dick Salsaw, a Senate budget conferee, tried to tie an unrelated issue to the funding ban.

But, Delegate Kirk Cox forced conferees to vote on the issue of funding Planned Parenthood as a stand alone item.

Cobb explained that, under the legislative rules a budget provision can be removed despite its inclusion in budgets from both chambers as long as three legislators on either side agree. LifeNews 3.19

Planned Parenthood apologizes for accepting racist donor

Planned Parenthood of Idaho officials have apologized after a fundraiser for the organization was caught on tape agreeing with an actor posing as a racist donor who wanted his money to reduce the numbers of black people.

However, the organization also criticized the journalists whose investigation sparked the story, accusing them of using “racist” tactics. read more CNA 3.18

St. Louis Archdiocese Opposes Komen Race Involvement Over Abortion Link

Despite a decision by the Little Rock Catholic Diocese to withdraw its objections to the Komen Race for the Cure event, the St. Louis Archdiocese is still asking pro-life people to boycott the event. That's because Komen denies the link between abortion and breast cancer and its affiliates have funded Planned Parenthood.

A week ago, the priest who is the interim leader of the Little Rock Diocese said he met with Komen officials and felt he could withdraw his objections.

But the Respect Life Apostolate in the St. Louis archdiocese has issued a statement against the event during each of the last two years and renewed its objections this week.

The Archdiocese acknowledged the "beneficial work" Komen does to assist women with breast cancer and help other avoid it.

However, it said the work is tainted by the fact that Komen affiliates in over a dozen states have made grants to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion business. Those donations free up funds for abortions, the Respect Life office explained. 3.14 LifeNews read more

Porn-Maker Praises Planned Parenthood's Teenwire Web Site

David Mech, or David Pounder as he's known in pornography circles, said that Planned Parenthood's Web site for teens, Teenwire.com, is an excellent source for young people to learn about what he considers the benefits of viewing pornography. Mech contacted Cybercast News Service after reading its report about Teenwire.

"Planned Parenthood is an excellent organization that helps people by focusing on how people actually are behaving (i.e., having sex, watching porn, doing drugs, etc.), as opposed to helping people based on how they should be behaving (abstaining from sex, watching the news, eating healthy, etc.)," Mech, a pornography producer and actor, told Cybercast News Service. read more 3.13

Lawsuits allege Planned Parenthood ripped off taxpayers for more than $180 million, fired whistleblower - “Extensive, organized fraud”

A former executive of Planned Parenthood-Los Angeles has filed a federal whistleblower’s lawsuit against all nine Planned Parenthood affiliates in California. The suit alleges the affiliates knowingly engaged in a criminal plot to fleece state and federal taxpayers out of more than $180 million over the course of at least six years.

Victor Gonzalez, former vice-president for finance and administration of Planned Parenthood-Los Angeles, secretly filed the lawsuit under the federal False Claims Act in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles in 2005. The suit was unsealed earlier this week following a prolonged review by the U.S. attorney’s office. Gonzalez worked for Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles from Dec. 9, 2002 until he was abruptly fired on March 9, 2004. read more CalCatholic 3/8

Story Sparks Drive to Defund Planned Parenthood

The American Center for Law and Justice, a conservative organization in Washington, D.C., has launched an aggressive petition drive to end all federal funding of Planned Parenthood, the leading abortion provider in America, which receives nearly $300 million each year in taxpayer dollars.

Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the ACLJ, said part of the inspiration for the petition drive came from recent articles by Cybercast News Service on Planned Parenthood.

"In part, the story about Teenwire.com created a whole new level of interest to step up efforts for the defunding of Planned Parenthood," Sekulow told Cybercast News Service. read more CNS 3.7

Congressman says Planned Parenthood info to teens is "pornographic," wants funding pulled

Iowa Congressman Steve King wants to pull the plug on federal funding for Planned Parenthood because of its website aimed at providing sex-oriented information to teens. King, a Republican from Kiron, says he's disturbed by some of the items available which he considers obscene.

King says, "There are clinical drawings that can go on the webpage if that's supposed to be educational and if they're pictures, then I view that as pornographic." He opposes teens having unsupervised access to such materials, saying the organization's website for teen sex information goes too far.

King says: "I don't think Planned Parenthood has any business engaging in the moral standard. If it's clinical, that's one thing and if they're advocating for an agenda, that's another." Planned Parenthood receives about 315-million dollars in federal grants and contracts. King admits he'll have an uphill battle in Congress to try and cut some the money -- and says it may be next to impossible. read more RadioIowa 3.6

Arizona Planned Parenthood Nurse Wants State to Allow Her to Do Abortions

A nurse at a Planned Parenthood abortion business in Arizona has been doing abortions there for some time and recently decided to report her activities to the state. She wants Arizona officials to acknowledge her legal ability to do abortion -- something that could impact the laws of other states.

Unlike most states, Arizona has no law prohibiting non-doctors from doing abortions and Mary Andrews has taken it upon herself to do surgical abortions.

With so few doctors willing to do abortions and so many abortion practitioners running afoul of the law, there is an abortion practitioner shortage. That could be mitigated if nurses are allowed to put women's health at risk by doing surgical abortions. read more Lifenews 3.5

Issues4Life Foundation Demands Assault Against the Black Unborn by Planned Parenthood Stop

Walter Hoye, Founder of Issues4Life Foundation, says "Planned Parenthood's apparent agenda to underwrite their racist and eugenic goals with U.S tax payer dollars is thankfully and finally exposed."

The Issues4Life Foundation demands the assault against the Black unborn child stop and calls for the defunding of Planned Parenthood with U.S. tax payer dollars.

Walter Hoye, Founder of Issues4Life Foundation, expressed his outrage after reading, Live Action's Winter Quarter 2008 issue of, "The Advocate", a UCLA student magazine on the right to life, which revealed Planned Parenthood accepting money specifically targeted to "lower the number of Blacks in America." Expressing his unbelief, Hoye said, "According to 'The Advocate,' 79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority cites, and kill an estimated 1,500 Black babies every day." Hoye says, "According to Dr. Johnny Hunter, President of the Life Education And Resource Network,