Planned Parenthood

One Nation Under God keeps you updated on the deceptive practices of Planned Parenthood and their agenda to promote a sexual culture among our children while undermining parental authority

"...Planned Parenthood calls itself pro-child, pro-woman, and pro-family. Yet it is an organization based on falsehoods about the human person, the family and community life.

- Colorado Catholic Conference

Newly identified corporate supporters of Planned Parenthood named

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, August 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Life Decisions International (LDI) has released a revised edition of The Boycott List identifying corporations that support of Planned Parenthood, the world's primary abortion-advocacy group.

"As a direct result of the commitment, action and prayers of pro-family people, at least 256 corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood," said Kenneth C. Garvey, LDI's Director of Communications. It is estimated that the boycott has cost Planned Parenthood more than $40 million since the Corporate Funding Project (CFP) began nearly 18 years ago.

"This should serve as a testament to those who thought it impossible to change corporate philanthropic behavior," he added.

New boycott targets include AOL, Darden Restaurants (Bahama Breeze, The Capital Grille, LongHorn Steakhouse, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Season 52), Franchise Services (PIP, Signal Graphics, Sir Speedy), Hilton Worldwide (Conrad Hotels, Doubletree, Embassy Suites, Hampton Inns/Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Hotels, Homewood Suites), Ignite Restaurants (Brickhouse Tavern+Tap, Joe's Crab Shack), ING (financial services), Kohl's (department stores), Mrs. Fields (cookies), Staples (office/school supplies), Toys "R" Us, and Trader Joe's (markets/supermarkets).

Returning to The Boycott List are The Gap (apparel/accessories) and Freddie Mac (U.S. government-sponsored secondary mortgages).

Corporations continuing as boycott targets from the previously released Boycott List include AlphaGraphics, Wells Fargo (including Wachovia), Nike, Time Warner, Bank of America, Walt Disney, Johnson & Johnson, Lost Arrow (Patagonia, etc.), Chevron, and Nationwide Insurance, among others.

Garvey was critical of pro-life organizations that continue to use PayPal even though it has been a boycott target for several years now. "PayPal is owned by boycott target eBay," Garvey said. "Most pro-life groups are aware that it is a boycott target because it has funded Planned Parenthood, but they have consciously chosen to continue doing business with the company. Doing so is indefensible." read more

Planned Parenthood Plans to Spend $1 Million to Save Pro-Abortion Barbara Boxer

Carly Fiorina, the pro-life Senate candidate in California, is presenting pro-abortion Sen. Barbara such a tough challenge that Planned Parenthood says it plans to raise and spend $1 million attempting to save the seat of its closest ally in the Senate.

"I believe in the sanctity of life. I believe life begins at conception," Fiorina has said in a television interview.

She added, "In my particular case, my mother-in-law was told to abort her child, who became my husband. She chose something different, obviously, and that made all the difference in her life and mine and certainly his."

Those pro-life views run counter to the way in which Boxer has defended everything from taxpayer funding of abortions to partial-birth abortions in the Senate, refusing to vote for or allow even the most modest abortion limits most Americans support.

Kathy Kneer, president of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, told the Associated Press today that her group believes Boxer will come out on top in November because polls show a majority of California residents back legalized abortions. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood, NARAL Claim Obama Stopping Abortion $ in Health Care

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Responding to the backtracking the Obama administration engaged in on Wednesday and Thursday after a pro-life group uncovered how it planned to use the new health care law to engage in abortion funding, pro-abortion groups are up in arms.

They claim Obama officials are putting in place a new ban on abortion funding and making false claims that it prohibits women from using their own money to pay for abortions.

They are reacting to a statement from a Health and Human Services Department spokeswoman who first claimed the new high risk insurance pools couldn't fund abortions but then said the Obama administration would make sure they did not after proven wrong about how the language of the law and Obama's executive order doesn't apply to them.

Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards released a statement Thursday saying the abortion business is "deeply disappointed that the administration has voluntarily and unnecessarily decided to impose limits on private funds used to purchase health insurance coverage for abortion care in the new high-risk insurance pools." read more

Planned Parenthood affiliate’s annual report shows
74 percent of client fees paid by government sources

from American Life League

PP of Greater Washington and North Idaho (PPGWNI) just released its annual report revealing that in 2009 it received 64 percent of its income from federal and state financial assistance. A shocking 74 percent of the money the affiliate gleaned from clients came from government sources: federal and state contracts, Take Charge Medicaid waivers, and Medicaid.

Twenty-two percent of the money clients paid to PPGWNI came from the Take Charge Medicaid waiver program, which pays for “family planning services.” A family of four can have an annual income of over $44,000 and qualify for the waiver.

PPGWNI is the new entity that resulted from the 2010 merger of Planned Parenthood of the Inland Northwest (PPINW) and Planned Parenthood of Central Washington (PPCW).

Looking at the recent history of the two organizations, the 2008 report leads the casual observer to believe that PPINW took in $1.5 million in grants, or 27% of its income from possible government sources. However, it does not break out how much of the additional $3.5 million in patient fees came from Medicaid or the Medicaid waiver program.

Similarly, PPCW’s 2008 report shows that it took in $2.2 million, or 29 percent of its income from federal and state financial assistance, but does not break out how much of the additional $5.3 million in program service fees emanated from Medicaid and the Medicaid waiver program.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America and local affiliates appear to have followed this pattern of deceit in putting together their annual reports, intentionally leaving taxpayers in the dark as to the critical role that our tax money plays in enabling Planned Parenthood’s existence.

It is time for the Planned Federation of America and all of its affiliates to own up to the vast amount of our tax dollars they are extracting. And it is time for us to act with the greatest urgency to defund the abortion giant. Contact your elected representatives today and insist that they take every step necessary to take all hard-earned taxpayer dollars out of the coffers of Planned Parenthood. Our proven plan for defeating government funding of Planned Parenthood can be found here.

Federal court reinstates lawsuit charging Calif. Planned Parenthood with $180 million overbilling

A federal appellate court has reinstated a whistleblower’s lawsuit against Planned Parenthood affiliates in California charging that the organizations overbilled the state and federal governments more than $180 million for birth control drugs. Supporters of the suit were “elated” by the unexpected favorable ruling.

Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, the affiliates’ state political action organization, is also named in the suit.

In its July 1 decision, a three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a lower court’s ruling that the whistleblower did not have standing to bring the lawsuit, the California Catholic Daily reports. The court remanded the case for further proceedings., read more

Planned Parenthood's missing millions

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on federal tax money funneled into

Planned Parenthood and similar organizations raises more questions than it answers about the nation's largest abortion chain.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America's (PPFA) audits show the organization spent just $657.1 million between 2002 and 2008 from federal government grants and programs, but the abortion behemoth's own annual reports show that it took in $2.3 billion from government grants and programs during the same time period.

That's not pocket change. Why the discrepancy? read more

from American Principles Project

Planned Parenthood begins campaign requiring health insurers to hand out contraception

Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in America which already receives a huge amount of money every year from the federal government, is trying to dip into the till once again:

As health reform regulations begin to take shape, Planned Parenthood has begun a quiet campaign to ensure that birth control is counted among the free preventive services that health insurers must cover under the Affordable Care Act.

... With little fanfare, Planned Parenthood has begun laying the groundwork for a birth control campaign that will ramp up in coming months. (Politico)

Planned Parenthood's efforts capitalize on the fact (often pointed out by those opposed to the legislation) that the Affordable Care Act passed by Congress left the definitions for what would be covered in many cases up to future bureaucrats. In this case, the debate is over what constitutes "preventative services."

One of Planned Parenthood's primary arguments for justifying federal tax dollars paying for contraception is that (they argue) it is a cost-saving mechanism by which abortions are prevented; and of course, they claim contraception also reduces the number of children who are born. In our brave new world of socialized medicine, new human beings are considered a cost and a burden.

Michael New has published a substantive response to those who make this claim about contraception saturation reducing the number of abortions at the Public Discoursetoday.

International Planned Parenthood Report Calls for Youth Sex Rights and Reveals New UN Funding

(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The abortion giant, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), has just released its latest financial statement. The report boasts of increased spending on youth programs and a significant increase in funding from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with an overall 20% boost in income as compared to 2008.

     In 2009, IPPF raked in a staggering $140 million, the bulk of which came from government grants. Sweden, the United Kingdom and Japan top the organization's list of government donors, accounting for 40% of grant money received.

     Grants from foundations and multilateral organizations also grew from the previous year. UNFPA, while it is not one of the organization's largest donors, nearly doubled its contribution to IPPF last year from $783,000 to $1.36 million. The World Health Organization, apparently a new IPPF donor, contributed $15,000 in 2009.

     IPPF spent a significant portion of its income on an increased focused on youth, to the tune of $9.9 million dollars more than the previous year. According to the report, a central theme of IPPF’s mission is the "provision of high quality and accessible youth friendly sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services."

Susan G. Komen and Planned Parenthood: Pro-Life People Should be Warned

Life News: Like many families, my grandmother and great-grandmother both had breast cancer. The issue of wanting to fight what harms your family or friends is noble. So when I tell people that I do not support Susan G. Komen an organization that exists to “fight breast cancer”, I normally get the look of one: why would you abandon your family or two: oh there goes one of those extremist.

However, my reasons are not that extreme, but rather principled.

I'm sure many of you reading this article have also been confronted with the issue of if I ‘m pro-life then how can I support an organization that supports the nation’s leading abortion provider. Hopefully, the following principles can shed some light on how to respond sympathetically, yet firm with why you cannot wear pink, or join the race, or all the various ways that Susan G. Komen is supported.

Principle # 1 Don't give to organizations that promote the shedding of innocent blood.

If this were a list of commandments, we could start with Thou Shall Not Kill. However, Proverbs 6:17 states that one of the seven things God hates are hands that shed innocent blood.

Unfortunately, Susan G. Komen has given over $3 million dollars between 2003 and 2008 to Planned Parenthood which is the nation’s leading abortion provider.

While Susan G. Komen makes claims that these grants go for breast exams, once the funds go to Planned Parenthood they are fungible. For example, you can throw two twenty dollar bills into a purse one from a friend and one from your own account, but when you go to pay the light bill you use both. read more

Bishop Approves Prayers for 'Bringing Jesus to Planned Parenthood Through Mary' Campaign

WHAT:
American Life League will unveil new prayers approved by Bishop Emeritus John W. Yanta to combat Planned Parenthood -- the nation's largest abortion chain -- during a Rosary and prayer procession in front of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington.

To observe the 25th anniversary of ALL's STOP Planned Parenthood project, the event will kick-start a new nationwide campaign to "Bring Jesus to Planned Parenthood through Mary."

WHEN:
May 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

WHERE:
A Rosary procession from The Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, 1725 Rhode Island Ave., NW, following 8:00 a.m. Mass to Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, 1108 16th St. NW, Washington, D.C.

WHO:
The purpose of American Life League's STOPP project is really quite simple: To cause such discontent with Planned Parenthood programs that it will have no choice but to close its doors and get out of town.

WHY:
To mark the 25th anniversary of STOPP's efforts to eradicate Planned Parenthood, the group will consecrate the fight against Planned Parenthood to Our Blessed Mother, followed by prayers asking Our Lady to Stop Planned Parenthood that have been specifically written for this campaign and approved by Bishop Emeritus John W. Yanta.

American Life League will also be unveiling three new signs available for grassroots pro-lifers to combat Planned Parenthood.

Komen Giving to Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Down as Donations Drop

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The amount of money Komen for the Cure gives to the Planned Parenthood abortion business in grants declined from 2008-2009.

In addition, the donations Komen took in during the same time period are down and one pro-life advocate suggests it is because of Komen's ties to the abortion giant and its refusal to acknowledge that abortion increases the breast cancer risk for women.

According to new research from pro-life activist Jill Stanek into Komen's annual report, Komen donations to Planned Parenthood is down slightly. The organization has had close ties to the abortion business for years.

Obama May Send Millions to Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz for HIV Testing

President Barack Obama may have found another way to thank the Planned Parenthood abortion business for supporting him in the 2008 presidential elections. The Obama administration has announced funding for a multi-million dollar HIV testing program that could direct big bucks to his pro-abortion ally.

Yesterday, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards sent a Twitter update to her followers including an article with the announcement.

The Body, a blog that follows HIV issues, reported that the CDC announced a federal initiative to expand HIV testing and that the Obama administration will bankroll the expansion over the next three years with a total of $142.5 million -- an increase of $31.5 million over previous years.

Although the CDC says only state and local health departments may apply for the funding, the document announcing the funding indicates that, "Family planning and reproductive health clinics, College and university student health clinics, and STD clinics" qualify as end recipients.

"Health departments are best positioned to accomplish this goal, because of their ability to work with multiple healthcare facilities and target those that serve the program’s primary target populations," the CDC funding document indicates.

As pro-life blogger Jill Stanek points out, that means health departments that receive the money from the multi-million dollar project can turn the funds over to Planned Parenthood and act as a conduit for more government funding of the abortion business.

Planned Parenthood head thanks religious sisters for ‘critical support’ of health care bill

Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards has praised the Catholic religious sisters who endorsed the Senate health care bill, claiming they deserve gratitude for making “a critical demonstration of support” for a bill that significantly increased coverage of “reproductive health care.”

Writing for the Huffington Post Wednesday in her capacity as president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Richards claimed that it was Catholic nuns who “most importantly broke with the bishops and the Vatican to announce their support for health care reform.”

“This brave and important move, demonstrating that they cared as much about the health care of families in America as they did about church hierarchy, was a critical demonstration of support.” read more CNA

Planned Parenthood: Healthcare passage will "significantly increase access to reproductive health care"; exec order "a symbolic gesture"

from Jill Staneks column:

Now it all comes out. It didn't take long for Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards to revel in PP's financial gain from passage of healthcare in a Planned Parenthood statement just released. Note also Richards' dismissal of Obama's executive order....

For more than a year, PP has worked tirelessly for a health care reform bill that would fix our broken health care system, strengthen women's health, and achieve quality, affordable health care for all Americans.

Today, monumental progress was made toward achieving these goals with the passage of historic health care reform legislation by the U.S. House of Representatives, despite a symbolic gesture, in the form of an Executive Order, to anti-choice Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI), which has diverted attention from the central goal of health care reform - controlling costs and extending coverage.

As a trusted health care provider to millions of women and families across the country, Planned Parenthood applauds the fact that this legislation would extend health care coverage, including family planning, to tens of millions of women and families, guarantee access to affordable life-saving screenings for cervical and breast cancer and other serious health problems, protect women against gender discrimination by private insurers, end the practice of dropping coverage because of pre-existing conditions, and significantly increase access to reproductive health care.

The proposal also includes a commonsense provision to expand family planning under Medicaid, which would significantly increase access to essential preventive health care for millions of women....

Nonetheless, we regret that a pro-choice president of a pro-choice nation was forced to sign an Executive Order that further codifies the proposed anti-choice language in the health care reform bill, originally proposed by Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska.

What the president's executive order did not do is include the complete and total ban on private health insurance coverage for abortion that Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI) had insisted upon. So while we regret that this proposed Executive Order has given the imprimatur of the president to Senator Nelson's language, it is critically important to note that it does not include the Stupak abortion ban.

Thanks, Bart Stupak, you foolish man.

Despite Objections, Girl Scouts Distributed Planned Parenthood Handout at UN Mtg

Late last week we reported in our weekly Friday Fax that the Girl Scouts allowed the distribution of an explicit and dangerous sex guide – produced by the International Planned Parenthood Federation – in a Girl Scout panel for adolescent girls at the UN.

We have been inundated with responses from Girl Scout moms, Girl Scout leaders and others angered and confused that such a thing could happen.

Recall the sex guide tells teenage girls, “Many people think sex is just about vaginal or anal intercourse… But, there are lots of different ways to have sex and lots of different types of sex. There is no right or wrong way to have sex. Just have fun, explore and be yourself!”

The sex guide goes on to tell girls, “Some people have sex when they have been drinking alcohol or using drugs. This is your choice.”

The Girl Scouts have flatly denied that the sex guide was available at their UN conference. We stand by our story and based on new evidence we go further. The sex guide was distributed with the full knowledge and consent of the Girl Scouts-USA.

The Girl Scouts imply another group left the literature prior to their panel. Understand that the Girl Scout meeting was on opening day of the conference (March 1), which means the room was clean of all literature that morning. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood Looks for Hard Abortion Stories to Promote Health Care Bill

Hoping to promote the Senate health care bill that funds abortions and could direct millions more to its abortion centers, Planned Parenthood is looking for stories from women of hard cases where they felt they needed an abortion for medical reason to give it a new lobbying tool.

Planned Parenthood officials sent the request via Twitter to its pro-abortion followers.

"Now more than ever, we are fighting to protect women’s health and ensure access to safe abortion," the group claimed.

"Help us tell the real story. Your story. Right now, Congress needs to hear from women who have experienced wanted pregnancies where there was a severe health risk to the fetus, causing the women to choose abortion," the abortion business continued.

"This is just the type of real and compelling story to illustrate how an abortion ban would affect women all over America," Planned Parenthood said -- misleading its supporters into thinking abortion itself would be banned and not merely forcing taxpayers to fund abortions. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood Pushes Intensive Sex Education for Kids as Young as 10

"Stand and Deliver," a new report by the International Planned Parenthood Federation, advocates that children as young as 10 be given extensive sex education.

A new report by the International Planned Parenthood Federation is advocating that children as young as 10 be given extensive sex education, including an awareness of sex's pleasures.

The report, "Stand and Deliver," charges that religious groups, specifically Catholics and Muslims, deny their young access to comprehensive sexual programs and education.

"Young people's sexuality is still contentious for many religious institutions. Fundamentalist and other religious groups — the Catholic Church and madrasas (Islamic Schools) for example — have imposed tremendous barriers that prevent young people, particularly, from obtaining information and services related to sex and reproduction. Currently, many religious teachings deny the pleasurable and positive aspects of sex." the report states. read more Fox

Planned Parenthood Uses Tebow Response to Target More Black Abortions

African American prolife leaders say Planned Parenthood's tactics are outrageous.

Responding to Planned Parenthood's not so subtle Tebow family rebuke, Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said: "Planned Parenthood's response to the Tebow family's Super Bowl ad continues their founder, eugenicist Margaret Sanger's history of deception. They feature two African American athletes who are talking about 'respecting' women's choices without ever mentioning the 'A' word.

Today, an 18 year old African American male was outraged. He said: "two Black athletes supporting abortion. How is that a message for us, considering that we Black people are the biggest target for Planned Parenthood's abortions? More of our people die from abortion than any other group." newsblze

Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz President Becomes Ford Foundation Trustee

Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz President Becomes Ford Foundation Trustee
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Unable to earn the backing of grassroots Americans, the pro-abortion lobby has held close relationships with foundations -- from which it has drawn millions for its advocacy work. Cementing those ties, the president of the Planned Parenthood abortion business has been named a trustee of the Ford Foundation.
Planned Parenthood announced today in a statement LifeNews.com obtained, that the president of the abortion business, Cecile Richards, was named to the post.
Richards was elected this week to join the Ford Foundation’s Board of Trustees and she will officially begin at the foundation’s next board meeting in May. Ford trustees serve six-year terms, and may be re-elected to the board for a second term. The 15-member board of trustees sets broad policy related to the foundation’s issue areas and geographic focus and oversees its investments and grants.

Wendy Wright of Concerned Women for America talked with LifeNews.com about the news.

"This appointment helps expose Ford Foundation’s long-time radical work on population control," she said.

"Cecile Richards joining the board of the Ford Foundation reinforces the concern that wealthy elites never ended their penchant for eugenics. Planned Parenthood and the Ford Foundation are two major players in the sordid history of population control. They both pioneered campaigns targeting poor minorities," she continued. Full story at LifeNews.com

New IPPF Document Pushes Adolescent "Sexual Rights"

In its new report "Stand and Deliver," the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is demanding that governments, religious institutions and society at large provide "comprehensive sexuality education" for children as young as ten years old.

In a foreword, Bert Koenders of the Development Cooperation of the Netherlands, which helped fund the publication, asserts that, "Young people have the right to be fully informed about sexuality and to have access to contraceptives and other services. These rights are enshrined in various internationally agreed human rights convention and treaties, but – unfortunately – they are still not universally respected." Read More CFAM

Pro-life group rebukes Planned Parenthood for sending birth control to Haiti

Following the horrific earthquake in Haiti last week, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) launched a campaign to provide what they call “emergency and basic health services” to victims in the country. But according to Douglas Scott, “Planned Parenthood looks at emergency birth control the same way most people view food, water and shelter.”

“Planned Parenthood will use any excuse to ask for money, even when doing so is ridiculous,” said Douglas R. Scott, president of Life Decisions International (LDI).“What the people of Haiti need is food, water, clothing, and shelter. They do not need anything that Planned Parenthood has to offer.”

According to the IPPF website, in addition to “essential basic and primary healthcare” they are also working to provide “specialist maternity and sexual and reproductive health services.” IPPF argued that an increased vulnerability of women to HIV infection and sexual exploitation often follows natural disasters and that “many women lose access to family planning services, exposing them to unwanted pregnancy, and, in cases of rape, access to emergency contraception and counseling.” CNA read more

Planned Parenthood presentation on 'reproductive health' at Texas Catholic college

A Planned Parenthood presentation on “reproductive health” took place last year at Our Lady of the Lake University, according to the university’s web site. The presentation was conducted by Karina Gil, advocacy manager at Planned Parenthood Trust of San Antonio and South Central Texas.

The event appears to have been hosted by a university program that assists students from migrant worker families. Students with disabilities and other special needs were also invited.

“Feb. 16-- Planned Parenthood. CAMP program invites PSE to attend a presentation regarding reproductive health,” according to the web site of the university, which is based in San Antonio. read more CatholicOnline

Planned Parenthood Doubles "Abortion Services" From 2007 to 2008 to Over 1 Million

International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) recently released its annual performance report for 2008-2009. Despite an economic downturn and a slight decrease in annual income, the abortion industry giant boasts of increased activity across all of its lines of work, including condom distribution, advocacy and abortion services.

IPPF’s overall income for 2008 was US$119.7 million, down from over $120 million the previous year. While IPPF's total financial intake dipped, its abortion business boomed. The organization provided almost 428,000 “abortion services” to young people alone, with a staggering 1,134,549 total number of such services – almost double the number from 2007 – across the globe.

Despite an increase in abortion services, IPPF remains unsatisfied with the figure, arguing that "in comparison to other types of services provided by IPPF Member Associations, these figures remain low and indicate that much needs to be done in terms of future investment in this area if IPPF is to meet its objectives of providing women with the choice and right to safe abortion when faced with an unwanted pregnancy."

In the report, IPPF boasts of promoting its abortion agenda among its member associations in traditionally pro-life countries. IPPF highlights its work in pro-life Ireland, which maintains strict limits on abortion access despite pressure from its EU partners and abortion advocacy groups such as IPPF. IPPF boasts that through its member associations, it has been on the ground helping to provide support for rallies and debates to challenge Ireland's pro-life laws since "public debate is often dominated by religion." read more LifeSite

Planned Parenthood Transforms Choice on Earth Christmas Card Into Fundraiser

For years, the national Planned Parenthood abortion business has saddened Christians by co-opting Biblical text with its "Choice on Earth" Christmas cards. This year, Planned Parenthood has no offensive greeting cards to sell but it has transformed the cards into a fundraising campaign.

Under a "Choice on Earth" banner, Planned Parenthood Federation of America president Cecile Richards sent her donors an email today that looks back on 2009 and ahead to 2010.

"With so many changes, including a new president, the hope of health care reform, and even some big wins like overturning the global gag rule, some things definitely stay the same," she writes. "For example, everywhere I go women still tell me just how much Planned Parenthood has meant to their lives."

In an effort to draw attention away from its abortion business, Richards recounts the stories of women who went to its centers for pap smears and breast exams.

But she quickly moves back to abortion after a short fundraising plea and bashes pro-life advocates who have worked overtime to stop taxpayer funding of abortions. read more LifeNews

Conflict of Interest

Planned Parenthoods monetary gains has everything to do with their position in the healthcare reform debate

An Open Letter to Planned Parenthood

The following letter appeared in The Hill on December 8.

Cecile Richards President Planned Parenthood Federation of America 434 West 33rd Street New York, NY 10001

Dear Cecile:
Americans United for Life Action and Planned Parenthood are both lobbying Congress on the pending health care legislation. AUL Action is opposed to taxpayer-funded abortions and Planned Parenthood, of course, is working to ensure that abortion is funded in health care.

In the interest of full disclosure and transparency, I think we should both state how much we each stand to gain from passage of this legislation.

I’ll go first. None. Americans United for Life Action has no financial interest in this health care reform legislation.

Planned Parenthood is the world’s largest abortion provider. Your non-profit organization has an annual budget in excess of $1 billion and posted an $85 million profit last year.

Planned Parenthood also received $350 million in federal funding in 2007. You would be included in the health care legislation under consideration as a community service provider.

A recent Harvard Business School case study revealed that despite these massive public subsidies, Planned Parenthood is still struggling financially.

This health care bill is an abortion business bailout. Cecile, the public deserves to know, how much exactly do you stand to gain from this bill?

Sincerely,
Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D. President and CEO Americans United for Life Action

Harvard Study: Planned Parenthood is an Abortion Business and Business is Bad

Despite profits of $85 million in 2008, Planned Parenthood is facing serious financial difficulties.

According to a recent Harvard Business School case study, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is structured as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with multiple affiliates, each of which is also a 501(c)(3) non-profit. The national entity lobbies on national policy, sets affiliation standards, and leases its "Planned Parenthood" brand to affiliates, each of which has its own independent board and management structure, and so enjoys independence in its day-to-day operations.
Internally, Planned Parenthood's difficulties stem from the uneven strength of its affiliates, and President Cecile Richards is worried.

According to the Harvard case, her organization faces "tough economic times, a hostile political environment, and limited ability to raise philanthropic dollars in a resource constrained area of the country."
What does a "hostile political environment" entail? read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood Organizing December 2 Pro-Abortion Funding Lobbying Day

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Top pro-abortion groups are planning a national lobbying day for December 2nd that will see thousands of angry abortion activists filling the halls of the House and Senate asking lawmakers to force Americans to pay for abortions under the government-run health care bills.Planned Parenthood is leading the call for the lobbying day and other pro-abortion groups are jumping on board.

Preparations for the lobbying day come as some pro-life leaders privately admit to LifeNews.com that they are concerned the cohesive pro-life lobbying campaign prior to the Stupak amendment has been fractured in a divide on strategy.

That could open the door for a revitalized pro-abortion movement -- angry and upset that the Stupak amendment to stop abortion funding received a strong bipartisan vote -- to push abortion funding and the health care bill through the Senate as well.

"Please join us to lobby the Senate for health care reform that ensures women's access to reproductive health care," Planned Parenthood said in initial message promoting the lobbying day.

Cecile Richards followed up the announcement late Friday afternoon with an email LifeNews.com obtained urging abortion advocates to attend. Full story at LifeNews.com

Planned Parenthood says U.S. bishops have 'hijacked' health care reform with Stupak Amendment

Planned Parenthood has condemned the addition of the Stupak/Pitts Amendment to the U.S. House’s proposed health care reform legislation, saying it would undermine private health plans that cover abortion. One pro-life leader said the criticism, which characterized pro-lifers as hijackers, was an ‘over the top’ attempt at self-promotion.

Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, claimed in a Nov. 7 statement that the Stupak Amendment to Congress’ proposed health care bill has further reach than the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funding for most abortions.

She also charged that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and “anti-choice opponents” have been able to “hijack” health care reform in their “dedicated attempt” to ban all legal abortion. Richards characterized the USCCB as a hijacker twice in her 700-word statement. read more CNA

Planned Parenthood says they will use their strongest weapon: The White House!

In response to the pro-life Stupak amendment passing in the House last night stripping taxpayer funded abortion from the healthcare bill, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards sent an email to rally her pro-abortion troops to continue the fight which now moves to the Senate.

Following the passage of the Stupak amendment a subsequent vote was offered passing H.R. 3962 and moving healthcare debate to the Senate. Richards told her subscribers that while pro-lifers may be emboldened by their Stupak victory, it was now their turn and they have a friend in the White House.

Opponents of legal abortion and health care for women are emboldened by Saturday night's vote and ready to bring their ban on abortion to the Senate floor. But now it's our turn. And this time we are going to use our strongest weapon: the White House.

Richards continued with a reminder that the President made a campaign promise to Planned Parenthood that healthcare reform would include reproductive health benefits for women -- "reproductive" health care always means abortion.

President Obama campaigned on a promise to put reproductive health care at the center of his reform plan. Supporters of women's health voted for him and contributed to his campaign in record numbers — and now it's time for the president to reaffirm his commitment to women's health, and demand that Congress reject any bill that leaves women worse off under health care reform than they are today.

Her next statement is where the deception comes in. Richards repeats the usual rhetoric that there is no choice if there is no access to abortion - "I've said this before, and it deserves repeating: without access to abortion care, and to comprehensive reproductive health care, there is no choice."

Cecile, please stick to the facts -- Women have access to abortion and will continue to have access to abortion if they have private healthcare plans that offer it, which 46% of plans do. What this is about is not making the rest of us complicit by using our tax dollars to pay for your abortion.

It really is quite simple. And 71% of the population, regardless of their stand on abortion do not want federal funds - their taxpayer dollars, used for elective abortion.

The battle is far from won. There are many other troubling proviisions in the bill including the school-based clinics that are mandated in Section 2511. Planned Parenthood could be eligible to federal funds to run school clinics in high school throughout the country. What a dream come true for PP--unrestricted access to our children without parental supervision -- this must be defeated.

Newly Identified Corporate Supporters of Planned Parenthood Named

Life Decisions International (LDI) has released a revised edition of The Boycott List, which identifies corporations that are boycott targets due to their support of Planned Parenthood, the world's primary abortion-advocacy group.

"As a direct result of the commitment, action and prayers of pro-family people, at least 231 corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood," said LDI Chairman Thomas C. Strobhar. It is estimated that the boycott has cost Planned Parenthood more than $40 million since the Corporate Funding Project (CFP) began nearly 17 years ago. "This should serve as a testament to those who thought it impossible to change corporate philanthropic behavior."

New boycott targets, appearing on the pre-Christmas 2009 edition of The Boycott List, include Buffalo Wild Wings (restaurants), Estée Lauder (cosmetics/personal care products), Computer Sciences Corporation (information technology), and United Parcel Service (shipping services).
Corporations continuing as boycott targets from the previously released Boycott List include eBay (Pay {Pal, etc.), AlphaGraphics, Wells Fargo (including Wachovia), Nike, Time Warner (HBO, AOL, etc.), Bank of America, Walt Disney, Johnson & Johnson, Lost Arrow (Patagonia, etc.), Chevron, and Nationwide Insurance, and Sonic (restaurants), among others. read more LifeSite

Planned Parenthood's President Lashes Out at USCCB

Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, sent an email to her supporters on Monday, complaining of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) campaign against the abortion-funding health care bill. Richards begged for quick action from abortion supporters to counter the bishops' influence and push the bill through Congress.

Richards' attack was spurred by the nation-wide campaign the USCCB has recently launched, seeking to mobilize parishioners and clergy to call their representatives and senators to defeat the abortion-funding health care bill in Congress.

In the email, Richards breathlessly avers that "every group opposed to a woman's right to choose is pulling out all the stops this week to bring all the progress we've made on health care reform to a grinding halt."

She then urges abortion supporters to contact their senators and representatives and tell them to continue to work for the health care bill. "I know that you've likely e-mailed and called before," she writes, "and I'm asking you to do it again today - and it won't be the last time."

The email links to tools to help supporters of abortion contact both their senators and their friends. The form email to representatives and senators urges them to protect the "current House bill [that] ensures access to reproductive health care." read more LifeSite

anned Parenthood's President Lashes Out at USCCB

Planned Parenthood Sues Missouri Over "Personhood" Initiative

Planned Parenthood sued the State of Missouri this week to challenge two pro-life ballot initiatives, in an apparent effort to stifle the people's constitutional right to the ballot process.

One of the ballot initiatives, submitted by Personhood Missouri, states, "Section 35, Person defined. As used in sections 2, 10, and 14 of Article I of the state constitution, the term "person" shall apply to every human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human being."

The personhood amendment, along with another pro-life initiative, were both approved by Secretary of State Democrat Robin Carnahan on October 20th. An amendment much like this one was introduced in Colorado and found to be a single-subject issue, approved by the Colorado State Supreme Court. The Planned Parenthood lawsuit claims that the Missouri personhood amendment did not warn voters of the legal and constitutional fallout if the ballot measure passes.

"The legal and constitutional 'fallout' of a Missouri Personhood amendment, is that all humans in the state of Missouri have human rights," stated Keith Mason, of Personhood USA. "All humans are people, and must be protected."

According to the law, it is not required or necessary for ballot initiative proposers to outline every possible legal scenario if an amendment is passed. read more opposingviews

Obama Volunteer Web Site Serve.Gov Promotes Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz

President Barack Obama promised when he was a presidential candidate in July 2007 that he would be a lapdog for the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Obama is now making good on that promise by promoting Planned Parenthood on his new volunteerism web site, Serve.gov.

Last week, Obama announced the web site and the organizational partnerships.

"This summer we launched United We Serve, a nationwide effort calling on all Americans to make service part of their daily lives," he said.

"And we partnered with more than 400 organizations; made more than 250,000 service opportunities available on serve.gov; and watched as nonprofits, and foundations, and corporations, and individuals spent hundreds of thousands of hours serving their communities," Obama added.

One of those organizations, according to Houston Conservative Examiner writer Lisa Stauber is Planned Parenthood. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood Teaches Sex Ed Classes in Cleveland Public Schools

The “F.L.A.S.H.” program for grades four, five and six includes students being asked to “identify common gender stereotypes” and “identify who is at risk for HIV/AIDS and other STDs, and how disease transmission can be prevented, including abstinence and consistent, correct condom use.”

A sex ed administrator with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District says that half of the “Responsible Sexual Behavior” classes for 9th and 10th grade students are taught by Planned Parenthood personnel.

"Planned Parenthood is one of our partners that teaches about 50 percent of our 9th and 10th graders,” Lita-Marie Townsen told CNSNews.com. She made the comment at an event on Capitol Hill last week where sex education activists pushed for federal funding of programs that do not focus solely on marriage and heterosexual couples.

The event, sponsored by the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), the National Education Association, and Healthy Teen Network, included Townsend as a panelist. Organizer said she could speak about the progress of comprehensive sex education programs in public schools “on the ground.” read more CNSNews

Planned Parenthood and NARAL Oppose Catholic Hospital Expansion in Maryland

Abortion rights groups are fighting a proposal to build a new Catholic hospital in Montgomery county, the Associated Press is reporting:

Holy Cross, a Catholic hospital in Silver Spring, has submitted a bid to state officials to build a new campus in Germantown. The Maryland Health Care Commission is expected to pick between that bid and one from Adventist HealthCare of Takoma Park in the spring. Adventist wants to build its facility in Clarksburg.
A coalition of abortion rights group, including Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland, is lobbying the state and the county's elected officials against Holy Cross' proposal. Holy Cross has restrictions on elective abortions and sterilizations, and the groups say that whatever hospital is built should offer a full range of reproductive health services. webblogs

Planned Parenthood Used Underage Girls in Clinical Trials Pushing Abortion

A new report from a Planned Parenthood watchdog group finds the abortion business used underage girls in at least 10 clinical trials over the last two decades to push abortion, birth control, and STD testing.

The news comes at a time when Planned Parenthood is facing criticism for videos showing it ignoring potential statutory abuse cases.

Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League and the head of its STOPP Planned Parenthood effort, released the details in a statement to LifeNews.com.

Twenty-eight Planned Parenthood affiliates have been involved in 33 clinical trials, some of which received government funds, and 10 of them involved girls as young as 13 years of age. That number represents one-third of all clinical trials surveyed in the STOPP report.

Two of the 33 trials ended in the 1990s, while the remaining 31 were conducted within the last seven years and some of them are ongoing.

Shocked by the results, Sedlak said, “In most states, minor girls involved in sexual activity is considered sex abuse and is illegal." read more LifeNews

From American Life League's STOPP project:

Planned Parenthood pressuring principals to bring immoral sex curriculum into public schools

Planned Parenthood Federation of America declared the week of September 28 through October 2 National Sex Education Week. In New York City, Planned Parenthood launched an effort it tagged “We’re Going to the Principal’s Office.” The PPNYC web site details its plan for training and networking parents of public school children to push PP-style sex education into all NYC public schools by pressuring school principals.

STOPP is calling on parents of public school children throughout the nation to counter this PP attempt at pushing failed “comprehensive sex education” on our children.

STOPP has a detailed proven plan for fighting sex education in the public schools. The many successes that we have attained can all be swept away if we do not remain vigilant. Contact your school board members and your local principal ASAP, send letters to the editor, and begin following the STOPP plan.

The most useful resources in fighting PP are the materials that it produces and promotes for children and teens, including the PP web site for teens http://www.plannedparenthood.org/teen-talk/index.htm; a book promoted by PP for children as young as ten years of age entitled Its Perfectly Normal; and the PP web site www.TakeCareDownThere.org. These resources prove that PP is not an abstinence organization, but a sex-pushing organization that is pushing immoral, salacious sex indoctrination on our children under the guise of sexuality education.

Other helpful resources in your fight against PP will include objectionable events and quotes from local PP officials that you can glean from a search of your local newspaper.

Another important resource is A Psychoanalytic Look at Today’s Sex Education by Melvin Anchell, M.D.

Planned Parenthood Distorts "40 Days for Life" campaign to raise money

If Planned Parenthood is really about what is best for young women -- why are they so opposed to educating on "life options" for their unborn baby when faced with an unplanned pregnancy?

The propaganda abortion rights groups push out to their supporters never ceases to surprise me. Almost always their facts are distorted with an agenda to make pro-life efforts appear to be nothing more than a bunch of wacked right wing extremists who want to retard the rights of women relegating them to subservient roles in society.

Planned Parenthood's latest attack on the peaceful "40 Day for Life" campaign is such an example. This pro-life outreach is rooted on a "foundation of prayer and fasting" to raise awareness in local communities across the country on the consequences of abortion and turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to abortion in America.

Here's an excerpt from an email Planned Parenthood sent to their subscribers hoping to raise money by exploiting the "40 Days for Life" campaign:

And then there's them — the anti-choice people who appear at our health centers every year at this time for another round of the "40 days for life" protests. They're not here to work, or to seek care, or to find solutions for the people who rely on Planned Parenthood for everything from birth control to cancer screenings — they're there to intimidate medical staff and harass patients.

I'm used to picketers like the ones outside our office right now. The individual faces may change, and the signs the protesters carry are different and more graphic, but the goal is the same: to make it more difficult for women to access health care. More than that, they want to intimidate people like you and me, to scare us out of standing up for women's health.

But know this: I am Emily X. And I am unafraid.

Actually Emily, the simple truth is, that their are two victims with each abortion and they are there to protect these young women from making a decision that will remain with them for life.

Ok, now what it's really about...the money

I refuse to feel intimidated by the protesters — but I have to admit they make me angry. It bothers me that Planned Parenthood has to devote our limited resources to dealing with extremists harassing our patients at a time when millions of women lack health insurance — that's time, money, and energy that should be going to help the people who rely on Planned Parenthood.

Limited resources? They bring in $1 billion annually according to their 2007–08 Annual Report.

So I've decided to do something about the "40 days for life" protests. For the past two years, I've been doing my part to turn what could be a negative into a positive — by blogging ... and in addition to blogging, sharing stories, posting videos, and letting you into our world for a month.

And that's not all! You'll see that I'm blogging almost daily and posting how many picketers I run into along with some of the things they say and do. We've set up a section on our blog where you can join our Pledge a Protester program — pledge five cents, 10 cents, whatever, for every picketer I encounter during the 40 days.

Last year, I encountered about 500 protesters and, through our "pledge-a-protester" drive, Planned Parenthood supporters raised more than $22,000! This year I'm hoping we'll raise more. Believe me, those nickels and dimes add up. You have no idea how far we can make donations go at Planned Parenthood!

Do they really want to help young women with an unplanned pregnancy? Why doesn't Planned Parenthood offer pre-natal care? Why does Planned Parenthood contribute their so-called "limited resources" to fight parental notification laws? Why don't they wnat parents to know their teen daughters are pregnant. Because Planned Parenthood thinks they know better for your minor daughter then you when it comes to their "reproductive health care."

LifeSiteNews reports the fall 40 Days for Life campaign that kicked off in late September in over 200 cities has reported saving 123 babies by educating troubled young women on options to abortion.

We can all participate in this campaign by offering fasting and prayer from home.

Planned Parenthood sues over new Arizona abortion restrictions

Planned Parenthood Arizona Inc. filed a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court Monday claiming new abortion laws approved by Gov. Jan Brewer in July violate privacy and due process clauses of the state and U.S. constitution.

Planned Parenthood officials said the group is not challenging Arizona's late-term abortion law but filed its suit regarding laws affecting parental consent, the ban on nurses performing abortions and 24-hour waiting period.

The laws being challenged require:

That only physicians can perform surgical abortions. The law prohibits nurses from performing the procedure.

That women receive certain information, including information on fetal pain, from a doctor in person 24 hours before her abortion.

That parental consent forms be notarized.

The measures were vetoed by former Gov. Janet Napolitano.

The lawsuit is the latest legal salvo in the nation’s decades-long abortion fight. Greenberg Traurig LLP is representing Planned Parenthood in the case filed against the state. read more bizjournal

Planned Parenthood Asks What Do Anti-Choice Hardliners Want...Well, Let Me Tell You!

In an opinion piece to subscribers they make a ridiculous argument that denying abortion coverage in healthcare could lead to denying coverage to select groups like gays, lesbians and smokers...

In an email to subscribers, Laurie Rubiner, vice president of public policy and advocacy for Planned Parenthood, writes on the need to find compromise in the ongoing healthcare debate in Bridging the Divide on Health Care for Women.

Rubiner states that Planned Parenthood is ready to come to the table and compromise in order to provide health care for all. Planned Parenthood’s compromise is that they are willing to concede that because of the longstanding Hyde Amendment, for now federal law prohibits federal funding to cover abortions.

Yes, that's right it does, and Laurie knows that the government run healthcare plan included in H.R. 3200 creates a loophole so that abortion is federally funded. It simply moves premiums paid by subscribers and holds them in a separate account. This fact has been verified despite what President Obama and pro-choice legislators proffer. More on this below from the National Right to Life:

The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) last week released definitive memoranda that demonstrate that (1) the "Hyde Amendment" would not apply to the new programs that would be created by the Obama-backed health bill, H.R. 3200, and (2) that all of the funds that would be spent on elective abortions under the bill, and all of the funds that would be spent to subsidize private insurance plans that cover abortion, would be "federal funds" in both the legal sense and in the sense in which those terms are used throughout the government. (NRTL)

Rubiner begins in her blog positng by reviewing the "whoppers" told by opponents of government heath care which includes Catholic Bishops as conspiracy theorists. Rubiner writes:

Among my "favorite" whoppers: (1) Grandma is going to go before a government death panel; (2) According to a recent Republican National Committee mailer, the Democratic government is going to check your political party registration, and if you're a Republican you'll be denied health care; (3) Catholic bishops are persuading their parishioners that health care reform will mean that every single American is going to have to pay for their neighbors' abortion.

The posting continues with Rubiner posturing that excluding abortion completely from the public plan is unreasonable, discriminatory and unworkable. It's here that a ridiculous comparison is made, that excluding certain coverage like abortion could lead to individuals asking employers to exclude coverage to groups of people they might find objectionable, say gays, lesbians, smokers and obesity.

But fair compromise is not enough for opponents of women's health. They insist that, if there is a public option, there be a strict and total ban on abortion coverage. To illustrate why this is ridiculous, imagine if we went down the road of individuals being able to dictate which health care services their private insurer offers other customers, of every individual being able to tell their employer that they don't want their premiums going toward individuals or health care they object to — gays and lesbians, obesity, smoking...you name it. Insurance would be discriminatory and simply unworkable.

The article concludes with Laurie wondering why we can't all just work together. She asks "What is it the anti-choice hardliners want, other to simply kill health care reform." Well we know what you want Laurie -- more federal funding (currently over $350 million*), and access to all teens across the country by running the school based clinics on high school campuses ( yes, this is a reality in this bill).

Well, I'll tell you Laurie what we want. We want you to stop exploiting young teen girls by throwing around birth control. We want you to stop undermining the role of parents in a teen girls life. We want you to recognize that you are doing great harm to the future women of this country. We want you to stop killing unborn babies (350,000 in 2007-2008 by your own count), and we want you to stop thinking your right to an abortion trumps the rights of all Americans who are opposed to abortion.

This is what we want!

*Section 2511 of H.R.3200, or the House plan, titled "School-Based Health Clinics," allows a "non-profit health agency" to serve as a "sponsoring facility" for health clinics that operate during school hours.

Bishop leads prayer vigil near Planned Parenthood office

People who turned out for a prayer vigil Monday near the offices of Planned Parenthood of West Texas were urged to make ending abortions their No. 1 ministry.

“We need to step forward, make our voices heard, write letters to the editor,” said Bishop Michael Pfeifer of the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo. “The tiniest little cell in a woman’s womb is human life. That tiny little cell, smaller than a dot on a page, has the entire genetic makeup to make it a full human being.”

Pfeifer led a crowd of more than 150 people in the Rosary as part of the prayer vigil. Many in the crowd wore clothing supporting pro-life issues or promoting various Catholic churches in Abilene and the area. read more repoorternews

Gonzaga University Events Manager Lauds Planned Parenthood

posted at Cardinal Newman Society:

"Planned Parenthood is a great organization which does a great job of helping many women..."

Susie Prusch – Manager of University Events at Gonzaga University, a Jesuit institution in Spokane, Wash., – praised the work of Planned Parenthood from her Gonzaga e-mail account, according to Jill Stanek. When a reader of Stanek’s blog forwarded Prusch a LifeNews story about a Spokane Planned Parenthood which made “significant” errors in Medicaid billing, Prusch replied with an e-mail that included the following statement: “Planned Parenthood is a great organization which does a great job of helping many women who need the medical treatment and help, advice, and support throughout their pregnancy.” Read the rest of the story and see the screenshot of Prusch’s e-mail over at Jill Stanek’s blog.

Judie Brown: Obamacare would put PP firmly in the driver’s seat

PP could be in classrooms across this nation, peddling its lies and its products at taxpayers’ expense!

...America could face a “health care reform” law that not only mandates funding for child killing by abortion, but also forces it to subsidize PP in ways few could now imagine. Yes, PP could be in classrooms across this nation, peddling its lies and its products at taxpayers’ expense!

Richards isn’t about to bring this fact out! We have already established that Richards and truthful statements are not in the same ballpark and maybe not even on the same planet. But Victor Medina does expose the truth:

Under Title V (“Other Provisions”) of Obama’s “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009” (the official name for the bill, H.R. 3200), Subtitle B (School-Based Health Clinics, or SBHC) outlines a program in which the federal government would fund clinics in or near the nation’s schools. The administration of these clinics will not rest with the school nurse or anyone who answers to the school administration or parents. Under Section 399Z, “the SBHC sponsoring facility assumes all responsibility for the SBHC administration, operations, and oversight.”

According to the bill, a “sponsoring facility” is “a hospital, a public health department, a community health center, a nonprofit health care agency, (or) a local educational agency.” Such broad wording outlining the qualifications for government funds and access to schoolchildren could open the door for groups like Planned Parenthood to operate the clinics in schools with no oversight and full federal government support. The organization currently operates over 850 clinics nationwide.

The clinics would be funded by federal grants awarded by the Obama administration, which has made it clear that they expect Planned Parenthood to play an active role in their proposed health care system. In the midst of the recent national debate this summer and during the Congressional recess over the health care plan, members of the Obama administration were meeting with Planned Parenthood staff and making strong overtures over their potential role in health care reform.

Hello? Cecile, are you there? Why aren’t you touting this fact, which is printed in black and white in the House bill?

This report reveals what PP's endgame really is. It is the reason PP can decry anything the USCCB puts forth. It matters not if the bishops take a stand for eliminating all references to abortion, whether privately or publicly funded. It matters not whether the USCCB addresses contraception and sterilization, demanding that those so-called reproductive health services be eliminated. PP just has to keep the guns blazing in order to deflect attention away from what would really occur if Obamacare became public policy.

Once PP is firmly ensconced in the driver’s seat, brainwashing children right and left while American taxpayers foot the bill (paying perhaps millions more than anyone could have imagined), it need not worry about anything. It’s been working toward this moment for 40 years. Ever since PP’s hand first went into the government pocket and came out with a fistful of dollars, the skids have been greased for what could soon become the ultimate victory envisioned in PP’s scheme. read more AmericanLifeLeague

Planned Parenthood Rips Bishops

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments today on remarks made yesterday by Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood:

Planned Parenthood is getting restless knowing that its abortion-happy health care reforms are on the skids. Cecile Richards is now accusing the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops of seeking to make “American women second-class citizens.” And that’s just the danger they are doing at home. Abroad, “their hard-line opposition to women’s rights also endangers millions of women around the globe.” Why they haven’t been locked up, she does not say.

Richards was recently summoned to the White House to discuss health care reform. Is this the kind of advice she was given—to lash out at Catholic bishops? If not, then someone needs to rein her in before the whole health care package blows up in their face.

Richards is either ignorant or lying when she says “comprehensive reproductive health care [is] supported by the majority of Americans.” In fact, nearly two in three Americans (63 percent) favor laws preventing the use of taxpayer funds for abortions. But no matter, data never convince ideologues.

This is great. The American people are called fascists by U.S. Congressmen because they oppose the health care bills now on the table, and Catholic bishops are told by one of the leading proponents of health care reform that they are a threat to human rights. This is the politics of self-destruction on steroids.

Planned Parenthood Continues Boasting of Close Ties with White House on Obamacare Bill

As calls for protection against abortion in President Obama's health care legislation fall on deaf ears, Planned Parenthood (PP) has made no secret of its continued communications with the White House on its interest in ensuring that "reproductive health" plays a central role in the final version of the legislation.

"Just left the White House meeting on women's health care - they appreciate all the mighty PP supporters speaking up for reform in the states!" wrote Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards on her Facebook and Twitter accounts Wednesday afternoon.

The latest meeting continues an apparently tight relationship between Planned Parenthood and the White House, where Obama administration officials have expressed their full cooperation with and encouragement of Planned Parenthood's stake in the bill. read more LifeSite

Planned Parenthood in Alaska sues to stop parental notification for teens seeking abortion

A local teacher has teamed up with Planned Parenthood to sue and stop the voter initiative that aims to make it illegal for underage girls to get an abortion without parental consent.

Planned Parenthood along with Bartlett High School teacher Susan Wingrove say it's fine for this issue to be voted on by the public but as it is written right now they say it's unclear and currently unconstitutional.

"The Alaska constitution has very specific rules about what a citizens initiative can and can't do," said Clover Simon, the head of the Alaska branch of Planned Parenthood. "And one of those rules is that it cannot create court rules. We feel like we owe anyone who is going to vote on this issue should have a very clear and legal law to vote on and this does not meet those requirements."

Jim Minnery is the president of Alaska Family Council who is pushing the initiative. He says it was certified by the state last month and believes it will hold up in court.

"It's not a surprise," he said. "Because typically that's the response that Planned Parenthood has. "It's just a desperate attempt to try to again thwart the will of the people by Planned Parenthood and then previously by the Alaska Supreme Court."

Planned Parenthood says the initiative doesn't take into account girls who may have abusive parents or parents who aren't around at all.

"It is our job to protect those young women who can't speak for themselves," Simon said. "You can't pass a law that's going KTVA

FRC: The Truth Hurts Planned Parenthood and NARAL

Family Research Council Action President Tony Perkins today urged the House Energy and Commerce Committee to approve amendments to protect the conscience rights of health care providers and ensure that Americans' tax dollars are not used to pay for abortions within the health care overhaul. Perkins also responded to attacks by Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Rights Action League against FRC Action's new TV ad on abortion funding in President Obama's health care plan. The ad can be viewed at www.frcaction.org/takeover

"In a letter sent today to Planned Parenthood's President Cecile Richards, I challenged her to join me in a public forum to debate the question - Does the President's health care reform plan include a mandate for taxpayer funded abortions? Planned Parenthood says the plan doesn't. I say, come to a debate prepared to prove it.

"Pro-abortion groups have all along expected to see mandated taxpayer funded abortions within President Obama's health care plan, as the President promised them during the campaign to little public notice. Now, strident statements yesterday by Planned Parenthood and NARAL show they may be getting a little nervous about not achieving their long-cherished goal - especially in a nation where the substantial majority of citizens do not want Uncle Sam paying for abortion. read more FRC

Planned Parenthood Blasts Pro-Life Groups for Opposing Abortion in Health Care

Not content with efforts from pro-life groups to make sure that the health care restructuring bills in Congress don't force taxpayer-funding or mandate insurance coverage of abortions, Planned Parenthood is fighting back. In two emails over the last three days, the abortion business is trying to rally its supporters.

Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards sounded the alarm on Saturday.

"During the past week, anti-choice groups have turned out in droves to stop progress on health care reform in the name of ideology," Richards said.

"The Family Research Council and the National Right to Life Committee published lies about a women's preventive health amendment introduced by Senator Mikulski, claiming that it would mandate abortion coverage," Richards said. read more LifeNews

Congressman Mike Pence taking on Planned Parenthood

Pro-life Congressman Mike Pence (R-Indiana) has drafted an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood.

Pence's amendment is attached to a Department of Health and Human Services funding bill that, in part, throws federal tax dollars Planned Parenthood's way. Justin Aquila of the Susan B. Anthony List tells OneNewsNow the abortion provider receives a sizeable part of the appropriation.

"In the past two years, Planned Parenthood has received $350 million [in taxpayer funding]," he notes.

That taxpayer support goes to a non-profit organization that reports a sizeable profit each year, generates annual revenues in excess of one billion dollars (according to its most recent annual report), and performs many of the abortions done in the U.S. Aquila points to the abortion figures for last year.

"[They performed] 290,000 abortions, which is 25,000 more than the previous year -- and approximately one in every five abortions occurs at a Planned Parenthood facility," he adds. read more OneNewsNow

Planned Parenthood Study Shows One-Fourth of Abortions Involve Dangerous Drug

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new Planned Parenthood study finds one-fourth of all of the abortions done in the United States now involves the dangerous abortion drug mifepristone. That is the drug that has caused the deaths of more than a dozen women worldwide -- including at least six in the United States -- and has injured more than 1,200 nationwide according to figures from 2007.

Sales of the abortion drug Mifeprex, the first part of the two-part RU 486 abortion pill process, rose 16.5 percent last year and 184,000 women used the drug.

The Planned Parenthood study also finds the abortion drug, which can be used at around seven weeks into pregnancy, now accounts for about one-third of all early-term abortions. The study, which will be reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, analyzed 228,000 abortions at Planned Parenthood centers between 2005 and 2008.

Chris Gacek, of the pro-life Family Research Council, was not surprised by the increased use of the abortion drug. "I don't think at this point we're going to do anything" to try to limit its use, he said. "It's hard to know whether this increases the (total) number of abortions."

Last year, the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a former Planned Parenthood research arm, released a report showing the number of abortions has declined to record lows in the United States. But, women having abortions were more frequently using the dangerous abortion drug. According to AGI, about 13 percent of all abortions involve mifepristone. The report also showed that 57 percent of places that do abortions now have the abortion drug, compared with just 33 percent in 2001.

Planned Parenthood targets Baltimore's black community through misleading advertisements

Planned Parenthood of Maryland revealed an advertising campaign earlier this year directed toward the city's black community. The “Babies Born Healthy” ads stress the need for black mothers to get plenty of folic acid, quit smoking, maintain a healthy weight, and plan their pregnancy since the death rate of black infants is almost nine times higher than white infants in their first year of life.

Anyone who knows the history of Planned Parenthood knows that these ads are nothing more than propaganda. The founder of Planned Parenthood was Margaret Sanger, a racist proponent of eugenics. Along with other birth control advocates, Sanger drafted a report in 1939 that stated “[N]egroes present the great problem of the South” since they are the community with “the greatest economic, health and social problems.” Through the Negro Project, Sanger attempted to use abortion and sterilization to control the black population. Sanger even recruited black ministers to help eradicate their own communities through her sterilization policies.

In one flyer, Planned Parenthood of Maryland hypocritically stressed “the importance of health care before pregnancy even occurs” when they are, as a whole, a billion dollar organization that is the largest provider of abortions in the country. Does Planned Parenthood truly care about the health and well-being of the black community? read more examiner

IRS refuses to grant tax exemption to pro-life group unless it agrees to limit picketing and protesting of Planned Parenthood

An Iowa pro-life group is being defended against “prejudicial questioning” by the IRS, which is accused of delaying a tax exemption for the non-profit religious organization. The tax collection agency has reportedly refused to grant the exemption until the group pledges to limit its picketing and protesting of Planned Parenthood.

The IRS also questioned the “educational” nature of the Coalition for Life of Iowa’s materials, prayer meetings, talks and other pro-life activities.

Attorneys with the Chicago-based Thomas More Society have defended the Coalition, arguing that the IRS risks violating the First Amendment and calling for the prompt granting of the tax exemption.

“The repeated questioning of the Coalition suggests that the IRS may be denying or delaying tax-exempt status to an eligible organization based solely upon its religious affiliation and speech,” a Thomas More Society press release said. “Many other organizations regularly advocate on both sides of these issues, and they have not been hindered in obtaining or maintaining tax-exempt status.” read more CNA

Planned Parenthood’s Animated Cartoon Advises Teens on Benefits of ‘Sex Play’ and ‘Outercourse’

In an animated video cartoon on its Web site, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America advises teens that taking part in "sex play" and "outercourse" can greatly reduce their risk of getting a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

The cartoon features Tina the Farmer who gives viewers a tour of her “Sexually Transmitted Infections Petting Zoo.” At the end of the video, viewers are asked to take a quiz.

The second question on the quiz asks about protecting oneself from getting a STI.

“The only way to protect yourself from sexually transmitted infections is not having any sex play at all," the second quiz question asks.

There are two choices to click on to answer: “This Sounds Right” and “This Couldn’t Possibly be Right.” read more CNSNews

Planned Parenthood Abortion Center Staffer: We Bend the Rules on Sexual Abuse

This is the seventh Planned Parenthood center implicated in a multi-state child abuse scandal involving the deliberate and unlawful suppression of evidence of statutory rape.

A new undercover video shows what others have when it comes to Planned Parenthood and how it handles potential cases of sexual abuse. New footage shows a staffer at a Birmingham, Alabama abortion center telling a woman who appears to be a victim of statutory rape that "we bend the rules."

The video is the latest from Lila Rose, a UCLA student who has become a muckraker for her series of videos exposing the nation's largest abortion business.

In this new video, the Birmingham Planned Parenthood counselor tells Rose, who pretends to be a 14-year-old statutory rape victim that it "does sometimes bend the rules a little bit" rather than report sexual abuse to state authorities.

Rose told the staffer that she was 14 and had been impregnated by a 31-year-old boyfriend. She told the Planned Parenthood official she needed a secret abortion so her parents would not find out about her sexual relationship with the older man.

Rose asks, "Is it a problem about my boyfriend?" read more LifeNews

YouTube Removes New Undercover Student Video of Planned Parenthood without Explanation

Without offering any specific explanation, the video-sharing site YouTube has removed a new video by the student group Live Action that shows dishonest counseling practices at Planned Parenthood. The video first plays undercover footage of a Planned Parenthood counselor from Tucson, AZ telling a patient that images of aborted fetuses "are not real" and then shows photographs of a completed abortion and documentation of their authenticity.

Lila Rose, 20-year-old president of Live Action, calls on YouTube to re-instate the video in accordance with its own guidelines: "Since the video we posted does not violate any terms of use, we expect YouTube to re- instate it immediately. YouTube's own 'Community Guideline Tips' advise that intense or disturbing imaging should be 'balanced with additional context and information,' which is exactly what Live Action has done." YouTube has removed videos posted by Live Action without explanation before, including videos showing Planned Parenthood employees caught on tape sympathizing with donors with racist agendas to encourage the abortion of black babies. read more

House Health Care Restructuring Bill Funds Pro-Abortion Planned Parenthood

While pro-life advocates battle the rationing portions of the Kennedy health care restructuring bill in the Senate, the House version presents other problems. House leaders introduced their own measure on Friday that sneaks Planned Parenthood funding into its 852 pages.

Several pro-abortion congressmen, including Reps. George Miller and Henry Waxman, both California Democrats, and Democrat Charlie Rangel of New York, are behind the measure.

The bill includes almost everything on President Obama's wish list including, for the first time in either chamber of Congress, the "family planning" nightmare the Family Research Council has been warning about.
FRC president Tony Perkins says the House health care bill calls for even more government funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business, which has seen its abortions increase as it receives more taxpayer support.

"What we do know is that Planned Parenthood has a seat at the President's table, and that should alarm every American who cherishes life, freedom, and conscience," Perkins adds.

The latest Planned Parenthood annual report, released in April for the year 2007-2008, showed abortions increased to 305,310 abortions up from 289,750 in 2006. That 5.3 percent increase came at a time when the Alan Guttmacher Institute, its former research arm, showed abortions were at near-historic lows.

The annual report showed more government funding heading to the abortion business even if the taxpayer funds did not directly pay for abortions.

The total government grants and contracts received by PPFA affiliates from government sources including state, local and federal governments, increased from $337 million to $350 million. read more LifeNews

Undercover Videos Prompt Tennessee Lawmakers to End Preferential Treatment for Planned Parenthood

Tennessee legislators passed a law Thursday that threatens to strip Planned Parenthood of over $1 million in federal grant funding. Under the new statute, local community health clinics will be given priority for Title X family planning funds instead of Planned Parenthood.

Live Action Films says that the move was inspired by undercover videos by the group from a Planned Parenthood clinic in Memphis released earlier this year. The videos show a counselor urging a 14-year-old girl to lie about the age of the 31-year-old "boyfriend" who impregnated her so she can obtain a secret abortion.

“We are very happy that Tennessee legislators saw the harm Planned Parenthood is doing to little girls and took the necessary steps to ensure that the organization's negligence will no longer receive preferential treatment when taking our tax dollars,” said Lila Rose, president of Live Action and the UCLA student who went undercover in the videos. read more LifeSite

Planned Parenthood wants contraception for children under state SCHIP program in Montana

Planned Parenthood of Montana says the state's Children's Health Insurance Plan, or CHIP, discriminates against young women because it prohibits coverage of contraception.

In a complaint filed with the state Human Rights Commission, Planned Parenthood seeks to stop enforcement of a state law prohibiting coverage of prescription contraceptives under the CHIP program.

Attorneys for Planned Parenthood say the denial of comprehensive healthcare for young women violates the Montana Constitution, the Montana Human Rights Act and Montana's Unisex Insurance Law.

A spokeswoman for the state attorney general's office, Judy Beck, says they received a copy of the complaint Tuesday and have not yet had a chance to review it. The attorney general might be called on to defend the law. kpax

Planned Parenthood Hires New Staffer to Promote Abortion on a Global Scale

Planned Parenthood has hired a new man who will head up the nation's largest abortion business' efforts to promote abortion on a global scale. The pro-abortion group is also delighted that President Barack Obama and his administration have done more to push abortion as an international right.

Veena Siddharth, the vice president for international programs at Planned Parenthood, talked about the latest developments in an email today to the group's supporters.

She said Planned Parenthood has hired Jeff Meer to join the abortion business' staff as the new director of international advocacy.

"Jeff has a long and distinguished background in international development and assistance, which includes having served as a career foreign service officer with the State Department with postings overseas and in Washington," Siddharth said.

Siddharth said Meer had participated in three international population conferences, including the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development.

Meanwhile, Siddharth applauded Obama and his administration.

"We've seen President Barack Obama rescind the [Mexico City Policy] and pave the way for increasing funding for UNFPA and USAID," she writes. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood Wants Seat at Obama Health Care Table, Already Got One

(LifeNews.com) -- The nation's largest abortion business wants a seat at the table of the health care debate and the bill the Obama administration and Congress will put together. However, Planned Parenthood already got one and it came during a meeting where Obama shut out pro-life groups. Planned Parenthood made the request in a new email to its supporters asking them to ask members of Congress to include the pro-abortion group.

"Planned Parenthood must be an essential part of any health care reform," its president, Cecile Richards, wrote in the email. "The fact is, nobody else can speak for the women, men, and teens Planned Parenthood health centers serve quite like we can — and we need lawmakers to listen." Richards continued, "As the Obama administration and Congress work to reform our health care system, Planned Parenthood will be the leading voice speaking for countless women and families."

As she indicated during the Obama health care meeting, Richards said abortion "is fundamental to improving our nation's health care system — and that means that Planned Parenthood must be an essential part of health care reform." The Obama administration's health care summit included the nation's largest abortion business and several other groups that take a pro-abortion position. But no leading pro-life medical groups or top pro-life organizations were allowed to attend the health care event. The Human Rights Campaign, National Council of La Raza and others that support abortion were there.

Planned Parenthood On Sotomayor

Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, weighs in on Pres. Obama's selection of Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring SCOTUS Justice David Souter:

"This historic nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court sends a strong signal that President Obama understands the importance of ensuring that our Supreme Court justices respect precedent while also protecting our civil liberties.

"Judge Sotomayor has vast experience in nearly every aspect of the law, having served as a big-city prosecutor and a corporate litigator, a federal trial judge on the U.S. District Court, and an appellate judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. What our nation needs from our Supreme Court justices is a deep understanding of the law, an appreciation of the impact of the court's decisions on everyday Americans, and a commitment to the protection of our individual liberties. Judge Sotomayor will bring this dedication and commitment with her to the bench.

"There is no doubt that Judge Sotomayor's story is an inspiration to all. Her nomination as the first Hispanic woman justice reminds us that, with hard work and commitment, all things are truly possible in America." hotline.nationaljournal

Planned Parenthood supports bill that would make it more difficult for citizens to qualify ballot measures

The political action arm of the nine Planned Parenthood affiliates in California has thrown its considerable legislative clout behind a measure now pending in the state Assembly that would make it more difficult to qualify initiatives for the ballot.

Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California has gone on record in favor of AB 6, a bill sponsored by Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña, D-San Diego, which would require firms that hire signature gatherers to qualify state or local initiatives for the ballot to pay an annual fee and register with the secretary of state. The bill also requires such firms to provide a training program for signature gatherers on state laws regarding the initiative process and submit proof of such training to the secretary of state.

While Planned Parenthood cites the expense of qualifying ballot initiatives by using paid petition circulators, critics say the abortion provider has an ulterior motive: saving itself millions to fight initiatives it opposes. Since 2005, Planned Parenthood has spent more than $20 million to defeat three propositions that would have required parental notification before a minor undergoes an abortion. Planned Parenthood spent about $5.5 million to defeat Proposition 73 in 2005, $6.5 million to defeat Proposition 85 in 2006, and about $10 million to defeat Proposition 4 last year. Each measure failed by a narrow margin following massive television ad campaigns by Planned Parenthood. read moreCalCatholic

Arizona Gov Jan Brewer Drops Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz From Health Fair

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has officially dropped Planned Parenthood from a health fair that her administration is sponsoring. The move has upset officials with the abortion business, but won her praise from pro-life advocates who say Brewer is quickly becoming a better governor than pro-abortion Janet Napolitano.

Planned Parenthood Arizona had requested to be a participant in this year's Women’s Health Expo, a one-day event at two locations in Maricopa County that featured community groups with booths and information.

The governor's of Children, Youth and Families coordinated the event, which saw the participation of more than 60 organizations, except Planned Parenthood. Brewer's office reportedly rejected its request to be involved. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood Attempts to Carve Out Special Privileges for Abortion Cases

Oral arguments were made this morning before the Kansas Supreme Court concerning whether or not subpoenas for testimony in the criminal case involving 107 charges against Planned Parenthood should be allowed to go forward.

Steven J. Obermeier made arguments for the District Attorney's office. He indicated that Judge Richard Anderson, custodian of evidence in this case, is currently under a gag order issued by the Kansas Supreme Court preventing him from testifying or releasing any of the evidence. That gag order sprung from a separate case that has since been dismissed. Because the original case no longer exists, he asked that Anderson be allowed to testify.

Obermeier was questioned about why he believed he could use information from the KDHE forms that statute labeled as "confidential." Obermeier explained that the District Attorney's office handles confidential documents all the time. "Confidential" does not mean that they are beyond subpoena. If that was the legislative intent, then it would have been stated in the statute, as it is in other statutes. Obermeier said that he never heard of a judge denying a district attorney KDHE records until Judge Steven Tatum quashed the subpoenas in this case. read more christiannewswire

Post-Abortive Women to Planned Parenthood: Hands off Mother's Day

Leaders of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign (SNMAC), the world's largest network of individuals harmed by abortion, responded today to Planned Parenthood's new Mother's Day appeal and urged post-abortive women to seek healing.

"Just when it seemed Planned Parenthood's Mother's Day fundraising letters couldn't get more hypocritical, this year they've brought in a children's author to say we should honor mothers by donating to the nation's largest abortion business," said Janet Morana, co-founder of SNMAC. "Honoring mothers by giving money to Planned Parenthood, though, is like honoring our troops by sending care packages to al-Qaeda. It makes no sense and it's highly offensive."

"Planned Parenthood and the abortion lobby told us that terminating our children's lives would solve our problems, but that lie has turned Mother's Day into a time of anguish and regret for far too many," said Georgette Forney, another co-founder of SNMAC. "This Mother's Day, the voices of Silent No More want women to find healing and healing begins with the truth."

"Acknowledging a mother's pain and regret is a critical step in her restoration from abortion," said Fr. Frank Pavone, Pastoral Director of SNMAC. "The Silent No More campaign understands this and connects post-abortive women with resources that not only help them cope with their feelings of loss, but also to become emotionally and spiritually whole again. I urge everyone who has been impacted by abortion to visit Iregretmyabortion.org to share their regret and begin the healing process. read more ChristianNewswire

Planned Parenthood Begs for Response to Criticism of Judy Blume Abortion Plug

The criticism of children's author Judy Blume has reached such a fever pitch so quickly after an expose' article from Lifenews.com that Planned Parenthood is begging for help. Blume wrote a mother's day fundraising letter for the abortion business that has pro-life advocates aghast.

Blume plugged the pro-abortion group in an attempt to raise money near Mother's Day and her missive ironically suggested that abortion advocates celebrate mothers by donating to Planned Parenthood.

LifeNews.com received an email blast this afternoon from Planned Parenthood to its supporters titled "Please help" and begging for assistance in responding to the deluge of criticism.

"Yesterday, Judy Blume — a beloved writer and icon to generations of women — graciously wrote a letter about Mother's Day for Planned Parenthood," Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards writes. "Now, anti-choice extremists are inundating her with hate mail and phone calls."

"We rarely respond to these outrageous attacks, but when it comes to Judy Blume ... well, I can't stand by and do nothing. I just can't," Richards added. "Please, let her know how much we appreciate her courage."
read more LifeNews

Judy Blume - Honor Mom by Supporting Abortion

posted at the Catholic Key Blog:

My "Friend", Cecile Richards at Planned Parenthood Action Fund writes to me today (she writes several times a week) -
Friend — There are very few writers who have helped more young people grow up and grapple with their changing bodies and emotions than Judy Blume, the amazing author of Blubber, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, and Forever. I count myself among her biggest and most grateful fans — and am so lucky to call her my friend. I'm honored to relay her message about motherhood to you today. — Cecile

And here's Judy's message for Mother's Day:
Dear Friend,

If you are the daughter whose mom had the guts to give you the answers to questions you couldn't quite figure out how to ask...

If you are the son whose mother raised you to love and respect your sisters and wives and daughters...

If you know a mother who is struggling to raise strong, independent, and confident children in the face of unbelievable odds...

...Say thanks. Say thanks this Mother's Day with a gift that honors her courage by making a donation to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund in her name. I guarantee you that she'll be pleased. I know I would be.

I'm a mom, and I'm also a writer and an activist. Nothing has made me prouder than seeing my own children — and really, all young people — grow up to be healthy, educated, and in charge of their bodies and their lives. That's where Planned Parenthood comes in. There is no organization that I know of that supports motherhood and all that it means more than Planned Parenthood. That's why I'm honoring moms everywhere with my gift to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund today.

It's not easy to be a mother these days. And right now — with more and more women seeking care from Planned Parenthood health centers — we need to do all we can to support them. By honoring a mother in your life with a gift to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, you'll be making a gift that protects and advocates for the health of millions of mothers and families. That's a gift any mother will appreciate.

Sincerely,

Judy Blume
on behalf of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund

Me, I'm more thankful that my mother's "courage" got me born in one piece.

Planned Parenthood, Pro-Life Advocates Lobby Senate on Pro-Abortion Kathleen Sebelius

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America on Wednesday sent out an email to its membership making a last-minute plea for members of the Senate to support Kathleen Sebelius, the pro-abortion Kansas governor whom President Barack Obama appointed to become Health Secretary.

“Your senators need to hear from you right now. President Obama's nominee for secretary of health and human services, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, is under attack from anti-choice extremists. They want to block her confirmation, and they're doing everything they can to convince their allies in the Senate to play along,” PPFA president Cecile Richards said.

Richards calls Sibelius “a leading health policy expert, a popular governor, and a strong advocate for increased health care access” but makes no mention of her long pro-abortion record vetoing pro-life legislation. She also does not explain the close relationship Sebelius has with late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller.

Meanwhile, ten prominent pro-life advocates called on senators to oppose her nomination. The group sent a scathing letter to senators arguing Sebelius, the governor of Kansas, was unfit to serve as secretary.

“Americans want and deserve better than a health care system run by a politician with serious lapses of conscience and integrity,” the letter stated. “We call on all senators who claim to uphold the sanctity of life and the responsibility of the office of HHS to oppose her confirmation.” LifeNews

Student Undercover Video Shows Tennessee Planned Parenthood Coaching 14-year-old to Lie About Age of 'Boyfriend'

A counselor at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Memphis, TN was caught on hidden camera coaching a 14-year-old girl to lie to a judge so he would not find out about her 31-year-old boyfriend and the girl could obtain a waiver for an abortion without her parents' knowledge. This is the sixth Planned Parenthood clinic implicated in a developing multi-state child abuse scandal involving the deliberate suppression of evidence of statutory rape.

Lila Rose, 20-year-old UCLA student and president of the nonprofit Live Action, entered Planned Parenthood's Memphis Health Center undercover and told a counselor that she was 14 years old, pregnant by her 31-year-old "boyfriend", and needed a secret abortion so her parents would not find out about her sexual relationship with the older man. Tennessee Code 37-1-605 requires health professionals to report suspected cases of sexual abuse of minors to law enforcement immediately. read more ChristianNewsWire

Planned Parenthood claims to play a ‘unique role’ in Obama administration

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) has over $1 billion in assets and claims an increase of 15,560 abortions in 2007, its annual report for 2007-2008 reveals. Praising the “new direction” of the United States, the largest abortion provider in the U.S. says it will play a “unique role” in shaping the Obama administration’s health agenda.

The letter introducing the report, signed by Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards and Elena Marks, PPFA chairwoman, professes “enormous optimism” about “the new direction of our country and new opportunities to make lasting change in the lives of women and families, here and around the globe.” “Planned Parenthood is the leading sexual and reproductive health care advocate and provider, with 93 years under our belt,” the letter continues, adding “And in the near future, we will play a unique role in helping to shape the health agenda for the new administration.” read more CNA

Planned Parenthood Annual Report: Abortion Totals, Government Funding Increase

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has released its annual report for fiscal year 2007-2008. The document shows the nation's largest abortion business is getting bigger as it showed an increase of five percent more abortions and increased taxpayer funding.

According to Planned Parenthood's latest report, abortions increased to 305,310 abortions up from 289,750 in 2006.

That 5.3 percent increase came at a time when the Alan Guttmacher Institute, it's former research arm, showed abortions were at near-historic lows.

Thus, while abortions were on the decline in the United States, and while Planned Parenthood sought to distance itself from its abortion business, Planned Parenthood did more abortions than it has done in years.

The annual report showed more government funding heading to the abortion business even if the taxpayer funds did not directly pay for abortions.

Planned Parenthood's Porn Promo

Charming folks, those Planned Parenthood people.

Hot on the heels of the latest exposé of Planned Parenthood personnel counseling about how minor girls can obtain abortions without revealing they have been victims of statutory rape comes this news: Planned Parenthood staff intended to give a presentation prior to the airing of an XXX-rated film on the campus of the University of Maryland.

Thankfully, the student union-approved plan to air the porn movie was canceled today by university officials after state legislators threatened to cut off millions of dollars of taxpayer funding if the university didn’t take action.

But that doesn’t diminish Planned Parenthood’s culpability in agreeing to appear before the film was aired. The organization intended to offer students information “on abstinence, sexually transmitted infections, condom use and emergency contraception,” according to this Baltimore Sun article. read more NCReg

Hillary Clinton received Planned Parenthood's highest honor

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received Planned Parenthood's highest honor, it came in the name of a woman who promoted eliminating "the unfit" from the human race.

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) presented Clinton with the Margaret Sanger Award at its annual awards dinner March 27 in Houston, Texas. Sanger founded an organization in 1916 that became Planned Parenthood.

Receiving the award is a "great privilege," Clinton said after the presentation. "I admire Margaret Sanger enormously, her courage, her tenacity, her vision.... I am really in awe of her," Clinton said.

Sanger, however, was a eugenicist, a fact that goes unacknowledged by Planned Parenthood and certainly was not mentioned by Clinton in her speech at the awards ceremony.

"Planned Parenthood will try to say that she wasn't [a eugenicist], but they pull her quotes out of context," said Angela Franks, author of "Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility. Sanger "completely embraced eugenic ideas," Franks told Baptist Press.

Franks cited a quote from Sanger's writings as evidence. Birth control "is nothing more or less than the facilitation of the process of weeding out the unfit, of preventing the birth of defectives or of those who will become defectives," Sanger wrote.

Eugenics is the belief the human race can be improved by discouraging or coercively preventing the reproduction of those people regarded as "unfit," -- normally the disabled and poor -- or promoting the reproduction of the "fit," those with genetic characteristics considered desirable.

"No doubt Hillary wasn't consciously thinking of Sanger's eugenics attitudes [when she praised Sanger]," Franks said. "However, the left has totally embraced population control ... and has been able to look the other way. read more Bpress

Reported fom ALL's Stop PP:

Planned Parenthood sponsors condom fashion competition

PP of South Texas is sponsoring a competition of who can make the most creative outfit…out of condoms.

Seriously folks, when fighting Planned Parenthood you will run into some things that really have you wondering, how stupid can PP get? With a desperate cry to get more people into its clinics, PP of South Texas is sponsoring a competition of who can make the most creative outfit…out of condoms. Can you say stupid? I’m sure plenty of other things come to mind, but with $336.7 million of your tax dollars, this ridiculous business must be shut down.

If you haven’t picked up on it yet, PP is trying to make condoms into some kind of fashion. With its most recent attempts of selling “Proper Attire” condoms with a new “collection” of condoms, PP is once again trying to desensitize the young people of our generation and lure them into its clinics.

The event in South Texas is titled Project Slicker 2009 and the condoms to create these costumes “will be provided free of charge to registered artists.”

This condom on the brain, baby-killing organization must be defeated. With all of its nonsense and medically inaccurate information, PP still claims to know it all. PP supposedly has “leaders” that offer a “robust vision and commonsense solutions designed to protect women’s health and safety and the basic human rights of us all.”

Give me a break.

Sign the petition to stop PP agenda: http://www.stopp.org/agenda/.

Planned Parenthood 'changing focus' to medical abortions

American Life League has released a report on Planned Parenthood abortion facilities.

The report shows that while the number of Planned Parenthood surgical abortion facilities has dropped, the taxpayer-funded abortion provider is simply "changing focus," says Marie Hahnenberg, a researcher for American Life League.

"[We've] discovered that Planned Parenthood is increasing its number of facilities that perform medical abortions," she notes, adding that they are performed through medication such as the dangerous abortion drug RU-486.

"There's a first drug that the mother takes that would kill the preborn baby, and then Planned Parenthood gives the mother a second drug that the mother would take home," Hahnenberg explains. "And that second drug causes contractions, and she gives birth to her dead baby at home." read more OneNewsNow

Arizona Attorney General to investigate Planned Parenthood for statuatory rape cover-up

Following the release of undercover videos showing Arizona Planned Parenthood clinics disregarding laws that mandate the reporting of sexual abuse, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has reportedly opened an investigation into local branches of the nation’s largest abortion provider.

The videos, taken by the student non-profit group Live Action, showed clinic staffers talking to a student investigator they believed to be a pregnant 15-year-old girl. The student claimed to have become pregnant by her much older boyfriend. Sexual relations between a 15-year-old and an older adult is a felony under Arizona law, while state law also mandates reporting of sexual abuse.

Live Action films conducted investigations at two Phoenix clinics and a clinic in Tucson. Its footage was sent to County Attorneys in Pima and Maricopa counties and to the Arizona Attorney General.

The office of the Pima County Attorney in a letter to Live Action said that the footage from the Tucson clinic is “under review and consideration by the Attorney General.” read more CNA

Sex Education Planned Parenthood Style

They have only one goal in mind and that is to destroy your child’s purity and to encourage promiscuity - visit their website for teens

Sadly, there are too many people who buy into the false notion that Planned Parenthood wants to help you. Nothing could be further from the truth. What is even worse is that they receive taxpayer money and sometimes on the basis that they claim to teach chastity. They often insinuate themselves into schools by offering “educational materials” to unwitting teachers.

Do not be deceived. Sex education Planned Parenthood-style is all about desensitizing your child to sexual language in order to destroy the beauty of sex. The last thing they want is to see your child in a committed relationship of lifelong love in marriage. By trivializing sex and marketing this view to children of younger and younger ages, who do not have properly formed consciences and no concept of the meaning and purpose of marriage, they are undermining the future of this country. read more catholicexchange

Two More Undercover Videos of Planned Parenthood Rape Cover-Ups Set for Release

Two more videos exposing illegal cover-ups of sexual abuse by Planned Parenthood employees are due for release tomorrow by Live Action Media, a pro-life student group that has received national attention by exposing the illegal practices of the abortion giant. Earlier Live Action videos were the inspiration behind a California county board of supervisors' recent decision to de-fund Planned Parenthood.

The videos will be the fourth and fifth installments of the Mona Lisa Project, a series of undercover video exposés revealing Planned Parenthood staff covering up statutory rape and circumventing state abortion laws in an effort to end Planned Parenthood taxpayer funding. The new footage takes place in Arizona abortion facilities.

The previous Live Action videos sparked a recent move by Orange County, CA board members to de-fund Planned Parenthood when local resident and Family Action PAC board member Marc Bucher saw the footage (http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/mar/09031111.html) He says the videos prompted him to investigate whether Planned Parenthood received local taxpayer dollars. read more LifeSite

College Buckles Under Public Pressure, Lifts Campus Ban On Pro-Life Students Who Videotaped Planned Parenthood Event

Pomona College banned two pro-life students from campus last week after they videotaped the question-and-answer session during a Planned Parenthood representative's talk and asked the representative tough questions about recent Planned Parenthood scandals.

However, Pomona rescinded its ban this week after facing strong opposition from students, faculty, and alumni. The pro-life students, David Daleiden, 20, and Kyle Kinneberg, 21, are members of the youth-led right-to-life advocacy group Live Action.

Daleiden and Kinneberg both attend Claremont McKenna College, part of the Claremont College Consortium together with Pomona and three other undergraduate institutions. A hand-delivered letter from Pomona's Dean of Women Marcelle Holmes notified the students of the ban, claiming their videotaping had been "against college policy." But Daleiden, President of Live Action's Claremont chapter and Director of Research for the national organization, said Pomona never produced the specific policy they said his group had violated, and that he and Kinneberg were denied their due process rights under the Claremont Colleges' Policy on Demonstrations. read more LifeSite

Orange County California Cuts $300,000 Grant to Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz

Planned Parenthood has lost another local grant and this time its because the Orange County Board of Supervisors in California decided not to fund the nation's largest abortion business. The board voted to suspend a contract with Planned Parenthood to do outreach to teenagers because it does abortions.

The board took a unanimous vote at a meeting on Tuesday night after receiving calls and emails from pro-life advocates opposed to the $292,000 contract.

"I personally have a problem with government funding of an organization that provides abortion services," supervisor John Moorlach said during the board meeting. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood Targets Poland for Abortion with US Funds, Courtesy of Obama

"Armed with millions of US dollars promised by Barack Obama to fund the killing of unborn children overseas, they are now concentrating their anti-life propaganda on Poland."

The International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF) has wasted little time in putting to use the millions of taxpayer dollars that have been made available to it by President Obama's decision to rescind the Mexico City Policy, which forbade U.S. funds from going to organizations that promote or perform abortions overseas.

In a letter advocating a series of Women's Day marches in Poland which took place yesterday and which were advertised with the words "Come and Join Us Because ... Poland is Ill," the IPPF urged support for the pro-contraception, pro-abortion and pro-homosexual agenda of the marchers.

The Women's Day event "has become a grassroots democratic movement," the "biggest demonstration of women's rights supporters," says the IPPF. According to the organization, last year Women's Day marches in cities around the country attracted some 4,000 participants.

"Among the demands, they make are: easy access to contraception; abolishing the gender role stereotypes that people are socialized into; right to decide about oneself and one's body; no more treating women as sexual objects; proper sex education in schools; and treating equally women who are elderly, poor, homosexual, of different ethnicity, of low social standing or handicapped." read more LifeSite

Planned Parenthood Promotes Abortion at White House Health Care Summit

With no pro-life groups invited to respond, the president of Planned Parenthood promoted abortion at a White House-sponsored health care summit on Thursday. Cecile Richards called for including access to abortion in any health care reform package President Barack Obama may put forward.

As LifeNews.com reported, the Obama administration's health care summit included the nation's largest abortion business and several other groups that take a pro-abortion position.

But no leading pro-life medical groups or top pro-life organizations were allowed to attend the health care event.

Instead, Planned Parenthood's president pushed for universal health care coverage and better access to health care. However, she wants abortion included and that would likely come at a public cost to taxpayers.

Richards wants abortion included as part of the mandatory coverage package that could also force health insurance companies to include abortion in their plans. That would pass on abortion costs to all people who are insured under their health care plans. read more LifeNews

PLANNED PARENTHOOD APPLAUDS RESCINDING OF BUSH HHS MIDNIGHT RULE

NOW and Planned Parenthood Giddy at Obama Rescinding HHS "conscience" rule.

The New York Times reports:

The Obama administration moved on Friday to undo a last-minute Bush administration rule granting broad protections to health workers who refuse to take part in abortions or provide other health care that goes against their consciences.

Planned Parenthood's responds:

Obama Administration Takes First Step to Repeal Rule that Limits the Rights of Patients To Receive Complete and Accurate Health Information and Services

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) applauds the Obama administration for taking the first step in rescinding a midnight regulation that undermines the country’s fragile health care system as well as patients’ access to health care information and services.

“Today’s action by the Obama administration demonstrates that this president is not going to stand by and let women’s health be placed in jeopardy. By taking the first step in rescinding the harmful midnight regulation, the Obama administration is standing up for patients having the right to receive complete and accurate health information and services,” said PPFA President Cecile Richards.

According to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) website, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has sent a proposed rule titled “Rescission of the Regulation Issued by the Department of Health and Human Services on December 19, 2008, Implementing the Church Amendments (42 U.S.C. 300a-7), Section 245 of the Public Health Service” to OMB for review. PP

Planned Parenthood Attacks Math Teacher Over His Opposition To New Clinic

An Oregon high school math teacher will face an attack Friday from an affiliate of the nation’s largest abortion business.

Planned Parenthood of Columbia/Willamette wants Bill Diss’ teaching license revoked. Diss heads Precious Children of Portland – a pro-life organization working to halt construction of Planned Parenthood’s new mega-abortion facility in Portland’s poorest neighborhood.

"Bill has organized one of the most effective efforts against Planned Parenthood in the country," said Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League. "It’s no surprise Planned Parenthood will resort to anything – even going after his teaching license – in order to silence him."

Diss opposes, on his own time, outside of any school activities, the construction of a Planned Parenthood killing center in an African American neighborhood in Portland. The new Planned Parenthood business will target minority women for abortions.

According to Sedlak, Planned Parenthood has a history of using such strong-arm tactics against its opponents. read more Pewsitter

Planned Parenthood Sued For Covering Up Rape Of A Minor

As North Dakota considers a law that would allow minors to get abortions without notifying their parents, it’s worth noting that one of the chief proponents of the bill is currently being sued over covering up the rape of a minor.

A Warren County woman sued Planned Parenthood Friday, accusing its staff of ignoring training and procedures by not reporting her suspected sex abuse when she was a minor, resulting in her being sexually abused for an additional 1 years.

The suit accused Planned Parenthood and five of its employees of ignoring obvious signs of suspected sexual abuse instead of reporting them as Ohio law requires. read more kxmb

Planned Parenthood Is The New Target When It Comes To Designer Collaborations

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Up-and-coming designers doing collaborations with Target is becoming too predictable a path to success. Instead, an alternate way to gain name recognition and visibility is to design a line of condoms. Yes, that’s right, designer condoms. Marc Jacobs designed a rubber wrapper on his own, and then last September, Planned Parenthood released a Yigal Azrouël-designed condom wrapper for its Proper Attire line. The Planned Parenthood/designer collaboration is continuing this season with Alexander Wang‘s simple black and white package ($5.99 for 3), which just happen to match his Fall 2009 collection that came down the runway on Feb. 14. Come September, what hot designer will Planned Parenthood get to do a Proper Attire condom wrapper? We’re betting on Phillip Lim. [via Refinery29] (thefrisky)

Planned Parenthood's perverse marketing tactics with your tax dollars

The following email was sent from Planned Parenthood's Director of Education to kick off National Condom Week. Planned Parenthood receives over $300 million in federal funding annually.

While a lot of us are enjoying Valentine's Day with loved ones this weekend, there's another annual event taking place that you might have missed: this week is National Condom Week!

Planned Parenthood is the nation's largest provider of contraceptive services, so we're pretty big fans of National Condom Week. It's a time to talk about important issues like contraceptive access and education, not to mention prevention of sexually transmitted infections. But mostly, it's a time to celebrate that simple, effective, wonderful invention known as the latex condom.

So we've pulled together a few of our favorite condom-related videos and put them all in one playlist. Want to see condoms used in high fashion? Or maybe it's time for a brief refresher on properly using a condom? And then there's my favorite, the Golden Girls shopping at the pharmacy, with Bea Arthur yelling, "Condoms, Rose! Condoms!"

Click here to watch our playlist. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel — it's the best way to stay up-to-date on the sometimes fun, sometimes serious, but always engaging videos from Planned Parenthood.

From all of us at Planned Parenthood, Happy National Condom Week!

On January 22, Representative Mike Pence (R-Indiana) introduced H.R.614, an amendment to Title X of the Public Health Service Act that would eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood, the controversial organization that operates abortion mills across the country. (AmerConservDaily)

For his part, Pence hopes to get ahead of the Obama administration’s advocacy and aims to eliminate any federal funding that is or could go to Planned Parenthood. On his House website, Pence posted the following:

As most Americans know, it is simply morally wrong to end an unborn human life by abortion. But it is also morally wrong to take the taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to promote abortion at home or abroad.

Many Americans fail to recognize the largest abortion provider in America is also the largest recipient of federal taxpayer dollars through Title X–this should not be.

Yesterday, with more than 60 cosponsors, I re-introduced the “Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act,” a bill that would deny any federal funding to Planned Parenthood of America.

Ask your member of Congress to support H.R.614.

Planned Parenthood says donations are up thanks to Palin

Palin said that she and Planned Parenthood may "agree on a mission here that we'd like to see fewer and fewer abortions, I, embracing the culture of life, have perhaps a different approach in how I would like to see that goal reached."

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Gov. Sarah Palin's run for the White House allowed Planned Parenthood to enjoy a big run on donations.

The group says donations made in protest of Palin's anti-abortion position brought in more than $1 million.

An e-mail unaffiliated with Planned Parenthood went worldwide on the Web last fall that encouraged donors to send money in on behalf of Palin.

In a new interview, she called the political stunt great theater but said it wouldn't change her heartfelt views on supporting pregnant women and their unborn children. "I have boxes of thank-you notes from people associated with Planned Parenthood thanking me for the donations," she said during a press conference. "It's political theater -- it's great theater, I guess, for some." Palin said that she and Planned Parenthood may "agree on a mission here that we'd like to see fewer and fewer abortions, I, embracing the culture of life, have perhaps a different approach in how I would like to see that goal reached."

Planned Parenthood says they are always grateful for any donations that come in, and hopes to continue to work with Palin on ways to reduce the number of abortions women receive. KTUU

Planned Parenthood will use St. Valentine’s Day to push contraceptive and abortion sales with its National Condom Week

“Valentine’s Day 2009 is being used by Planned Parenthood to profit off the sex culture it has created at colleges, high schools and even middle schools around the country.”

Planned Parenthood will use St. Valentine’s Day to push contraceptive and abortion sales with its National Condom Week.

“Half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended and half of those happen because of failed contraception,” said Marie Hahnenberg, a researcher for American Life League. “Planned Parenthood is once again pushing sex on our kids with this condom promotion.”

Beginning Feb. 14, Planned Parenthoods across the country are offering condom e-cards, condom coasters, and condom-inspired drag shows among other ways to promote sale of its products.

“Valentine's Day is supposed to be a celebration of life and love – not a marketing scheme to sell more condoms to kids,” said Hahnenberg. “Valentine’s Day 2009 is being used by Planned Parenthood to profit off the sex culture it has created at colleges, high schools and even middle schools around the country.”

While abortion makes up a third of Planned Parenthood’s clinic income, 55 percent comes from the sales of birth control.

“Valentine’s Day is about love. True love has no room for contraception – which turns a beautiful act of marital love between a husband and wife into an objectification of one another for pleasure. Even worse, Planned Parenthood is trying to ingrain this culture and mentality into our children,” Hahnenberg said.

American Life League was co-founded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to natural death. For more information or press inquiries, please contact Katie Walker at 540.659.4942 ALL

TV Program Exposes Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Link

A new video released by a group that serves as a watchdog for information on the link between abortion and breast cancer exposes the relationship between Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion business.

Karen Malec, the head of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer tells LifeNews.com that the video, "Komen's Dark Side," exposes the irregular relationship between the breast cancer organization and Planned Parenthood.

in 2007 alone, Komen chapters gave $711,485 from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006 to Planned Parenthood affiliates.

The amount of the grants from Komen affiliates to Planned Parenthood appears to be on the rise and 25 Komen affiliates now have a partnership with the abortion business.

The video reports on the cover-up of the abortion-breast cancer link and, with an airing soon on EWTN, could explain the link and the relationship to millions of households.

"Komen's officials have no right to keep women in the dark about a breast cancer risk, while at the same time giving funds to Planned Parenthood, a primary cause of the breast cancer epidemic," Malec says.

The video explains the biological explanation behind the abortion-breast cancer link and how abortion advocates and cancer groups are preventing women from getting the information. read more LifeNews

Infant Survives Late Term Abortion--Killed by Staff

Note: Abortion clinic was not a Planned Parenthood Clinic

This is an awful, awful story: The photo at left is of a 22-week prematurely born infant. According to the AP--no pro life outlet--a more developed infant survived a late term abortion in Florida only to be put in a plastic bag and thrown out by a staffer at the abortion clinic. From the story:

Eighteen and pregnant, Sycloria Williams went to an abortion clinic outside Miami and paid $1,200 for Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique to terminate her 23-week pregnancy.

Three days later, she sat in a reclining chair, medicated to dilate her cervix and otherwise get her ready for the procedure. Only Renelique didn't arrive in time. According to Williams and the Florida Department of Health, she went into labor and delivered a live baby girl.

What Williams and the Health Department say happened next has shocked people on both sides of the abortion debate: One of the clinic's owners, who has no medical license, cut the infant's umbilical cord. Williams says the woman placed the baby in a plastic biohazard bag and threw it out. Police recovered the decomposing remains in a cardboard box a week later after getting anonymous tips.

While in the Illinois Legislature, our president said that a proposed state law to protect the lives of such babies was unconstitutional and unnecessary, even referring to babies that survive abortions as "a previable child or fetus, however you want to describe it."If this story is true, she was a born infant--and she was murdered. President Obama should be asked for a comment. Moreover, he should be asked about the Freedom of Choice Act, that would eliminate the Federal Infant Born Alive Protection Act and similar state laws--like the one in Illinois that passed despite his "present" vote--designed to protect babies such as this.

This matter should be investigated thoroughly. If the coroner finds that the baby was indeed alive when she was born, the abortion clinic owner should be prosecuted for murder. If Florida won't act, the Feds should enforce the still-in-effect Infant Born Alive Protection Act. SecondhandSmoke

Hiding teen 'rapes' continues at Planned Parenthood

3rd video showing assault on '15-year-old' brings no report

A new video released by the same people who caught Planned Parenthood businesses in Indiana ignoring an apparent case of statutory rape in their rush to offer a juvenile an abortion now have released a video about the Margaret Sanger Center in Tucson, Ariz., where a nurse apparently has done the same thing.

An undercover pro-life activist who visited the Tucson Planned Parenthood business, explaining she was 15 and her boyfriend was 27, was told how to go to court to obtain an abortion without having her parents notified, and was encouraged not to have her 27-year-old "boyfriend" along when she appeared in court.

The video was posted on YouTube by Live Action Films, which had posted videos earlier revealing the results of its undercover investigations in Indiana. read more WND

Abortion Lobby Urging Calls to White House to Reinstate Stimulus Funding for “Family Planning”

The National Abortion Federation has launched an appeal to its supporters to take action and call the White House to demand that President Barack Obama restore hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for contraception and abortion. The funding was cut when Obama responded to severe criticism over the discovery of the handouts to support the abortion industry within the $850 billion economy stimulus package.

“We urge you to take action now by calling the White House at 202-456-1111 to express your support for the Medicaid Family Planning State Option,” said the NAF email to supporters.

“Just tell the White House switchboard operator that you have a comment about the economic stimulus plan, and you'll be transferred to a White House staff member. Then give your name and express your disappointment that affordable family planning has been removed from the latest stimulus package, and your support for the Medicaid Family Planning State Option. Be sure to thank the staff member for passing along your message.” LifeSite

Stimulus Bill Could Give Planned Parenthood Millions

Congressional Democrats have loaded down the economic stimulus bill to send taxpayer funds to domestic abortion groups.

The stimulus plan now includes a measure to send more public funds to the Planned Parenthood abortion business to fund contraception and birth control.

Specifically, a provision in the legislation clears the way for expanded federal funding of contraceptives through Medicaid for those who aren't even poor.

As a result, all 50 states will now offer Medicaid “family planning” services (including contraception) with the federal government offering the same $9 to $1 match. Although the money doesn't fund abortions directly, it goes to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion business, which would otherwise have to spend its own money on contraception.

Pro-life advocates say the governmental funds free up Planned Parenthood dollars to promote and perform abortions that it would otherwise have to spend on family planning. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood, NARAL Giddy About Obama Order Reversing Mexico City Policy

Abortion advocates were able to check off one of the items on the 55-page memo they gave to President Barack Obama as marching orders for his administration. In comments after Obama ditched the Mexico City Policy, key pro-abortion groups were giddy with excitement.

Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, whose abortion business stood to make millions from the decision, could hardly contain herself in an email to her supporters.

"I had no doubt it was going to happen, but I'm going to celebrate anyway. As one of his first official acts in office, President Obama has overturned the global gag rule," she said, referring to the derogative term for the policy and its limits on funding groups like hers that promotes and performs abortions.

"I'm sending our new president a message of thanks on behalf of ... those of us here in the U.S. who have been protesting the global gag rule since the day President Ronald Reagan first implemented it," Richards added.

Richards promised the abortion advocates that support her group that Obama is ready and willing to more to promote abortions. read more LifeNews

States, ACLU, Planned Parenthood Sue to Reverse Bush Abortion Protections for Docs

The attorneys general of seven states and leading pro-abortion groups have filed a lawsuit against the new pro-life protections the Bush administration recently put in place.

The "Provider Conscience Rule" provides more enforcement for laws protecting medical centers and professionals who don't want to do abortions.

The new rule, which requires medical facilities to affirm in writing that they won't force staff to participate in abortions and potentially denies federal funding for centers or governments that do, is slated to take effect January 20.

The protections merely provide additional enforcement for existing laws, some of which have been on the books for decades, that allow medical professionals to avoid involvement in abortions.

The suit is the second to target the new conscience protections as a collection of pro-abortion groups, including the ACLU, the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America have also sued. read more LifeNews

HUD Grant Helps Portland Planned Parenthood Build New Abortion Business

A Planned Parenthood abortion business in Oregon recently received a grant from the federal Housing and Urban Development department that will allow it to target Indian Americans. HUD's Indian Community Block Grant program gave $50,000 to Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette's regional service center.

While the money likely can't be used to do abortions, the Planned Parenthood affiliate may use it to target native Americans with family planning programs and provide them with abortions when they become pregnant.

The money may also be used to help the abortion business build its new regional service center -- a new building in a historically black neighborhood in Portland that will house an abortion facility and its political headquarters. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood makes staff cuts

Hit with declines in funding from the economic crisis and the Madoff scandal, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America is laying off around 20% of its staff.

Roughly 30 people were let go earlier this week, according to a source who works for the nonprofit. Executives at Planned Parenthood confirmed the layoffs, but declined to give more details.

“As with many other nonprofit organizations, Planned Parenthood has had to make staff reductions at our headquarters due to the challenging economic times facing our country,” said Maryana Iskander, chief operating officer at the agency. “While taking this action is never easy, we want to ensure the millions of women and men who rely on Planned Parenthood as a health care provider that the reductions will not impact our ability to deliver care to those in need.”

Part of Planned Parenthood’s funding declines stem from the closing of the Florida-based Picower Foundation, which shut down in December because its assets were managed by Bernard Madoff. The $1 billion foundation was one of the few major funders of reproductive rights issues. crainsnewyork

PLANNED PARENTHOOD APPLAUDS INTRODUCTION OF PREVENTION FIRST ACT IN U.S. SENATE

From Planned Parenthood:

Planned Parenthood applauds Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) for supporting commonsense legislation that will improve women’s health and introducing the bill in the U.S. Senate. Planned Parenthood also applauds Representatives Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) who will introduce the bill in the U.S. House later this week.

On the first day of the 111th Congress, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) sent a very clear message about what pro-lifers can expect from the next two years by introducing S. 21, "The Prevention First Act" that would direct hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to the abortion industry, a business that already receives over $286 million each year from federal taxpayers.

It should come as no surprise that Planned Parenthood, the largest supporter of unrestricted abortion, praised the bill. And why not? The abortion merchant will likely be the largest beneficiary of Reid's abortion bailout. Among other things, the legislation would use taxpayer funds to mislead people about the potential of the "morning after pill" (known as Plan B) to act as an abortifacient. It also encourages the use of Plan B for victims of sexual assault yet has no reporting requirement in place for young girls who may have been victims of abuse and/or rape.

When you get right down to it, the bill does nothing to support parental involvement--let alone consent--for dispensing the morning after pill and other "contraception" to minors. In addition to funding Plan B, the measure would also: subsidize birth control for college and low-income women; expand Title X, the main federal family planning program that requires abortion referrals; expand Planned Parenthood targeting of low-income women through Medicaid; target teens' with "comprehensive" sex education; and spread emergency contraception. FamilyResearchCouncil

lanned Parenthood inquiry requested

Planned Parenthood pressured to give answers

A team of volunteers at Live Action Films who earlier released videos of two Planned Parenthood offices advising how to conceal a reported sexual assault on a child now wants the abortion company to answer a few questions, such as how many abortions does it perform and how many reports does it submit to Child Protective Services.

In an open letter and a video released today, the pro-life organization said the public should know what is going on at the company that gets millions of federal taxpayer dollars annually.

"This is an organization that consistently engages in deceptive practices and lawbreaking," said Lila Rose, the 20-year-old president of the group. "And these practices have very real consequences on real people." read more WND

“When Planned Parenthood doesn't like a law, they break it"

Planned Parenthood has been lobbying politically against parental involvement laws for years

After two undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood of Indiana workers refusing to report statutory rape of young girls, Planned Parenthood of Indiana president Betty Cockrum released a statement defending her organization, though offering no public apology. Lila Rose, the 20-year-old UCLA undergraduate who is president of Live Action, is calling for Planned Parenthood of Indiana to publicly release the number of reports they have made to Child Protective Services in conjunction with the number of minors to whom they have provided STD testing, abortion counseling, pregnancy testing, and birth control.

Rose adds, "Planned Parenthood has been lobbying politically against parental involvement laws for years, both statewide and federally -- it is no surprise that our investigations have found their staffers circumventing these laws in Indiana by sending a purported 13-year-old girl, with a 31-year-old sex partner, out of state for secret abortions." read more CalCatholic

Planned Parenthood President Upset Bush Protects Doctors From Forced Abortions

The president of Planned Parenthood is upset that the Bush administration has given final approval to regulations that help doctors and medical centers pressured to do abortions or refer for them. Cecile Richards appears to admit in an email to financial backers that she wouldn’t hire pro-life staff at her centers.

Richards claimed stopping forced abortions is “limiting the rights of patients to receive complete and accurate reproductive health information when they visit a federally funded health care provider.”

“The rule is clearly a parting gift from Bush to the anti-choice fringe that supported him all these years,” she added.

Richards claims the rule makes it so “anti-choice medical staff can withhold information about abortion, birth control, and sex education from their patients” even though the rule has nothing to do with birth control and despite the fact that birth control portions of the proposal were removed in August. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood inquiry requested

Indiana state lawmaker wants review after 2 undercover videos show purported pregnant 13-year-old at Indiana clinics

A member of the Indiana General Assembly on Tuesday asked the state attorney general and Marion County prosecutor to investigate video-taped advice given at two Planned Parenthood clinics to a woman who said she was underage and wanted an abortion.

In one video, taken at a Bloomington clinic and released earlier this month, a woman who said she was a minor who was pregnant by a 31-year-old man was told by a Planned Parenthood representative to seek an abortion in Illinois. The woman who made the pregnancy claim was an adult, according to the organization that secretly made the recording. read more INDYSTAR

Hewlett Foundation Giving Millions to Planned Parenthood - Don't buy Their Ink Cartridges Says Pro-life Leader

The Hewlett Foundation has announced $125.1 million in new grants to 214 organizations. First and foremost among the beneficiaries is International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF), for whom Hewlett cut the largest check by far, granting $8.3 million to support worldwide abortion.

Of the Menlo Park-based foundation's six program areas, the most money went toward “population” issues, specifically supporting family planning and AIDS prevention worldwide. In all, the foundation's "Population Program" gave $31.8 million to 38 organizations dealing with global population issues. The International Planned Parenthood Federation, based in London, claimed over a quarter of the sum to support its radical agenda. read more LifeSiteNews

Child Services Dept in Indiana Ignores Planned Parenthood Sexual Abuse Coverup

The Indiana Department of Child Services is joining local prosecutors in Bloomington by ignoring the expose' last week that showed a staff member at Planned Parenthood of Indiana covering up an alleged case of statutory rape. The agency says it won't take any action against the abortion business.

As LifeNews.com originally reported, a UCLA college student engaged in an undercover video expose' that had her posing as an underage teen.

Student Lila Rose says she told a Planned Parenthood official, who has since been placed on unpaid leave by the abortion business, that she had sex with a man nearly twice her age.

Despite the consent, the sexual encounter clearly violated the state's laws concerning statutory rape. The Planned Parenthood official told Rose she didn't want to know about the age discrepancy and apparently did not report the case to authorities as required by state law. read more LifeNews

Researchers Dismissing Abortion-Depression Link Funded by Planned Parenthood

The results of a new study from a Johns Hopkins University research team claiming that there is no link between abortions and mental health problems for women should come as no surprise. The authors of the study, which the mainstream media touted Thursday, are bankrolled by Planned Parenthood.

Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council, told LifeNews.com says the JHU department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, where three of the four authors are employed, is funded by Planned Parenthood of Maryland, the state's largest abortion business.

Meanwhile, he indicates study co-author Robert Blum heads up one of the most heavily funded population control programs in the world, which is worth roughly $1 billion.

Blum has also been intimately involved in the abortion business and has been on the board of directors of the Alan Guttmacher Institute, which is formerly the research arm of Planned Parenthood. He was the chairman of the pro-abortion group from 1999-2002. read more LifeNews

Second Video Shows Planned Parenthood Not Reporting Girl's Statutory Rape

A second video this week features a college student going to Planned Parenthood undercover posing as a young girl who is obviously a victim of statutory rape. This new video, of a Planned Parenthood in Indiana, shows that it also failed to report the sexual abuse to authorities.

In the first video, of a Planned Parenthood in Charlotte, North Carolina, a college student tells officials she is 15 and had unprotected sex with her 30-year-old mother's live-in boyfriend. The student tells Planned Parenthood officials the boyfriend suggested she go there to obtain the morning after pill.

The pro-life group Students for Life of America filed a North Carolina Public Records Request to find out if the Planned Parenthood location had reported the crime and learned it did not.

In the second video, UCLA student journalist Lila Rose posed as a 13-year-old girl. In an appointment with a Planned Parenthood nurse at its center in Bloomington, Rose says she has been impregnated by a 31-year-old man, a clear case of child molestation under Indiana state law. read more LifeNews

Video Expose' Shows Planned Parenthood Abortion Center Hiding Statutory Rape

Students for Life of America wanted to know if this same failure to protect girls from abuse was happening in other states.

A new video appears to show staff at a Planned Parenthood abortion center in North Carolina covering up an incident of statutory rape. Students for Life of America released the video that includes a college student pretending to be an underage girl who is a sexual assault victim.

The national pro-life student group decided to stage an undercover investigation after LifeNews.com reports about a 14-year-old Ohio girl who was victimized.

Another girl sued the same Planned Parenthood abortion business saying she had been raped by her father and that the facility failed to notify authorities. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

In what could easily become the most offensive Christmas offer ever a Planned Parenthood affiliate is offering Christmas gift certificates. Purchasers can use them to give the gift of abortion even though the group claims that's not its purpose or intent.

"Looking for an unusual, yet practical gift this holiday season? Planned Parenthood of Indiana (PPIN) is now offering gift certificates for services or the recipient's choice of birth control method," the abortion business says.

The gift certificates can be purchased in increments of $25 online at the group's web site or for any amount at some of PPIN's 35 statewide facilities. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood CEO Claims Cardinal O'Malley Out of Step With Catholics

The Catholic cardinal told the newspaper that Planned Parenthood "in its origins was a very racist organization to eliminate the blacks" and "it’s sort of ironic that he’s been co-opted by them."

It's no surprise that Catholic Church officials take pro-abortion politicians or groups to task for saying they are out of step with pro-life Catholic teachings. Now, a Planned Parenthood CEO in Massachusetts is turning the tables and claiming Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston is out of step with his membership.

After the presidential election, O'Malley told the Boston Globe that he is worried about the election of Barack Obama because of his pro-abortion views.

Dianne Luby, the president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, responded to O'Malley in an email to the newspaper. She didn't respond to the racism contention but claimed O'Malley's views don't represent those of Boston Catholics.

"Cardinal O’Malley and the bishops have a lot of work to do in order to reconnect with their members," Luby concluded. "It appears from exit polls during this most recent election cycle, that Cardinal O’Malley is out of step with most voters on this very personal decision." read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood Prez Falsely Says Election Means Catholics Pro-Abortion

The president of Planned Parenthood claims the election results showing a majority of Catholics supported pro-abortion candidate Barack Obama means Catholics now support abortion. However, Cecille Richards' contention doesn't square with the most recent polling results showing Catholics pro-life.

In a Monday opinion column, Richards points to the exit polling data showing 54 percent of Catholics backed Obama.

They did so, Richards says "despite entreaties from Catholic leadership to vote against Senator Obama because of his support for abortion rights."

"While this may come as a surprise to Catholic bishops who are meeting this week to discuss the election, it is consistent with what we know about the attitudes of Catholic voters," Richards claims.

Yet polling data specifically on Catholics and abortion finds otherwise. readmore LifeNews

Court records show how Planned Parenthood over-billed government for millions -- and may get away with it

At 5:38 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2004, Mark Salo, then chief executive of Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties, sent a panicked email to his colleagues at Planned Parenthood’s eight other California affiliates. The email contained a dire warning – and hinted at the need for a possible cover-up. The state Department of Health Services had begun an audit in San Diego, with similar audits planned at every other affiliate. The results, said Salo, “could kill many of us.”

The problem? For years, Planned Parenthood of San Diego and other affiliates elsewhere in the state had been over-billing the government by millions of dollars for contraceptives purchased at deep discounts – a policy specifically prohibited by state and federal regulations governing the program, called FPACT – “Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment.” Rules for the program, jointly funded with state and federal funds, specifically required that providers of services under the program be reimbursed only for the cost of acquiring the contraceptives, but Planned Parenthood had been billing far in excess of cost, in some instances more than 20 times what they paid. read more CalCatholic

New International Planned Parenthood Document Tells States to Guarantee Sweeping “Sexual Rights”

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has issued a new document that declares that governments are obligated to guarantee a sweeping definition of “sexual rights,” including abortion, “sexual freedom” and “comprehensive sexuality education,” as an integral component of human rights.

The IPPF declaration defines sexual rights as “an evolving concept that encompasses sexual activity, gender identities, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction.” IPPF differentiates “sexual rights” from “reproductive rights,” a term that it equates with abortion, specifying that “sexual rights encompass more than entitlements related to health” and that “many expressions of sexuality are non-reproductive.” read more LifeSite

Infanticide exposed: Planned Parenthood's secret endorsement

YouTube is yet again boycotting pro-life videos, according to Students for Life.

Executive director of Students for Life of America (SFLA) Kristan Hawkins videotaped a meeting with personnel at a Freehold, New Jersey, Planned Parenthood organization that is federally funded under Title X. In an undercover video, one staff member admitted that some aborted babies are born alive and then permitted to die, which violates federal law. SFLA then posted the footage on YouTube. Hawkins adds details to the story.

"YouTube banned our video. We put up two versions of the video and they banned both," she explains. "So we have put it up with Eyeblast, so it's Eyeblast.tv. If you go to our website at StudentsForLife.org, you can see it there." read more OneNewsNow

Payback Time: What Planned Parenthood Expects from Barack Obama

The decades-long love affair between Barack Obama and Planned Parenthood has reached its political fruition. Obama will soon be ensconced in the Oval Office, with all the people who helped put him there lined up outside for goodies. At the head of the line will be Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. What will they ask for?

The three things that they want from a President Obama are more money for their contraception and sterilization programs, an end to any and all restrictions on abortions, and taxpayer funding, including funding for abortion itself. read more LifeSite

Planned Parenthood admits infanticide happens

Students for Life of America released a video this morning that puts lie to the notion that late-term abortions do not result in infanticide when babies survive the abortion process. Barack Obama claimed that the law he opposed on four different occasions in Illinois was unnecessary, because he was certain that doctors wouldn’t just leave living infants to die — even though the Attorney General and Jill Stanek both testified that they did and that existing Illinois law didn’t prevent it from happening. Abortionists will not render medical assistance to such living infants unless forced to do so. Guess who else admits it? HotAir

Planned Parenthood did not report the abuse

On Oct. 8, the Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that California voters are reading about in the ballot argument in favor of Proposition 4

In the case now before Ohio's high court, a 14-year-old girl, known in court records as "Jane Roe," was sexually abused by her soccer coach, who then took her to Planned Parenthood for an abortion. Planned Parenthood did not report the abuse to authorities. Rather, it provided the girl with a secret abortion and a Depo-Provera shot, and her abuser began having sex with her again right away. Only months later did her parents learn of the abusive relationship. The man was convicted of seven counts of sexual battery and sentenced to prison.

Jane's parents brought suit against Planned Parenthood, alleging a pattern of willfully violating both the state's parental involvement and mandated reporting laws. As part of that suit, the parents sought discovery into the number of abortions on minors that the clinic had performed within the five years before Jane's abortion. Through other records, the parents had discovered that during that same five-year period, Planned Parenthood had not filed a single report of suspected sexual abuse of a minor. read more CalCatholic

Video Catches Planned Parenthood Covering Up Statutory Rape

Students for Life of America (SFLA) has released a video exposing two Planned Parenthood clinics in Winston-Salem and Charlotte, North Carolina covering up statutory rape of young girls. To view the video, go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkakpcWSyWY

In June of 2008, two college women volunteering for Students for Life of America entered two clinics in North Carolina posing as underage girls, 15 and 14, who just had unprotected sex with their mother's live-in boyfriend who was in his 30s. Each girl told the clinic workers that he suggested she come get the morning the Morning After Pill. According to N.C. Gen. Statue 7B-301 and 7B-101, this information was enough to trigger North Carolina statutory rape reporting laws, obligating any person who learned of this story to report the crime to authorities.

In both visits, Planned Parenthood staffers acknowledged that what was happening to the girls was statutory rape and in one case even repeatedly admitted that they were required to report the incident. read more LifeSite

Planned Parenthood Ad on McCain, Palin "Distorts Record" on Women

A new television commercial from Planned Parenthood blasting John McCain and Sarah Palin is already coming under criticism from the mainstream media. The St. Petersburg Times, a Florida newspaper, says the ad distorts the record on the two candidates and their record on women.

The ad features a woman named Gretchen who appears to be a rape victim and she tells the audience "I just didn't think it would happen to me."

"Under Mayor Sarah Palin, women like Gretchen were forced to pay up to $1,200 for the emergency exams used to prosecute their attackers," the Planned Parenthood ad claims.

It goes further to attack Senator McCain, claiming he "voted to let governments charge rape victims."

LifeNews.com exposed the misleading nature of the ad on Wednesday and focused on Planned Parenthood's shoddy treatment of Palin.

The Times takes on the phony charges against McCain. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood Continues Trashing Sarah Palin on Abortion, Rape Kit Lies

With the vice-presidential debate coming up this week, Planned Parenthood continues to trash Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on abortion. The abortion business is also repeating the false claims that Palin somehow went after women who were victims of sexual abuse by making them pay for rape kits.

Cecile Richards, president of the pro-abortion group, says in an email to her supporters that she was surprised when she heard Palin named as John McCain's running mate.

"It was hard to believe that McCain had actually found someone more anti-choice, more extreme, and more out of touch than he is on issues that matter to women," she claimed. read more LifeNews

Hillary Clinton and Planned Parenthood President unite against conscience rights

New York's Senator Hillary Clinton and Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, have co-authored an op-ed piece opposing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposed rule, which would require that employees of federally funded healthcare facilities not be required to provide or assist with medical services they find immoral. The two women find fault with the fact that the proposed legislation does not force healthcare workers to sacrifice their moral beliefs. They write, “The new rule would go further, ensuring that all employees and volunteers for health care entities can refuse to aid in providing any treatment they object to, which could include not only abortion and sterilization but also contraception.”

However, American Life League believes that this proposed regulation is a step in the right direction and would be a godsend for the protection of healthcare workers' conscience rights. Please follow this link to comment on the proposed regulation. You have until Friday, September 26, 2008 to add your comment.

from: stopp@all.org

Pornographic Planned Parenthood Videos Taken Off Site after Protests

Pro-family advocates Tuesday celebrated the news that Planned Parenthood Columbia-Willamette took down the videos on the lewd TakeCareDownThere.com web site that was first launched in July.

The video site, which Planned Parenthood marketed as "sex education," included skits of two teenage boys engaged in oral sex, girls and boys examining each other's reproductive organs, and couples talking about participating in orgies and masturbation, among others.

When American Life League alerted the pro-life movement to the site, the story made national headlines.

"Praise God!" said American Life League president Judie Brown. "After months of pro-life outcry against this site, we can finally rest knowing this site will no longer threaten our kids. "

She added: "Planned Parenthood finally pushed the envelope past the point of tolerance. Every person concerned with the health and wellbeing of our children should have been outraged by this blatant attempt to sexualize kids. It appears the roar of just anger over this Planned Parenthood filth was so great, Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion chain had to shut it down. This is truly a great day."

See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:

Explicit Sex Advice Videos on Oregon Planned Parenthood Site "Over the Top"
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jul/08073006.html

Pro-lifers plan attack against Planned Parenthood

A summit of pro-life leaders against Planned Parenthood emphasizes the need for grassroots involvement.

Several pro-life groups nationwide will meet this month in Rosemont, Illinois, to make plans to shutdown Planned Parenthood. The summit is called "Planned Parenthood: BAD for America" and is being organized by Eric Scheidler of the Pro-Life Action League in Chicago.

According to Scheidler, this gathering is a first for this many pro-life groups from across the country to meet in a single location and address how to fight Planned Parenthood, "the nation's largest abortion provider." For proof, he says all one needs to do is look at the figures from Planned Parenthood's latest fiscal year. read more OneNewsNow

Planned Parenthood Continues Violating FDA Guidelines on Abortion Drug

The dangerous abortion drug RU 486 has killed 13 women and injured thousands more, but leading abortion business Planned Parenthood continues to violate FDA guidelines about its usage. A pro-life group says the abortion center is not giving women the complete drug but mixing dosages.

Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa is now offering no appointment, walk-in abortions at its centers without an appointment with a doctor.

The abortion business can do this by distributing the dangerous mifepristone abortion drug at all of their locations with a physician consulting by web cam.

Kim Lehman, the head of Iowa Right to Life, says this will make the abortion process worse for women.

"RU 486 abortions are less messy for Planned Parenthood and more traumatizing for women, because the women are forced to deal with the blood and the dead baby at home -- alone," she told LifeNews.com.

Abortion advocates pile on McCain/Palin

Planned Parenthood begins misinformation campaign on McCain healthcare plan

Planned Parenthood together with Obama supporters began a misinformation campaign Tuesday spinning the Republican candidate John McCain's views in an attempt to alienate McCain from the growing number of women voters siding with the GOP frontrunner.

In a new report by the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, its authors argue that McCain's health plan would "drastically restructure America's health care system with especially devastating consequences for women."

Planned Parenthood says McCain's healthcare plan would also "dangerously destabilize the employer-based health insurance system." Yet the announcement of the press conference slated for Wednesday when the Report is to be released gave no details on just how "McCain's Plan" would rob so many American workers of their employer-supported medical insurance benefits - only to say that 160,000 million workers would be affected and could lose their healthcare benefits.

The GOP candidate's healthcare plan would reform the tax code to give Americans more choices beyond employer-based coverage - not eliminate it - as Planned Parenthood states.

" While still having the option of employer-based coverage, every family will receive a direct refundable tax credit - effectively cash - of $2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for families to offset the cost of insurance. Families will be able to choose the insurance provider that suits them best and the money would be sent directly to the insurance provider. Those obtaining innovative insurance that costs less than the credit can deposit the remainder in expanded Health Savings Accounts," McCain's healthcare plan actually states. axcess read more

YouTube censors ‘racist donor’ Planned Parenthood videos

The internet video sharing site YouTube has removed four well-viewed videos which criticize Planned Parenthood, including some featuring Planned Parenthood fundraisers agreeing to process a donation from a donor pretending to have racist motives. The move has prompted Live Action, the pro-life student organization which produced the videos, to charge YouTube with censorship.

The Live Action videos, some of which were the focus of national media attention in the past year, were removed over the past two weeks on the grounds they contain unspecified “inappropriate content.”

“These four videos have received over 160,000 YouTube views in total with the oldest video having been public on YouTube for over seven months,” said Live Action Media Director David Schmidt. “Why are these videos being removed now?" he asked.

"It is discriminatory for YouTube to selectively censor material that clearly does not contain inappropriate content," stated Live Action President Lila Rose in a press release. "We will continue to apply pressure on YouTube until it restores the videos." read more CNA

Planned Parenthood President Blasts Sarah Palin’s Pro-Life Position

Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards has joined her pro-abortion colleagues at NOW and NARAL in blasting John McCain’s selecton of pro-life Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate.

Richards claimed woen have no reason to be excited about her selection despite her status as the second woman to ever appear on a major party presidential ticket.

That’s because she worries Palin takes an even stronger pro-life stance on McCain and will be just one step away from becoming president.

“What might have been encouraging news for women was just the opposite — somehow McCain had managed to find a woman running mate even more conservative than he is on women's rights,” Richards compained.

Richards called the naming of a pro-life woman to the ticket “heartbreaking news” after an “inspiring” week at the Democratic convention that saw Democratic delegates officially nominate pro-abortion presidential candidate Barack Obama and his pro-abortion running mmate Joe Biden. read more LifeNews

How pro-abortion is Senator Obama? He receives ringing endorsement from Planned Parenthood

Only the second presidential candidate endorsed by PPAF

Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, (PPAF) addressed the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday evening, extolling Sen. Barack Obama as the “right choice” and naming him as only the second presidential candidate endorsed by the PPAF. She also attacked Sen. John McCain, for his alleged indifference to women’s health and his pledge to appoint Supreme Court justices who will overturn Roe v. Wade.

Richards, the daughter of former Texas Governor Ann Richards, claimed that Planned Parenthood health centers are the “leading providers of women’s health care in the country” and are visited by one in four women.

“And not just for birth control,” she added, saying cancer screenings and breast exams are provided by the organization.

Though Planned Parenthood is also the largest abortion provider in the country, she did not mention abortion directly. read more CNA

Planned Parenthood cries poverty to legislature while spending millions in attempt to defeat Sarah’s Law

Planned Parenthood affiliates in California had contributed nearly $2 million to a war chest aimed at defeating Sarah’s Law.

At a press conference yesterday on the Capitol steps in Sacramento, Planned Parenthood was among a group of about two dozen organizations pleading with the legislature not to make additional cuts to state health spending in order to balance the budget. For more than a year, Planned Parenthood has been pleading poverty – but the abortion provider doesn’t seem short on cash when it comes to waging a political campaign against Proposition 4.

As of July 31, the various Planned Parenthood affiliates in California had contributed nearly $2 million to a war chest aimed at defeating Sarah’s Law, a family notification initiative backers say would protect minor girls from the dangers of secret abortions and keep sexual predators from hiding their crimes by using a loophole in California law that permits children to have abortions without the knowledge of any family member. read more CalCatholic

Planned Parenthood targets blacks

A self-styled "health care provider" and "informed educator" on women's sexual health, has been promoting abortion since its inception in 1916. This has had a devastating affect on America.

Since the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, which overturned most state and federal laws outlawing or restricting abortion, an estimated 48,6 million babies have been aborted, according to the National Right to Life Committee. In particular, blacks are disproportionately impacted by abortion. Is Planned Parenthood deliberately acting to reduce the black population? Is it practicing a form of eugenics?

According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, 13 percent of the U.S. population is black, but 37 percent of all abortions are performed on black women. More than 10 million black babies have been aborted since 1973. Black women are 4.8 times as likely as white women to have an abortion. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also indicates that one out of every five white pregnancies ends in abortion, whereas one out of every two black pregnancies ends in abortion. read more WashTimes

Planned Parenthood Congratulates Itself for Opposing Anti-Forced Abortion Policy

Planned Parenthood has been one of the foremost opponents of a Bush administration proposal to enforce existing laws protecting doctors and nurses from involvement in abortions against their conscience. The abortion business sent a note to is supporters congratulating them for lobbying against it.

Last week, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards called on abortion advocates to contact Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt and leave comments on his blog opposing the policy.

"The flood of comments to Sec. Leavitt's blog forced him to acknowledge the secret rule the Bush administration is considering — the first time any administration official has addressed the issue," she wrote.

"In his latest blog post, Sec. Leavitt admits that the pressure from Planned Parenthood supporters like you made it impossible for him to continue to ignore the controversy," Richards added.

Richards' email ignores the sarcasm in a blog response Secretary Leavitt posted.

"I’m delighted to announce that, with the help of Planned Parenthood, my blog -- for the first time -- received more visits than my teenage son’s MySpace page," he said.

Planned parenthood also ignored how a high percentage of the emails and posts abortion advocates left on the blog were profane or contained threats. read more LifeNews

Judge refuses to censor Prop 4 ballot arguments, rejects Planned Parenthood challenge to “Sarah’s Story”

More than 13 million California voters will get to read uncensored ballot arguments in favor of Proposition 4 – Sarah’s Law – after a judge ruled against a challenge to the language by Planned Parenthood and its allies.

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael P. Kenny ruled on Friday, Aug. 8, that the story of Sarah, a 15-year-old girl who died following a secret abortion, would remain in the ballot arguments, as well as several other strongly-worded statements by those in favor of the family notification measure.

Planned Parenthood had asked the judge to order the secretary of state to strike Sarah’s story from the “arguments in favor” and to remove other statements in the “arguments in rebuttal,” claiming they were factually inaccurate.

“Sarah” is a pseudonym for a teen who died from complications following an abortion in 1994. Her case is being used by Prop 4 advocates to dramatize the danger posed to young girls when family members are unaware they have undergone an abortion. read more CalCatholic

Planned Parenthood's sex miseducation

Planned Parenthood took me "Down There" and exposed it all. The self-evident wrong-headedness of their thinking, that is.

A new campaign waged by the abortion provider is as crass as its name suggests. But it is more than that. It is an expose -- in that most pithy and au courant of forms, the Web video -- of why we get nowhere in America when we talk about sex education.

The "Take Care Down There" campaign consists of Web videos of young people talking about threesomes and sexually transmitted diseases, because that's all kids could ever chat about, right? An awkward older man suddenly enters the picture and dispenses advice -- say, how to use a condom -- to the eager teens, sparing no one's delicacy in the process. read more Townhall

Planned Parenthood Still Attacking Bid to Protect Pro-Life Docs on Abortion

Planned Parenthood is continuing its relentless onslaught against a proposal within the Bush administration to protect pro-life doctors, nurses and other medical professionals who don't want to be involved in abortions.

The measure deals with employment discrimination but Planned Parenthood has sold it to its members as a plan to hinder the distribution of birth control.

Under the Bush plan, enforcement is ramped up on existing laws that prevent employers receiving federal funds from discriminating against medical staff who want nothing to do with abortions.

The measure also protects medical centers that don't want abortions done on site.

As Planned Parenthood has said -- and continued to maintain in a Wednesday email -- the abortion business believes the Bush administration is trying to redefine birth control as abortion.

That's because the definition of abortion in the proposal makes it clear the administration is talking about the destruction of human life from the moment of conception -- when a new human life is conferred. read more LifeNews

FACE PAINTING, MAGIC SHOWS AND BIRTH CONTROL: PLANNED PARENTHOOD INFILTRATES CHILDREN'S EVENT

In its latest venture in marketing sex to children, Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion chain, will pass out birth control and sexually transmitted disease materials at "Vallejo Celebrates Youth," a children's health and wellness event in Vallejo, California Aug. 2.

The event, sponsored by the Greater Vallejo Recreational District will feature face painting, a magic show; and booths on childhood obesity, literacy, oral hygiene, second-hand smoke and birth control.

"By its presence at this event, Planned Parenthood is providing even more evidence that it is out to get your kids," said Marie Hahnenberg, a researcher with American Life League. "Last year, it received over $356 million in clinic income, and now it's out to make even more money by getting kids hooked on sex so it can get more customers – through its pornographic teen web sites, passing out sex-saturated reading materials or giving condoms to elementary students." read more PewSitter

Planned Parenthood Ad Blasting John McCain on Contraception is False

Planned Parenthood thought it had an excellent television ad against John McCain when it pieced together footage of the pro-life presidential candidate saying he wasn't sure if health insurance plans that cover Viagra should also cover birth control for women.

The abortion business is running the commercial in several battleground states.

"John McCain is out of touch when it comes to women's health care," Cecile Richards, president of the pro-abortion group, said at the time the group released the ad.

"Birth control is basic health care for women. But, John McCain ducked a straightforward question about whether he thinks insurance companies should cover birth control, like they do Viagra," she said.

However, it appears Planned Parenthood is ducking the facts. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood creates yet another disgusting web site for our teens

from stopp@all.org:

When you are involved in the fight against Planned Parenthood, at times you may think this organization certainly could not get any worse. This “non-profit” organization receives over $330 million in government funding each year and kills over 280,000 babies each year. It creates sleazy web sites such as www.teenwire.com and puts out absolutely filthy TV commercials. Planned Parenthood sells sex. It doesn’t matter what type of sex; it sells it all. No responsibility, no respect, no concern for the salvation of others. Planned Parenthood is disgusting.

Planned Parenthood is an organization that does Satan’s work.

WARNING: The following web site address is for one of Planned Parenthood’s most recent web sites that are NOT appropriate for anyone at any age. Yet, Planned Parenthood feels this site is appropriate for teens. The only reason we are bringing this web site to your attention is because this is the kind of material that PP attempts to put in the eyes and minds of our children.

This organization is after your children and after their souls. If you do not feel comfortable with looking at any type of Planned Parenthood material, then please do not click on the following link. www.takecaredownthere.org

Join in the fight and help shut down this organization once and for all. Sign the petition, let your congressional representatives know we don’t want our tax dollars to go into the hands of this baby-killing organization, write letters to the editor of your local newspaper, investigate your local schools to see if PP is involved in its sex education programs and start a local protest!

Planned Parenthood Teams Up With Girls Inc For Pro-Abortion Workshops

Girls Inc. is back in the news over abortion and now the group for young women is teaming up with Planned Parenthood. The organization, which has come under fire for adopting a pro-abortion position, is conducting workshops in Montana with the nation's largest abortion business.

The girls group came under fire in 2005 for adopting a statement saying it backs abortion and supports the Roe v. Wade decision that ushered in an era of approximately 50 million abortions.

At the time, pro-life groups called for a boycott of the American Girl doll because the company making them teamed up with Girls Inc. for a promotional.

Now, Jim Sedlak of STOPP International, a Planned Parenthood watchdog, says the pro-abortion groups are teaming up for a workshop for high school girls at the Planned Parenthood Heights Clinic in Billings, Montana.

"As parents, we need to be very careful about what types of programs and activities we allow our children to participate in," he said.

"A program with a name such as "Girls, Inc." doesn't sound bad, does it? Actually, Girls, Inc. is a pro-abortion group and one of many pro-death groups that are listed on [pro-life boycott lists]," he added.
read more LifeNews

NAACP Urged to Help De-Fund Planned Parenthood

Dozens of pastors and pro-life activists attending the 99th annual NAACP conference in Cincinnati this week are calling on that organization to help de-fund the nation’s largest abortion provider.

“Racism lives at Planned Parenthood,” said Dr. Alveda King, pastoral associate of the group Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during a rally on Monday.
“I say to my fellow NAACP members: It's time we tell the government to stop funding racism.

"Planned Parenthood will gladly accept donations for the specific purpose of aborting only black babies,” King said. “It locates its clinics in or near minority neighborhoods. It has led the way in eliminating African-Americans to the point where one-quarter of the black population is now missing because of abortion.” read more CNSNews 7.17

Planned Parenthood Blasts Bush Rule to Help Pro-Life Doctors on Abortion

Just one day after news of the proposal became public, Planned Parenthood is attacking a Bush administration plan to help pro-life doctors. The tentative rule would ensure pro-life physicians, nurses and other medical personnel don't face hiring discrimination if they refuse to be involved in abortions.

Although Planned Parenthood touts abortion as a voluntary choice, Cecile Richards, the president of the abortion business, attacked the proposal to help doctors avoid abortion coercion.

Richards called the idea to stop hiring discrimination a way for President Bush to "sell-out women's health in the most unbelievable way" and claimed it is a "massive betrayal of women and families."

"We've known for some time that anti-choice extremists have wanted President Bush to deliver them some sort of 'gift' before he leaves office. This rule change is just that gift," Richards contends.

To stop the proposed rule, Planned Parenthood is launching a massive campaign against it, including emails to its membership to get them to contact President Bush and urge opposition to it. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood Praises Obama’s Pro-Abortion Stance

The Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), saying his 100 rating by the fund for consistently backing pro-abortion legislation makes him the best choice for president.

“Sen. Obama supports a woman's right to choose and is a co-sponsor of the Freedom of Choice Act, which would codify and protect a woman's right to choose,” Anne Brewer, Women for Obama coordinator for the Obama campaign, said in her blog on the Democratic hopeful’s official Web site.

"The Planned Parenthood Action Fund is proud to endorse Barack Obama for president of the United States," said Action Fund President Cecile Richards. "He is a passionate advocate for women's rights, and has a long and consistent record of standing up for women's health care. read more CNSNews

Black Pro-Life Advocates Denounce Planned Parenthood Barack Obama Nod

Planned Parenthood's endorsement this week of presidential candidate Barack Obama may be going over well with the minority of Americans who support unrestricted abortion. However, for leaders of the African-American community who are pro-life, it's patently offensive.

Day Garner, the head of the National Black Pro-Life Union, says Obama has betrayed the black community by cozying up to Planned Parenthood.

“By kow-towing to the abortion industry Obama proves he is just another politician, as he purposely overlooks the fact that 63 percent of Planned Parenthood’s 860 clinics are in African-American communities," she told LifeNews.com.

"He purposely overlooks tapes of Planned Parenthood staff and executives, made public on YouTube, gladly accepting donations from clearly racist donors who specifically want their money targeted toward aborting black babies," she added. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood Backs Barack Obama to Reward Pro-Abortion Position

Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion business, made it official on Monday and issued its presidential endorsement for Barack Obama. The group rewarded the senator for his speech last year, where he pledged to only appoint abortion advocates to the Supreme Court.

“The Planned Parenthood Action Fund is proud to endorse Barack Obama for president of the United States,” president Cecile Richards said in a press release LifeNews.com obtained.

Richards called him a "passionate advocate" with a "a long and consistent record of standing up for" unlimited abortions.

She said Obama has committed to investing "in prevention programs, including family planning services" -- meaning Obama will keep or expand the hundreds of millions of dollars the abortion business receives in taxpayer funds. read more LifeNews 7.9

Trying to Put Lipstick on a Pig

Gift shops make the centers more appealing to their young clientele

Planned Parenthood is in search of a makeover. For years, the organization has been the biggest abortionist in the business, but as abortion is losing its cachet, Planned Parenthood is trying to reinvent itself. It seems that killing children for cash is just not as fashionable as it used to be.

According to Stephanie Simon of the Wall Street Journal, Planned Parenthood wants to "[open] new avenues for boosting revenue and, they hope, political clout." The first step in the organization's redo involves marketing itself to customers in a higher income bracket. Planned Parenthood is building new centers with larger waiting areas, wooden floors, nice lighting and other amenities which create a more inviting environment and, presumably, make clients feel less shameful about the act they are contemplating. A new "green" clinic is going up in Massachusetts, made of recycled and earth-friendly materials. "Express centers" are being located in malls so that young women can have quick and easy access to birth control, tests for sexually transmitted diseases and counseling. read more Townhall 6.29

Planned Parenthood Goes Green

An opportunity for John McCain

Regardless of where the issue rates in his priority list, Planned Parenthood has already taken aim at McCain, and they will continue to do so; its political-action committee is planning to spend some $10 million this cycle. Barack Obama is their dream candidate — he is the most radically pro-abortion candidate ever to run for the Oval Office; Obama even has opposed prohibiting clear-cut infanticide, because, in his mind, a just-born child should not be afforded the same rights as a nine-month old.

John McCain has an opportunity to legitimately use his record to differentiate between himself and Senator Obama in a way that will both help social and fiscal conservatives support him. Opposing Planned Parenthood funding meshes with McCain’s contention that abortion is a human-rights issue and his continuing campaign against wasteful government spending. Planned Parenthood doesn’t need or deserve federal funding. As Planned Parenthood continues to make news for lax practices harming children while raking in huge revenues, now is way past time to cut it off. John McCain has opposed taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood — most recently this spring, inexcusably but unsuccessfully tacked onto the war supplemental. He should make that known and make it mean something as he runs for president. read more NRO 6.24

Planned Parenthood Goes Upscale

Planned Parenthood is setting its sights on the affluent

As part of a “rebranding” of the nonprofit to appeal to those with more financial means, Planned Parenthood affiliates are building a broader network of suburban clinics and posh health centers, according to a front-page article in today’s WSJ.

Two elegant new health centers have been built, and at least five more are on the way, the largest of which will be 75,000 square feet. They include muted lighting, hardwood floors, airy waiting rooms in colors selected by marketing experts — plus, walls designed to withstand a car’s impact should an antiabortion protest turn violent. Planned Parenthood has also opened more than two-dozen quick-service “express centers,” many in suburban shopping malls.

Despite some critiques to the contrary, Planned Parenthood insists it’s not compromising is long-held focus on serving the poor with birth control, sexual-health care and abortions. Officials there say they take a loss of nearly $1 on each packet of birth-control pills distributed to poor women under a federal program that funds reproductive care. But they make a profit of nearly $22 on each month of pills sold to an adult who can afford to pay full price. That money helps subsidize other operations, including care for the poor as well as pursuing Planned Parenthood’s political agenda. read more WSJ 6.23

Planned Parenthood: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

Because of the group’s gross disregard for the law and the dignity of its youngest clients, I believe that Planned Parenthood should be de-funded by the Federal government.

In Ohio, Planned Parenthood is being sued for failing to report the rape of a 16-year-old by her father. This is not the first time that center leaders have tried to bend age-related reporting requirements. Thirteen months ago, UCLA student Lila Rose appeared on the O’Reilly Factor stating the some Planned Parenthood centers attempt to hide child abuse or statutory rape by encouraging underage mothers to falsify their ages in order to receive an abortion.

Child abuse is not a reproductive freedom issue; it is an increasing serious problem in the nation today. Should those who have been entrusted with public funds be allowed to empower sexual predators to hide their crimes? The answer is obviously “no”! read more Townhall 6.23

California Planned Parenthood Spends 700K Against Parental Notice on Abortion

In order to defeat the proposal, Planned Parenthood abortion centers created the mis-named Campaign for Teen Safety.

As it has done in past years, Planned Parenthood abortion businesses in California are willing to shell out some of their abortion profits to make sure they can leave parents in the dark about teen abortions. They are, once again, spending heavily to defeat a parental notification measure.

Earlier this month, the California Secretary of State validated Sarah's Law, the latest version of the parental notification initiative, for the November 4 ballot.

Proponents submitted more than 1.2 million signatures on petitions seeking a third vote on adult involvement in minors' abortions, after Propositions 73 and 85 were narrowly defeated in 2005 and 2006. read more LifeNews 6.20

Another Study Suggests Planned Parenthood at Fault in Abortion Drug Deaths

Another study suggests Planned Parenthood is at fault in the deaths of women in the United States from the abortion drug RU 486. The abortion business had been telling women to use the drug in a different way than the FDA guidelines suggested and the study shows it contributed to the deaths.

So far, eight women have died from the use of the abortion drug, including women going to Planned Parenthood abortion centers in California.

Planned Parenthood had been telling women to use the abortion drug vaginally, even though the FDA indicated oral use is safer for women.

It wasn't until four California women all died within a week of using the abortion drug they received from Planned Parenthood abortion businesses that it changed its policy to conform to the FDA protocol. read more LifeNews 6.17

Planned Parenthood Teams Up With MoveOn.org Against McCain

When you watch Planned Parenthood's new viral Web ad, you may get a strong feeling of déjà vu. You might notice it has essentially the same premise as an ad -- starring actor John Cusack -- that was recently released by MoveOn.org, the liberal 527 group. That's because the two advocacy organizations are joining forces in a "kNOw McCain" campaign, to link the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to the views and policies of President George W. Bush. Actually, the Planned Parenthood ad takes it a step further, asserting that McCain is actually more anti-reproductive rights than Bush.

Like the MoveOn.org ad, Planned Parenthood invites viewers to take the Bush-McCain challenge. In the minute and a half-long spot, titled "Bush-McCain: Can you tell the difference?," people on the street are quizzed to see if they can pick which of the two Republicans holds a variety of views concerning family planning, sex education, birth control, and Roe vs. Wade -- the supreme court decision that guaranteed a woman's right to an abortion. Sometimes the answer is both, and sometimes it's just McCain.

From a Planned Parenthood press release:

Since he’s been in Washington during the past 25 years, Senator McCain has consistently voted against women’s health. From opposing funding for family planning programs to voting against requiring insurance coverage of birth control, McCain has taken extreme positions against women’s health and has not supported legislation that would help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and the need for abortion. This has earned him a zero rating from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the lowest rating possible in the U.S. Senate. Just as alarming, John McCain wants to overturn Roe v. Wade, potentially putting the lives and health of women in jeopardy. read more WashInd 6.14

Planned Parenthood Begins Process to Endorse Pro-Abortion Barack Obama

The nation's largest abortion business has begun the process necessary to endorse pro-abortion presidential candidate Barack Obama. Should Planned Parenthood endorse the Democrat, it would join pro-abortion groups like NARAL and Emily's List in doing so.

The board of directors of the pro-abortion group's political operation met on Friday and unanimously voted to recommend an endorsement for Obama.

Abortion business president Cecile Richards told the web site Politico that the endorsement now goes to local Planned Parenthood affiliates to ratify. In total, the process for finalizing the endorsement should take about two weeks.

Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood is rolling out its latest attack on John McCain, the eventual Republican nominee who opposes abortion.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Planned Parenthood has teamed up with the left-wing video group Brave New Films for a video that it will email to tens of thousands of its members across the country taking McCain to task for opposing abortion.

The abortion business hopes to target moderates and Republican women with the campaign to siphon voters who have traditionally liked McCain and push them into the Obama column. read more LifeNews 6.10

Obama Makes Promise to Planned Parenthood

The so-called Freedom of Choice Act could wipe away every state law limiting abortion.

Last year, presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., made a promise to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund:

"The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act," he said.

The so-called Freedom of Choice Act could wipe away every state law limiting abortion, undoing decades of legal work, research and educational successes.

Obama has co-sponsored the legislation with 18 other senators. The bill has the support of 109 members of Congress.

"Thirty-five years after Roe, abortion supporters, like Senator Obama, are dismayed that abortion remains a divisive issue and that their radical agenda has not been submissively accepted by the American public," writes Denise M. Burke, vice president of Americans United for Life.

"Rather than confronting legitimate issues concerning the availability and safety of abortion, they choose to blatantly ignore the concerns and interests of everyday Americans, as well as the growing evidence that abortion hurts women."

Day Gardner, president of the National Black Pro-Life Union, said even the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act could be overturned.

“This shows exactly how dangerous this man is to unborn children," he said. "We are killing off our children, and this is something we really have to pay attention to.” CitizenLink 6.9

Planned Parenthood Battles DA for Abortion Records

Some of the records related to an abortion battle raging in Kansas have been made public for the first time, revealing what Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline claims are falsified patient information and evidence of illegal late- term abortions.

The documents (with all identifying patient information blacked out) were submitted by Kline to the Kansas Supreme Court on May 28 in response to a civil lawsuit that Planned Parenthood's Kansas chapter and the state attorney general brought against him seeking the return of those and other abortion records in his custody.

Kline -- serving as Kansas attorney general in 2003 -- began investigating the Kansas chapter of Planned Parenthood at that time for suspected improper record-keeping and allegedly providing patients with illegal late-term abortions. read more CNSNews 6.5

Planned Parenthoods Obscene Profits

How about a Republican presidential candidate who will talk about the tax-subsidized abortion industry the way McCain talks about the oil industry?

In April, the annual report for Planned Parenthood Federation of America revealed that the abortion giant had a total income of $1.02 billion — with reported profits of nearly $115 million. Taxpayers kick in more than $336 million worth of government grants and contracts at both the state and federal levels. That’s a third of Planned Parenthood’s budget.

And what market-distorting results do we get for those government incentives? In 2006 alone: 289,750 abortions.

Oil execs, tobacco execs, banking execs, pharmaceutical-company execs, and baseball players have all been hauled up before Congress for highly publicized whippings by crusading lawmakers. But the executives of Planned Parenthood have escaped government scrutiny and public accountability for their predatory behavior, dangerous medical practices, deception, and deadly windfall. read more NationalReview

Habitat for Humanity affiliate ends cooperation with Planned Parenthood

A Florida Habitat for Humanity affiliate has ceased to cooperate with Planned Parenthood’s attempt to build a new abortion facility in Sarasota, Florida.

Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, wanted to open an abortion clinic in Sarasota, but due to zoning ordinances they were unable to do so. The obstacle seemed to have been overcome when Habitat for Humanity Sarasota agreed to purchase a Planned Parenthood property for $10 and to build housing on part of it.

The agreement would have bypassed city requirements preventing Planned Parenthood from obtaining an occupancy permit. City ordinances required a multifamily “liner” building to be constructed at the back of the property before a clinic could be opened at the front.

On Wednesday morning the American Life League (ALL) reportedly was informed that Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity of Sarasota, Inc., on Tuesday night voted to withdraw from the agreement. read more CNA 6.5

Habitat for Humanity in Florida Still Considering Helping

As LifeNews.com first reported, Planned Parenthood came up with a creative solution and sold the lot to Habitat for Humanity for $10.

A local Habitat for Humanity chapter accused of helping a Florida-based Planned Parenthood overcome a hurdle to building a new abortion business is still considering its decision. It appears the massive amount of calls and emails is helping, but some of them have been counterproductive.

Planned Parenthood has been looking to build a new abortion facility in the Rosemary District north of downtown Sarasota, Florida.

However, according to local zoning rules, the abortion business can't build the new center unless a multi-family housing unit is built on the back of the lot. The zoning board turned down a five-year extension since it is not a builder and couldn't find a buyer for the lot. read more LifeNews

Planned Parenthood Sued for $50 Million for Injuring Teen in Failed Abortion

A Planned Parenthood in the District of Columbia is the subject of a new lawsuit from the mother of a teenager injured in a botched abortion. The abortion involved a teenager who was a victim of rape and the abortion left her with significant medical problems.

Emma Jean Butler took her daughter Shantese Butler to Planned Parenthood Metropolitan on September 7, 2006 for an abortion after Shantese was a victim of sexual assault.

According to the lawsuit, Shantese Butler sustained significant physical damage as a result of the abortion.

The abortion resulted in severe abdominal bleeding, severe vaginal injury, severe injury to the cervix, significant uterine perforation, and a small bowel tear. As a result of the injuries, Butler will be unable to have biological children the rest of her life.

Additionally, parts of the unborn child were left inside Butler after a post-abortion examination conducted the next day.

Kristan Hawkins, the director of Students for Life of America, notified LifeNews.com of the lawsuit, filed on February 12, 2008, that seeks $50 million in damages. read more LifeNews 5.28

Habitat For Humanity Accused of Helping Planned Parenthood Abortion Center

The Christian non-profit housing ministry Habitat for Humanity stands accused of helping a Florida-based Planned Parenthood overcome a hurdle to building a new abortion business. A pro-life advocate says Planned Parenthood would have been stymied in building the new center without the group's help.

Planned Parenthood has been looking to build a new abortion facility in the Rosemary District north of downtown Sarasota.

However, according to local zoning rules, the abortion business can't build the new center unless a multi-family housing unit is built on the back of the lot.

According to Jim Sedlak of STOPP International, a Planned Parenthood watchdog group, the pro-abortion group approached the local planning board and asked for a five-year extension since it is not a builder and couldn't find a buyer for the lot.

The board denied the request and insisted Planned Parenthood obtain a building permit for the residential building.

Planned Parenthood came up with a creative solution and sold the lot to Habitat for Humanity for $10.

"So, Habitat for Humanity, an organization that claims to be a Christian ministry, is now working with Planned Parenthood," Sedlak told LifeNews.com.

"Habitat for Humanity said that this was only a real estate transaction, but Planned Parenthood could not have opened the abortion facility if the lot was not used for a residential building," he explained. "So, yes, for Humanity is helping Planned Parenthood open its doors."

LifeNews.com contacted officials with Habitat for Humanity and has not received a response for a request for comment.

Sedlak said the Sarasota City Commission met on May 5 and approved the plan to sell the land to Habitat.

He noted that a letter Planned Parenthood filed with the city said, "We are excited to have Habitat be a part of the Planned Parenthood team." LifeNews

Democrats Give Discount to Planned Parenthood

Thanks to a Democrat maneuver, Planned Parenthood will receive a discount from drug manufacturers in a bill designed to fund our troops.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate voted on an amendment to the War Supplemental Appropriations Bill. Democrats, led by Sen. Barack Obama, had inserted language to help Planned Parenthood into the domestic-spending portion of this troop-funding bill. The Senate passed the amendment 75-22.

The provision allows for groups like Planned Parenthood and university health centers to receive discounted prices from drug manufacturers for drugs like the morning-after pill, which may cause an early abortion.

"Planned Parenthood should not be receiving any federal assistance, and certainly not in a bill that’s designed to help our troops," said Ashley Horne, federal policy analyst for Focus on the Family Action.

Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, received $330 million in taxpayer money last year. CitizenLink 5.22

ADF: Planned Parenthood should surrender records after not reporting rape

ADF: Planned Parenthood should surrender records
after not reporting rape

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

Banks Urged to 'Come Clean' on Support of Planned Parenthood

Contact: Life Decisions International

FRONT ROYAL, Va., March 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- "Bank of America continues to play word games in an attempt to mislead consumers," said Douglas R. Scott, Jr., president of Life Decisions International (LDI). "And Wachovia is not any better than Bank of America." Both corporations appear on The Boycott List, which identifies corporate supporters of Planned Parenthood.

In November 2007, LDI sent a letter to Bank of America Foundation President Andrew Plepler, which addressed the issue:

"You write that Bank of America's involvement with Planned Parenthood is driven 'primarily' by its employees. You go on to write that Planned Parenthood is one of many groups that receive funding via Bank of America's Matching Gift Program...

"Once again, we will ask the same questions that Bank of America has refused to answer over the past several years. Is the Matching Gift Program the only way in which Planned Parenthood receives support from Bank of America or any related entity? Are local banks still allowed to support the abortion-committing group? Needless-to-say, it is your use of the word "primarily" that leaves us concerned.

"As you might expect, it is important that we leave no room for miscommunication or misunderstanding. Please respond to our questions very specifically--without ambiguity."

Scott said that Wachovia has told customers it has not made donations to Planned Parenthood for many years. Yet an article that appeared in The Weekly Standard late last year proved otherwise. "If what Wachovia has been telling customers were true, why won't someone at the corporation tell LDI the same story?" Scott asked. "We would simply ask a few questions, as we did with Bank of America, to be sure there is no room for misunderstanding due to vague rhetoric. Oddly, the Company will not give LDI the chance to ask such questions because no one will speak to us."

"We urge executives at Bank of America and Wachovia to come clean on this issue. The truth is surely not too much to ask," Scott said. Both Bank of America Corporation and Wachovia Corporation remain boycott targets. Wells Fargo, Chase and Northern Trust are some of the other financial institutions that are boycott targets due to their support of Planned Parenthood. see article

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, from 1882 to 1968, 3,446 African-Americans were lynched in the U.S. and that number is surpassed in three (3) days by abortion."

Issues4Life Foundation continues to crunch the numbers and finds, according to Dr. Clenard H. Childress, Jr. of BlackGenocide.org, about one-third of all abortions in America are performed on black women even though African-American women only represent 6% to 7% of the U.S. population according to the U.S. Census Report of 2006. The abortion ratio for black women is 2.9 times higher than the ratio for white women. Nearly 50 percent of all pregnancies among black women end in abortion while just 16 percent of pregnancies among white women end in abortion. read more PRWeb 3.4

Stopping Genocide: Planned Parenthood's Targeting of Alaska Natives

What most people don't know is that even tiny ethnic groups, especially if they are Catholic, are targeted by Planned Parenthood.

Most pro-lifers know that Planned Parenthood is in the business of targeting minorities.

Four out of five Planned Parenthood clinics are located in minority neighborhoods, with Blacks as the primary target. About one-third of all abortions are performed on blacks, even though they make up only 13 percent of the population. The organization, which receives over $300 million in government funding each year, even accepts contributions specifically designated for the elimination of black babies, as recently reported.

America's second minority, it's Hispanic population, is also the subject of undue attention. Planned Parenthood's deadly literature has been widely translated into Spanish, and traditional, conservative Hispanic communities have been leafleted. Spanish-speaking "outreach directors" have been hired to bring in Latinas, and in some cases are paid a bounty for each girl they bring in. They spend exorbitant sums of money spreading their message of death and lies to the Latino community. read more Catholic.org 3.4

Planned Parenthood of Idaho Backtracks on Apology for Racist Abortion Donation

After news surfaced earlier this week that Planned Parenthood of Idaho had accepted a donation from someone pretending to want it to go towards abortions on black babies, the abortion business initially apologized. Now, its main spokeswoman is criticizing the pro-life students that organized the investigation.

As LifeNews.com initially reported, pro-life students at UCLA organized a probe to find out if Planned Parenthood offices in seven states would accept racist donations.

PPI was one of the affiliates to accept it and Autumn Kersey, Vice-President of Marketing and Development for the pro-abortion group, laughed at the racist intent and called it "understandable." read more LifeNews 2.29

Congressmen Call for Defunding Planned Parenthood due to web-site porn directed to Teens

fter reviewing materials posted on Planned Parenthood's teenwire.com Web site at the request of Cybercast News Service, three House Republicans are calling for the termination of Planned Parenthood's federal funding. Among other things, teenwire promotes the use of pornography by teenagers.

Rep. Doug Lamborn (R.-Colo.) said teenwire "is another reason we should pull all federal funding from Planned Parenthood," a group that also performs abortions.

"There should be no money that goes to any Internet site that promotes promiscuity or sexual license in any way," Rep. Steve King (R.-Iowa) told Cybercast News Service. read more 2/28

Seven-State Investigation Organized By UCLA Students Shows Evidence of Racism at Planned Parenthood

A student magazine at UCLA, The Advocate, released phone recordings of Planned Parenthood staffers approving a donor's racist agenda, prompting students to begin a petition to request that UCLA administrators cut programs and affiliations with Planned Parenthood. The magazine conducted a seven-state probe to ascertain how Planned Parenthood development centers would respond to a caller who expressed explicitly racist motives behind his donation.

An actor, posing as a racist donor, called Planned Parenthood development centers and asked that his donation be used to abort African American babies in order to "lower the number of black people." Each branch agreed to process the racially earmarked donation, with some encouraging the racist motive behind it. None expressed concern about the racist reasoning for the donation.

When the actor stated in a phone conversation with an Idaho Planned Parenthood that "the less black kids out there the better," Director of Development Autumn Kersey called his position "understandable" and indicated she was excited to process his donation. An Ohio representative, Lisa Hutton, tells the donor, when informed of his racist agenda, that Planned Parenthood "will accept the money for whatever reason."

A student campaign, led by Lila Rose, sophomore at UCLA and Editor-in-chief of The Advocate, has begun petitioning UCLA to end ties with Planned Parenthood. read more ChristianNewsWire 2/27 view video

Planned Parenthood Web Site Advises Teens on Porn Use

Teenwire.com, the Planned Parenthood Web site that says it was created "to provide medically accurate sexual health information for teens on the Internet," is advising teens that viewing pornography is a normal and "safer" way of enjoying sex.

In a 2007 article, "Birth Control Choices for Teens," the writer for the Planned Parenthood site tells readers about "Outercourse."

"Many couples can read or watch sexy stories or pictures together," the article states. "They can also share or act out sex fantasies. People do it in person, on the phone, surfing the Internet or through e-mail instant messaging." read more CNSNews 2/26

Dr. Alveda King: "Planned Parenthood, Stop Using and Lying to My Family"

Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., today decried Planned Parenthood's use of her uncle's image and words on its website.

"Planned Parenthood is no stranger to deception. I know firsthand because prior to my abortion, a Planned Parenthood doctor told me that my baby was just a 'blob of tissue,'" said Dr. King. "Now, Planned Parenthood lies by trying to imply that my uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would somehow endorse the organization today. He most certainly would not."

"Uncle Martin accepted an award from Planned Parenthood in 1966 when abortion was illegal in every state and before Planned Parenthood started publicly advocating for it," continued Dr. King. "In Planned Parenthood's own citation for Uncle Martin's prize, not only is no mention of abortion made, it states that 'human life and progress are indeed indivisible.' In 1966, neither the general public nor my uncle was aware of the true agenda of Planned Parenthood, an agenda of death that has become painfully obvious as the years have unfolded." read more Christian Newswire 2/25

Dr. Laura: Planned UNParenthood is Anti-Family

Talk about dangerous and destructive! A Johnson County (Kansas) grand jury is investigating Planned “Un”Parenthood to determine whether the abortion provider complies with Kansas laws on parental notification and the 24-hour waiting period.

The grand jury panel has asked for medical records of sixteen women who had abortions in 2003. Planned Parenthood is refusing to turn them over, claiming patient privacy right violations. However, the grand jury wants the following patient information: date of birth, date of last menstruation, dates and times of medical procedures, and notifications and/or consultations with patients. The grand jury is not asking for any patient-identifying information like name, social security number, address, phone numbers or next of kin - they can be eliminated before the information is sent on to them. So much for patient privacy violations.

Additionally (according to the Kansas City Star), charges allege that Planned Parenthood performed illegal later-term abortions in 2003 and falsified, forged, and failed to maintain related records.

The ACLU and Planned Parenthood are also pushing San Diego’s school board to end long-standing policies which require parental notification when students are pregnant and contemplating abortion, and parental consent before students leave campus, including trips to abortion clinics. The ACLU and Planned Parenthood are claiming that this violates the privacy rights of students and that the mentality is “antiquated and dangerous.” read more DrLauraBlog 2/20

New York Planned Parenthood to Build New Facility With $350,000 in Tax Funds

A local Planned Parenthood in the Schenectady area is planning to build a new facility and will use $350,000 in taxpayer funding to do it. Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson is seeking approval from the state to build the new center on state Route 30 that won't do abortions but will refer women for them.

PPMH CEO Paul Drisgula announced the plans to build the new facility on Thursday, and it will distribute birth control and do non-abortion reproductive health care.

However, pro-life groups say the legitimate health services Planned Parenthood includes are a way to cover the fact that it is the nation's largest abortion business. read more LifeNews 2/22

Odd Alliance: PP and Catholic Church Oppose NH abortion bill

Representatives from the Catholic Diocese of Manchester and NARAL Pro-Choice New Hampshire found themselves in an odd spot at the State House yesterday: agreeing in opposition to an abortion bill. Odder still, the state's biggest reproductive care provider, Planned Parenthood, was pitted against many of its pro-choice allies.

The bill, sponsored by several Democratic state senators, would require a girl under the age of 17 to have a counseling session with a doctor, nurse or other licensed professional before obtaining an abortion. At a hearing yesterday, supporters say the legislation would provide a state standard for what, by all accounts, abortion clinics already do. Some opponents say the bill is aimed at giving cover to Democrats on the contentious issue of abortions for minors, an argument backers rejected yesterday.

Some opponents, like Dianne Murphy Quinlan of the diocese, argued that the bill would put health care workers in a role that should be played by a girl's parents. Others, from NARAL and from the Feminist Health Centers in Concord and Portsmouth, argued that by legislating what happens in a doctor's office, the bill would lead to increases in staffing costs and litigation. read more ConcordMonitor 2/20

Emergency Contraception Giveaway Called 'Irresponsible'

An Indiana pro-life group is upset over a plan by local Planned Parenthoods to offer free emergency contraception in cities with large college populations.

Planned Parenthood of Indiana announced that beginning Feb. 26 it will offer doses of emergency contraception at 10 of its centers within the state. T

According to Planned Parenthood, the "Free EC Day" was timed to remind young people of the importance of responsible sexual behavior as spring break nears for many Indiana colleges and universities.

Despite the disclaimer, Indiana Right to Life executive director Mike Fichter told the South Bend Tribune on Friday that he believes the actions by Planned Parenthood are "irresponsible."

"This is all about Planned Parenthood gaining free advertising to build its customer base among sexually active teens," Fichter stated. "When Planned Parenthood's message of sex without consequences results in a new life that is not terminated by the EC drug, the next step is the selling of more profitable surgical abortions at one of Planned Parenthood's three abortion clinics in Indiana."

"They're giving kids a false sense of security for those who are potentially going to engage in risky sexual behavior," said Fichter. Christian Post 2/18 read more

YouTube apologizes, restores pro-life video

After media coverage and numerous protests for removing a pro-life video report critical of a Planned Parenthood advertisement, the video-sharing site YouTube.com has apologized and restored the video to its site.

In its apology, YouTube blamed the video’s removal on a “technical malfunction.”

The video in question criticized Planned Parenthood’s “Mile High” advertisement that used an airplane setting to encourage recreational sex and contraceptive use. The American Life League (ALL) video displayed clips of the risqué advertisement, which is also posted on YouTube. CNA 2/15 read more

Chastity: The Anti-Planned Parenthood Way

Feb. 14 is one of the most romantic days out of the year. For those who celebrate St. Valentine's Day, red roses and chocolates are usually the most popular gifts given and received.

However, there are others in this country that rather use this time of sending sweets and love letters, and make it into a holiday that has nothing to do with love. Planned Parenthood has perverted the meaning of love and is using this day to celebrate what it calls "National Condom Day."

Planned Parenthood not only promotes "National Condom Day," but it also uses this time of year to declare a "National Condom Week" and a "National Condom Month." It turns romantic St. Valentine's Day into an entire month pushing its birth control products, abortions and sick agenda. CNSNews 2/15 read more

How Planned Parenthood Uses Religion to Push Its Agenda

On January 22, Planned Parenthood in Schenectady, N.Y., had a member of the clergy hold a service to bless its new abortion facility in that city. It sounds incredible, but it wasn''t an isolated incident. It is the result of a specific strategy by Planned Parenthood.

This strategy was manifested at Planned Parenthood''s 2007 Annual Conference and Health Care Institute in California. During the four-day event, the catch phrase buzzing around the hallways was, "Planned Parenthood: Pro-choice, Pro-woman, Pro-faith."

To emphasize this theme, there were several program events, including a "Clergy Interfaith Prayer Breakfast," where attending clergy felt the need to support "reproductive justice" as part of their so-called social justice ministry. In addition, there was a "Come Meet the Clergy" forum to meet and speak with the PPFA Clergy Advisory Board. There was even a workshop about organizing pro-abortion clergy in communities. read more CWN 2/12

Video Report Exposing Planned Parenthood Pulled by YouTube

On Monday morning, American Life League (ALL) was informed by YouTube that one of its exposé videos on Planned Parenthood was evicted from their for its “inappropriate nature.” Strangely enough, the ad that the ALL was criticizing remains on YouTube.

The banned report explains how a Planned Parenthood commercial helps encourage recreational sex, which ALL’s Michael Hichborn told CNA, “helps their bottom line”.

“All we did in our video report was show a couple of clips from Planned Parenthood’s ‘Mile High’ ad and illustrate how it was nothing more than a part of Planned Parenthood’s effort to encourage recreational sex,” said Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League. “If there was anything inappropriate in our report, it came from Planned Parenthood’s ad, and yet their ad remains while ours is removed.”

The "Mile High” ad features a homosexual flight attendant named Stephen who cruises the aisles, showering young passengers with contraceptives. The commercial closes with the cabin lights dimming, party music blaring, Stephen sitting on the pilot's lap and saying, “On behalf of Planned Parenthood airlines you are now free to make sweet, sweet love.” read more CNA 2/12

Planned Parenthood Radio Ad Bashes John McCain for Opposing Abortion

Planned Parenthood has joined its colleague NARAL in launching an attack on John McCain because of his pro-life position and voting record against abortion. However, the abortion business went further by airing the first advertisement blasting McCain and saying he would oppose abortion as president.

The 60-second ad started on Sunday and will air in the Washington, D.C. area through Tuesday as voters in Maryland, Virginia and the nation's capital head to the polls in the next Republican primaries.

In the ad, Planned Parenthood's Action Fund says McCain has voted against abortion throughout his entire career and supports overturning Roe v. Wade, which allowed unlimited abortions. read more LifeNews 2/11

California Planned Parenthood Will Fight Parents Right To Be Informed When Minor Seeking Abortion

Ever since the ruling of Roe v. Wade in 1973, California teens have had the same legal access to abortion as adults. Planned Parenthood and other pro-choice advocates are working to defeat the initiative and maintain the status quo.

“I expect it will qualify, as it did the first two times,” said Pennington, director of Parents Right to Know California and ordained Protestant minister. “Persistence is everything.”

Over 30 states currently have parental notification laws, Pennington said. The Pregnancy Resource Center of Santa Cruz, although it does not provide abortion, offers equally anonymous and confidential services for minors and adults. Clients of the center range from 13 to 57, according to executive director Ted Pickerrell. Friends of Sarah, the organization behind the initiative, argues that as minors cannot receive flu shots, aspirin or have cavities filled without parental notification, abortion should be no exception.

This initiative is not the solution, said Kathy Kneer, CEO and president of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California.

“These laws don’t do what they promise to do,” Kneer said. The threat of sexual predators is used to manipulate voters, she said. She pointed out that the initiative does not address the issue of older men who do not take teenagers to have an abortion — or even those who have sex without getting the teen girl pregnant.

While the movement behind the initiative has less funding than Planned Parenthood, it has a head start, Kneer said. cityonthehillpress read more

Planned Parenthood Propaganda Cartoon

Features pro-life demonstrators as Christian bigots

This is a very disturbing cartoon churned out by Planned Parenthood of San Francisco.

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Planned Parenthood Tries to Get U.S. Pro-Life Ads Booted From Radio Stations

Planned Parenthood's Golden Gate chapter (PPGG) is trying to have pro-life radio spots by the USCCB removed, claiming that they spread "lies" and "gross inaccuracies" about abortion.

Second Look Project, an awareness campaign sponsored by the USCCB, is running a number of radio and print ads, including one entitled "Heartbeat".

The radio ad begins with the thumping sound of a heartbeat:

"Hear that?" says the announcer. "It's the heartbeat of an infant in the womb at six months. His heart's beating at about 140 beats per minute. If he were born right now, his chances of survival would be greater than 50%."

"But even today, his mother could choose to have an abortion…Each year, more than 18,000 babies who are already in the 5th month of pregnancy are aborted. And it's legal. Roe vs. Wade says you can choose to have an abortion for virtually any reason, at any time, right up through the 9th month. It's been over 30 years since Roe vs. Wade, and now one in every four pregnancies ends in abortion."

The ad concludes, "Have we gone too far?" and then gives the information for the Second Look website.

The criticism against the ad campaign has taken the form of complaints from watchdog groups and outright vandalism against the print ads. In 2006 the Second Look Project in San Francisco had so many of its signs vandalized that it went through all the extra signs that were made, and eventually had to print more. read more LifeSite 1/28
Listen to the ads: http://www.secondlookproject.org/tslp_radio.html

Planned Parenthood to Spend $10 million Pushing "Pro-Abortion'' Candidates

For the first time, abortion-rights advocate Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. is launching a major effort to elect pro-abortion-rights candidates to Congress and the White House in November.

The nation's largest reproductive-health-care provider plans to spend $10 million in hopes of persuading one million people to vote for abortion-rights candidates in the 2008 election. Planned Parenthood will roll out its election plans today to mark the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade that made abortion legal. 1/22

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Missouri: Kline Implies Planned Parenthood May Have Altered Records

Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline is questioning whether Planned Parenthood altered patient records before turning them over to a judge as part of an earlier criminal investigation.

The allegations arose Wednesday during a court hearing as Kline argued for disqualifying two attorneys who are representing Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri in its current criminal case on abortion-related charges.

American Life League: Planned Parenthood Promotes Recreational Sex ...

The American Life League slammed Planned Parenthood Golden Gate's latest ad campaign,
describing their new" safe sex" ad as a promotion tool for new abortions and took strong
exception to the fact that the campaign was paid for with taxpayer dollars.

"Planned Parenthood says it promotes sexual health, but in reality, it's just promoting recreational sex," said American Life League vice president Jim Sedlak. Planned Parenthood Golden Gate recently released the ad campaign to be aired on MTV, VH-1, and Comedy Central. The campaign is centered on Planned Parenthood Golden Gate's so-called Mile High Club.

Sedlak explained, "Planned Parenthood makes one third of its income by providing contraceptives and abortions. It promotes recreational sex to keep demand for their business high."

The Mile High Club is a slang term used to describe people who engage in" safer sex" aboard
an airplane at least one mile above the earth's surface. "Planned Parenthood calls this humor; we call it vulgar."

"By linking itself to the Mile High Club, Planned Parenthood's message is loud and clear," said Sedlak.
"It is telling kids in the 18-24 age bracket to 'Have sex! It's fun.' In reality, Planned Parenthood is just trolling for more business. "

"What most people probably do not know is that ads such as these are paid for with taxpayer money," said Sedlak."The Federal Government gives at least $305 million annually to Planned Parenthood. This must end!

American Life League is continuing its call to American taxpayers to sign the online petition at
www.StopPlannedParenthoodTaxFunding.com and contact state and federal elected officials to cut
Planned Parenthood off from our wallets!"

For more information on how to stop Planned Parenthood, go to www.all.org/planopen.htm.

Planned Parenthood Entices Teens with
"Mile High Club"

"The organization's shameless promotion of its attempts to influence teenagers with a morally reprehensible TV spot is just another reason why all taxpayer funding of the group should be yanked immediately," said Jim Sedlak, executive director of American Life League's STOPP International.

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Planned Parenthood: Trusted Health Provider or Greedy Abortion Business?

Planned Parenthood prominently displays phrases such as “trusted local provider of health information and services” on many of its affiliates’ web sites. Do its actions back up its words?

In August 2007 Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri joined legal action to prevent enforcement of a new Missouri law. What did that law demand? The law requires abortion clinics to comply with the same health standards as other medical clinics. Planned Parenthood stated the stringent requirements could result in the closing of abortion businesses that are unable to comply.

The implication of this point is that abortionists should not be required to comply with safety codes if they might be forced to close locations that do not meet health standards. In other words, abortion availability trumps safety considerations for Planned Parenthood. Does this action seem consistent for a “trusted” health care provider? Should this condescending attitude assure women that Planned Parenthood really has concern for their safety?

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Planned Parenthood Wishes Members "Choice onEarth," No Christmas Cards

Planned Parenthood sent an email "holiday" greeting on Friday to its pro-abortion members nationwide with the message "Choice on Earth." Surprisingly, the nation's largest abortion business has yet to promote sales of its Christmas cards with the same offensive message.

The greeting comes from Cecile Richards, the president of the pro-abortion group.

"As I reflect upon the past year and consider the next, I can't help but feel a sense of good will," Richards writes. "Good will toward the women, men, and families that we serve. Good will toward you, my Planned Parenthood family."

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Planned Parenthood calls for Missouri Governor to disband abortion task force

Planned Parenthood affiliates in Missouri called on Gov. Matt Blunt to disband his “Task Force on the Impact of Abortion on Women,” calling it a “sham” organization whose true objective is to ban abortion in Missouri.
"The task force is made up of 14 members, all of whom are anti-abortion and represent organizations that oppose legal abortion.

The task force began – at the governor’s behest – with the ideological conclusion that “abortion hurts women” and is limiting their research to works that support this conclusion, with no differing views being solicited, Planned Parenthood said."

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Aborting the Truth

There is deception behind taxpayer funded-abortion clinics.

Planned Parenthood has been caught in a tangled web. Life Dynamics, a pro-life group that researches the abortion industry, conducted a study of the Planned Parenthood-affiliated facilities across the country to determine if their staff consistently fails to report cases of statutory rape.

According to Life Dynamics, over 90 percent of the facilities verbally acknowledged the situation was illegal yet readily agreed to conceal the illegal sexual activity from the police, and gave the caller instructions on how to circumvent the law. This translates to “accessory to crime” in my book. -Jennifer Giroux, NRO

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