Planned Parenthood (feminists/humanist branch of the left) Launches FRC Attack

Just when you thought Planned Parenthood couldn't sink any lower, the organization
sends an email to supporters that uses Mother's Day as a rallying cry for abortion
rights. PP president Cecile Richards wrote about how proud she is to carry on her
mom's legacy of "defending women's rights" but says there's one group standing in
her way--FRC. In her words, "On Wednesday, the extreme right-wing Family Research
Council will deliver petitions to the White House with the express goal of totally
defunding 'groups like Planned Parenthood.' What's worse... the Bush
administration... will be inside to receive them with open arms." Richards, who has
the audacity to invoke the "legacy of our mothers [and]... daughters" as reason to
fight us, is feeling the heat of our campaign. The email shows her significant
concern over your participation in the effort to defund Planned Parenthood's
abortion operations. Richards and her staff know that the charges against their
organization are not o nly mounting but also motivating Congress to reconsider its
annual $305 million investment. Allegations of fraud, reports of statutory rape
cover-ups, the documented racism of several state branches, and clinical
deficiencies are pushing leaders' support for Planned Parenthood to the brink. If
our efforts are successful, your hard-earned tax dollars will no longer line the
pockets of America's largest abortion trafficker. FRC is also leading the charge to
encourage the White House to change the nation's Title X regulations. If President
Bush agrees, U.S. funds would no longer be used to promote and facilitate abortion.
Instead, federally-supported "family planning" clinics would be completely separated
from abortion services. Perhaps then Richards would stop and reflect on what
Mother's Day truly means to the millions of would-be moms who, because of her
clinics, will never hold the child whose life ended inside the clinic walls.

Additional Resources
Planned Parenthood E-Newsletter: May 2008