Defund Planned Parenthood

When our webmaster, Christa Parrish-Patterson, told me I needed a blog to keep current issues in the forefront and to keep people using our site, I was a little worried that I wouldn't have anything to write about. I'm happy to report that I only have to open my daily mail or to look at our home page and I can find at least ten things to write about.

Schenectady County Right to Life's Jan.-Apr., 2007 News-Briefs, has a very informative article about Planned Parenthood. The article is used with permission.

"Planned Parenthood of America, in their annual report for their fiscal year ending June 30, 2005 reported that business was good and profitable! The parent organization for 120 affiliates operating 860 'health centers' located throughout the U.S., operating under the twin euphemisms of 'Women's Health', and 'Family Planning', reported their clinics had performed 255,015 abortions, an increase of 9,923 over the previous year. Incidentally, they also made 1,414 referrals to other agencies for adoption, a decrease of 360 from the previous year. Of their total revenue of $882 million, 39% was clinic income, 31% was government grants and contracts and 25% was private contributions. Excess of revenue over expenses was $63 million even though expenses include $97 million for management and $42 million for fundraising.

Among their Vision for 2025 Goals, they list such objectives as:

• Become an authoritative voice on bioethical standards.
• Build the largest donor and citizen activist base of any social movement in this country.
• Be more politically active.
• Expand globally.

In October of 2006, Planned Parenthood of America acquired a new President, Cecile Richards. Mrs. Richards has very good political connections, having been the former Deputy Chief of Staff for the new Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and is credited by some as being vital to Pelosi's ascension as the first woman Democratic leader of the House of Representatives.

During a June address to the progressive group, Take Back America, Richards said: "We have the potential to swing the vote in 2006, 2008 and 2010, and that's a lot of power. The question is, 'What are we going to do with it?' And the answer is, 'We're going to use it. We're going to marry our current reality as the largest reproductive healthcare provider in this country with our opportunity to be the largest kickass advocacy organization in the country . . . . . We're taking on the opponents of choice in the states and the districts where they live. Planned Parenthood is going to become more political so that healthcare can become less politicized' ".

Public funding of Planned Parenthood in 2005 equaled 273.42 million dollars of tax payer's money. The loss of innocent human life is appalling. I'm happy to say that through prayer and political activism on our side their plan will totally fail.

We must pray and act. Pray: Set the Blood of Jesus against the above agenda. Cast it down in Jesus' Name and render it null and void in Jesus' Name. Act: Go to the ACLJ website, http://www.aclj.org/, and click on 'Latest Video' on the top of the screen, OR 'on Television' on the middle right hand side of the screen. You will see a terrific video about Planned Parenthood and partial-birth abortion. You will be able to sign a petition to Defund Planned Parenthood. 1-877-989-2255

The numbers in the SCRTL article are a little bit different than the ones in the video but the article is based on 2005 statistics. Please visit the ACLJ site, watch the video and make the phone call.

Blessings and love~