- The Social Footprints of Contraception
The Church's teaching on sexuality that lies behind its teaching that contraception is intrinsically immoral is dazzlingly beautiful.
Many people whose understanding has been clouded by the corruption of our culture have difficulty understanding it.
09/ 04/08 - Teen Sex? Please Do! - Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood, the billion dollar corporate abortion mill, has taken indecency to a whole new level and is using your taxpayer dollars to do so.
09/ 03/08 - Johnny's Got a New Girl
The risk John McCain took last Friday is comparable to the 72-year-old ex-fighter pilot knocking back two shots and flying his A-4 under the Golden Gate Bridge.
McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his co-pilot was the biggest gamble in presidential history. As of now, it is paying off, big-time.
09/ 03/08 - A Chicken in Every Pot and the Pill on Every Nightstand
During my last pregnancy, I qualified for excellent, free state medical insurance because of our lower income. My husband is in graduate school for a while. This insurance coverage is part of the state's healthy start program for pregnant women and young kids.
09/ 02/08 - Who is Govenor Sarah Palin?
Women and Men across America are cheering the VP pick of John McCain. Here a look at who she is...
08/ 31/08 - PELOSI DENIES CATHOLICISM OPPOSES ABORTION
When asked about when life begins Pelosi answered "...what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the Church have not been able to make that definition.”
08/ 26/08 - Planned Parenthood Abortion Center Closes Instead of Following New Law
Monday was the first day that Planned Parenthood, which operates the only abortion business in South Dakota, had to comply with a new state law telling women the truth about abortion. Rather than tell women abortion kills children and has numerous risks, Planned Parenthood closed its doors.
07/ 22/08 - Planned Parenthood Needs More Scrutiny
Last year, Planned Parenthood performed more than 250,000 abortions, which account for about 1 in 5 of our country's total. Of all abortions, those performed for black women accounted for about a third of the procedures. It's also worth noting that a majority of Planned Parenthood's clinics are in minority neighborhoods.
07/ 15/08 - Black pro-lifers to ask NAACP to oppose taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood
Day Gardner: Planned Parenthood has basically bought off Barack Obama
07/ 15/08 - Black Pro-Lifers Demand Parties Refuse Planned Parenthood Funding
Democratic and Republican candidates must reject donations from Planned Parenthood this election year, and Congress should end all federal funding for the abortion provider, according to black pro-life leaders who held two press conferences last week in Washington, D.C., at Democratic and Republican Party Committee headquarters.
07/ 03/08 - Your Tax Money at Work Funding Abortions
For the last few decades, evangelicals repeatedly have mobilized and demonstrated to oppose the operation of abortion clinics. Over the years, many have believed that being anti-abortion had become a litmus test for their support of politicians and policies, which vie for evangelical votes.
07/ 03/08 - Inconvenient Truth for MSM: Black Ministers March Against Planned Parenthood
Exit poll after exit poll in election after election shows the Democratic Party is staunchly supported by an overwhelming majority of African-American voters, many of whom are much more socially conservative on issues like abortion than their party leadership.
07/ 03/08 - Candidates warned against Planned Parenthood money
Corporation's willingness to accept race-based contributions cited
07/ 02/08 - From our friends at KFL
Press release from Kansas for Life
06/ 27/08 - Planned Parenthood: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
During the last few years, everyone in the nation has come to understand that things are not always the way they appear with individuals or organizations. While all of us struggle to live up to our ideals, some groups live permanently in the land of personal or professional compromise.
06/ 23/08
Planned Parenthood Needs More Scrutiny
By Brent Castillo
Wichita Eagle
We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We do not want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.
So wrote Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, in a letter in 1939 to Clarence Gamble, a partner in her plan to promote birth control and abortions in the black community.
In spite of numerous quotes such as the one above, Planned Parenthood denies that Sanger was a racist. But it should be no surprise that some black ministers are suspicious of the motives of our nation's largest abortion provider. Several of them recently held a march in Washington, D.C., to ask the Democratic and Republican parties not to take donations from Planned Parenthood.
"It's an anti-civil rights act to support Planned Parenthood," said Alveda King, niece of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. When she was young, she had two abortions, including one at a Planned Parenthood facility.
Last year, the organization performed more than 250,000 abortions, which account for about 1 in 5 of our country's total. Of all abortions, those performed for black women accounted for about a third of the procedures. It's also worth noting that a majority of Planned Parenthood's clinics are in minority neighborhoods.
According to the group's latest financial report, abortion is making Planned Parenthood some big money. For the first time, it recorded revenues of $1 billion, and of that, more than $300 million was donated by you, the American taxpayer, through government programs. To ensure its piece of the taxpayer's pie, the organization is planning to donate $10 million in this election cycle to pro-choice candidates.
"Planned Parenthood admits that it made over $100 million in profits last year from its businesses," said King. "There's no reason, none at all, for Congress to be giving our money to a billion-dollar enterprise like Planned Parenthood that preys on women and targets African-Americans and other minorities with its deadly offerings."
The organization faced a big controversy after a pro-life group made calls last summer to Planned Parenthood affiliates in several states. The callers posed as racist donors who wanted to fund abortions for blacks. In at least two cases, the Planned Parenthood employees were willing to accept the money.
Planned Parenthood apologized for how those calls were handled. It also stated in a press release that "Planned Parenthood believes that all women and men have equal rights and should have access to preventive health care. Planned Parenthood firmly and unequivocally denounces racial bias in the delivery of health care."
But given its track record, Planned Parenthood demands scrutiny, and the taking of nascent life should be a concern that transcends party politics.
"I'm sick of hearing this is a Republican issue," said Day Gardner, president of the National Black Pro-Life Union. "For children killed or maimed by abortion, it's a life-and-death issue."