Planned Parenthood's latest teen web site most offensive yet

Dawn peers into the lion's den (again):

American Life League reports on Planned Parenthood's latest teen Web site, TakeCareDownThere.org (see video here).

As usual, ALL errs on the side of restraint, demurring from showing the most offensive material on the site. In plain fact, TakeCareDownThere.org, which is run by Planned Parenthood's Pacific Northwest chapter Planned Parenthood Columbia Williamette, is so gratuitously exploitative of underage teenagers that it makes the national organization's Teenwire look like Abstinence Clearinghouse by comparison.

I am sorry to be in the position of recommending you view the site. It is especially not for those who practice what Christians call "custody of the eyes" (and ears). But, because TakeCareDownThere is a taxpayer-funded site that targets children, I believe it is important to have an idea of just what Planned Parenthood is promoting. The site's pro-promiscuity agenda is truly degrading to human beings in general and children in particular.

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PP received 336.7 million dollars of our taxpayer money last year.

The ugly side of Feminist blogging

Regular readers know that I occasionally read some of the more popular "feminist" blogs, to see what the other side is saying. Sometimes they make good points or valid observations.

Other times, however, you realize what a gulf separates you. For instance, when a regular contributor starts offering her personal "feminist porn" picks, and begins her post with the following disclaimer:

Warning: May not be safe for work…unless you are like me and work at Planned Parenthood. :)

Doesn't that just speak volumes?

Needless to say, I knew there was nothing to be gleaned from the rest of that post. I had learned my lesson.

Jill Stanek asks pro-lifers to "Stand with Phill"

And I join her:

The KS primary election is in less than 3 weeks.

The most watched and important race is for Johnson Co. District Attorney Republican nominee: Phill Kline vs. the establishment opponent who will drop the only criminal case in the U.S. against Planned Parenthood.

As many of you have followed, Kline filed 107 charges against Comprehensive Health of PP of KS and Mid-MO in October 2007.

Since then PP has wielded all its influence in a state run under pro-abortion Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to delay the evidence from ever getting before a jury. PP's plan: run out the clock on Kline's term in office. Kline has courageously fought against overwhelming odds to enforce the law against this $1 billion abortion cartel.

Now, Kline needs the help of the nationwide pro-life community. There is no one else but us. The only way Kline can get his message of truth out is to go around the Kansas City Star with a final days, aggressive, multi-faceted ad campaign. (Recall KCS has pounded Kline since the day he took office, reearning the "Maggie Award" PP gave it in 2006 for helping unseat Kline in the Attorney General's race.)

Phill needs to raise $300,000 in a week. To reach that goal, StandwithPhill.com has launched a "$50 for Phill" campaign. 6,000 people or families must contribute. Please be one. View this inspiring video of Kline's long battle to bring PP to justice and then participate in the "$50 for Phill" campaign to help him get his word out around the liberal media. If Kline doesn't win on August 5, the 5 year battle to get the only criminal case against PP will be lost forever.

There are encouraging signs. [Read about them here.]

Breaking: Abortion clinic dumpster yields incriminating evidence

God Bless the Dumpster Divers.

Jill Stanek has the coverage.

Dr. Monica Migliorino Miller ("triple-M", for short) has long been active in MI pro-life.

Where she goes, the right kind of trouble follows.

update: related from LifeNews:

A former Planned Parenthood official has filed a lawsuit against affiliates in California saying they overcharged the state hundreds of millions of dollars on birth control. P. Victor Gonzalez says the abortion business fired him because he raised concerns about the illegal practices.

Gonzalez says his own internal audit estimates that Planned parenthood overcharged California taxpayers for purchasing birth control by at least $180 million.

The radical feminists are complaining that this is "another headline that fits squarely with [pro-life] talking points". Well, how many headlines will it take before people admit that abortion clinics are ruthless, predatory organizations?

When the talking points line up with reality, maybe they are more than talking points.

Video: Planned Parenthood Racism Investigation

Because it's always more effective to hear it and see it:



Previous and related posts on Planned Parenthood here.

[ph/t: Hot Air.]

Keep Planned Parenthood funding in VA cut off!

This is an important story. I don't have time at present to pursue it fully, but briefly:

• The Virginia Senate voted yesterday to cut off state aid to Planned Parenthood
• PP, in response, is now mobilizing their significant resources to fight the decision
• LifeSiteNews reports and points to this site in Virginia: http://familyfoundation.org
• ProLifeBlogs has coverage, and notes that PP has sent an action notice to its supporters
• An example of the misinformation being spread available in this post at RH Reality Check

People more directly connected to this situation than I are welcome to continue coverage in the comment box.

Kansas D.A. Phill Kline wins victory over Planned Parenthood cover-up

The AP reports:

A Planned Parenthood clinic in suburban Kansas City will turn over a limited number of patient records to a grand jury investigating abortions there, a clinic attorney said Friday.

A grand jury issued a subpoena to the Comprehensive Health in Overland Park clinic last month demanding the records of 16 patients. The clinic has been battling Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline, an anti-abortion crusader, over whether the subpoena should be enforced.

After a hearing over the dispute Friday in Johnson County District Court, an attorney for the clinic, Pedro Irigonegaray, said it would turn over records for 16 patients that pertain to two restrictions on abortions under Kansas law.

I heard Phill Kline speak at the 2008 Blogs for Life conference hosted by the Family Research Council on January 22nd and here is a video of his presentation. Jill Stanek has a report:

10:45a, EST: KS District Attorney Phill Kline is up. What a guy. You'll recall I've been blogging lately about AG Paul Morrison, who recently had to resign in disgrace due to revelations of an affair with a subordinate. Morrison replaced Kline.

Kline is discussing a new frontier in the pro-life movement, prosecuting abortion clinics for underage abortions. Every underage abortion is evidence of rape or incest. Every state has laws against this. Yet abortion has become a haven for rapists. PP and the ACLU strive to protect minor "rights of privacy".

Kline says we bloggers have tools at hand to uncover complicit abortion mills by finding out the number of underage abortions facilities have reported compared to grant requests, etc.

Jill has been covering the Kansas situation at-length for some time. Dawn Eden as well.

I'm crossing my fingers that this is the first of many more legal victories against Planned Parenthood.

Backstory:

• Excellent case history by Ericka Andersen posted here at Human Events
• Operation Rescue links the an 80-page court document (PDF). Their related posts here.
• LifeNews: Women's Group Worries Kansas Abortion Centers Hiding Statutory Rape

Related:

• WaPo: A Kansan With Conviction
• Wikipedia's Phill Kline entry for general information
• I believe the 40 Days for Life blog has coverage, but right now it appears to be down

[ph/t: Hot Air]

update: Colin Mason of Population Research International writes: "In Defense of Phill Kline."

Planned Parenthood prepares students for spring break with "Free EC Day"

What better way to prepare for spring break than stocking up on massive doses of artificial hormones?

"Emergency Contraception Giveaway Called 'Irresponsible" in today's Christian Post reports that Planned Parenthood of Indiana has announced a "Free EC (= emergency contraception) Day" at its various clinics.

Mike Fichter of local Indiana Right to Life observes:

"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."

Local reporting on the protests being organized against "Free EC Day" here and here.

On the PP of Indiana website, "Every woman deserves the chance to prevent an unintended pregnancy!"

What else is on the upcoming Indiana PP event calendar?

Their 5th Annual “Gathering of Goddesses and Gods”, an "evening of pampering, purchasing and partying" where attendees "Relax, rejuvenate and enjoy spa treatments, psychic readings and much more while [they] pamper your palate with wine and Greek hors d'oeuvres." They even had dancing girls last year, as you can see.

The proceeds of the revelry go towards the good cause of assisting "low-income women with critical reproductive health services".

Those pagans sure know how throw a great party.

And I do mean pagans.

[photos: ppin.org]

YouTube reverses ALL decision, claims "technical malfunction"

As reported on Tuesday, YouTube pulled an American Life League video for being offensive when the all it did was excerpt various Planned Parenthood TV ad segments (the PP advert, meanwhile, was not removed).

I just got an email from ALL saying that YouTube has reversed its decision:

After numerous articles and pressure from Catholic and online media, Google-sponsored YouTube cited a “technical malfunction” as the reason American Life League’s pro-life video was censored by YouTube staff.

... Praising the YouTube decision, Sedlak commented “We are pleased that YouTube has reversed their decision to remove our video. Our ALL News Report was neither objectionable nor inappropriate. While it is unfortunate that YouTube chose this tactic in the first place, it is encouraging to note that they corrected their poor decision in a timely fashion.”

I agree with that sentiment: don't give YouTube a hard time for making the right decision (eventually).

YouTube double standard: ALL video yanked, PP video remains

"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."

“All we did in our video report was show a couple of clips from Planned Parenthood’s ‘Mile High’ ad (...)" 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.” - CNA

YouTube employee: "I am shocked, shocked, to find that inappropriate material is on YouTube!"

Repulsive: Planned Parenthood ads in developing countries

Dawn Eden exposes the deceptive advertisements Planned Parenthood runs around the world.

A sample:

Sorry to upset your Sunday, but this gives us something extra to pray about.

Sierra Club joins PP to offer conferences on "Sex and the Environment"

Thanks CNA, I think I've lost my appetite for lunch:

During the first week of November, members of the Sierra Club traversed one end of California to the other for a series of conferences called “Sex and the Environment.” Accompanying them at most of their stops were representatives of Planned Parenthood.

... The 115-year-old Sierra Club, based in San Francisco and founded by California environmentalist John Muir in 1892 to “explore, enjoy and protect the planet,” now declares on its web site: “Sierra Club is a pro-choice organization.”

The November tour was part of the Sierra Club’s Global Population and Environment Program, which states as its mission: “to protect the global environment and preserve natural resources for future generations by advancing global reproductive health and sustainable development initiatives.”

The term “reproductive health” has long been understood as a code word for “abortion,” especially in Third World countries where the outright use of the word “abortion” would be politically unwise.

The plan:

In a question-and-answer section on the Sierra Club’s web site discussing the Population and Environment Program, the group says it has endorsed a 1970 resolution drafted by the group Zero Population Growth. Among the provisions of the resolution: “families should not have more than two natural children,” “state and federal laws should be changed to encourage small families and to discourage large families,” “policies, and attitudes that foster population growth or big families, or that restrict abortion and contraception, or that attempt to constrict the roles of men and women, should be abandoned.”

Story originally reported by the California Catholic Daily: "Save the Planet, Kill a Baby!"

Pro-Life counter-gathering for Holy Cross a success!

Dawn Eden, the featured speaker of the evening, reports that things went wonderfully well.

Previous AmP coverage here: "Emptying the power of Holy Cross College."

Emptying the power of Holy Cross College

"For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power." - 1 Cor 1:17.

Apologies for not reporting about this story sooner. It's important.

The fight to promote the culture of life in America - and specifically in colleges and universities which respresent the bastions of liberal influence - is upon us once again.

The backstory:

• Jesuit-run College of the Holy Cross is renting meeting space for a conference entitled "Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy's Teen Pregnancy Institute" that includes workshops conducted by Planned Parenthood and NARAL.
• Hunreds of complaints were sent in to the competant authorities from around the country.
• Bishop Robert J. McManus of Worcester, MA appealed to the President of Holy Cross College, Fr. Michael McFarland, to revoke the invitation. Good for him.
• And here's the rub: Fr. McFarland has refused to do so.
• In response, Bp. McManus issued a firm statement (which you should read), in which he warned that Holy Cross Catholic may lose its ability to call itself Catholic for its refusal. Double good for him!
• Even better: The Cardinal Newman Society is hosting a counter-conference entitled "Preventing Teen Pregnancy: The Catholic Approach" featuring chastity speaker, blogger and writer Dawn Eden.

Please collaborate with the Cardinal Newman Society event. They are asking for there to be "strong showing of support for Bishop McManus’s principled stand" by attending if you are able:

• CNS website with more information including a flyer in PDF format.
• Visit Dawn Eden's blog to get more information. She is the keynote speaker.

Prominant contributs to the blogosphere have lauded the Bishop's actions and that of CNS. Diogenes says he is acting like a bishop. RC proclaims "Ad multos annos!" (and mentions that the previous ordinary of Worcester, has acted in a similar vein in regards to HC). AMDG lets us know that Fr. Euteneuer of Human Life International whole-heartedly applauds the Bishop's actions. Amy Welborn says about CNS that this is "exactly the kind of response of which we need much, much more." I would humbly like to add my praise to theirs.

See? We're not out to get bishops. We're out for the truth.

Catholic news coverage:

• CNA: College's Catholic status threatened for hosting pro-abortion groups at conference
• CWNews: Massachusetts bishop issues warning to Jesuit college
• LSN: Bishop Warns College May Lose Catholic Name for Not Cancelling Pro-Abortion Groups in Conference

For more information on the conference you can look at it's brocure here (PDF file).

Update: Via a reader and alumnus of Holy Cross, a website has been setup to address this situation: http://www.holycrossalumni.org/.

Update 2: In fairness, Fr. McFarland is responding to criticism here at the HC website.

Aurora opens largest abortion clinic in US as planned

AP:

A suburban Planned Parenthood clinic opened Tuesday, two weeks later than planned, after anti-abortion activists raised questions about how it received its building permits.

On Monday, Mayor Tom Weisner said that Planned Parenthood was "less than forthcoming" when it used a subsidiary to build a clinic in this Chicago suburb, but attorney reviews found no legal basis to deny an occupancy permit.

Weisner said the city received thousands of letters and phone calls from people voicing passionate opinions about abortion while the legal reviews were pending.

Pray on.

Update: It's sadly revealing that Reuters chose as its photo for this story not one that showcases the hundreds of pro-life folks that have been rallying in Aurora but instead a file photo of a lone pro-choice protester with a "keep abortion legal" sign taken back in 2004 at a planned parenthood-sponsored event.

It's also untrue to claim in the caption that Aurora is an example of a "growing political battle over reproductive health services such as abortion." Such as abortion? No, Aurora is exclusively about abortion. And remember, embryos need health services, too.

Related: "Are you guys really going to be out here for 40 days?" by Wynette Sills.

Unmasking Planned Parenthood, as often as it takes

LifeSiteNews: Planned Parenthood Caught on Tape Covering Up Statutory Rape – Threatens Lawsuit to Hide Evidence

Dom ellaborates:

The worst thing Planned Parenthood could do here is file a lawsuit against someone who has no assets. All it does is provide the David in the David & Goliath scenario with much needed publicity.

PPLA’s self-justification is just too precious as well: “Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California President Kathy Kneer criticized the undercover investigation as ‘manipulative,’ …” Not unlike Planned Parenthood itself. Pot, meet the kettle. It’s black.

It's amazing how many guys I've met who think Planned Parenthood is their greatest friend, just because it gives free STD exams, condoms ... and cleans up the "mistakes" of their lifestyle. Honestly, what guy can be at peace with letting his girlfriend be seen to by these people?

Update: Oh, another story of Planned Parenthood crimes.