In May of this year, American Life League obtained, through a Freedom of Information request, copies of the California Department of Health Services 2004 audit of Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties. This audit shows that one Planned Parenthood affiliate overcharged the state of California $5.2 million in a single year.

 

ALL has been circulating the audit document to members of Congress and is pleased to note that Planned Parenthood is under fire from members of Congress who are calling for a federal fraud investigation. American Life League has sent letters to every state's attorney general to request an investigation of Planned Parenthood's activities in each state.  In addition, the Gerard Foundation is pressing for a full congressional investigation.

 

"All evidence shows Planned Parenthood is robbing the American taxpayer," said Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League. "They're asking the American people to fund their contraceptive and abortion products and then pulling in the profit, hand over fist."

 

In March 2008, the Los Angeles Times publicized a lawsuit by former Planned Parenthood official, P. Victor Gonzalez against Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles. Gonzalez alleges he was fired in 2004 after he raised concerns about the "illegal accounting, billing and donations practices of Planned Parenthood." In his lawsuit, Gonzalez alleges Planned Parenthood affiliates across the state may have overcharged the government $180 million between 1997 and 2003.

 

"Clearly something is wrong," said Sedlak. "If what is going on in California is happening at Planned Parenthood affiliates around the country, the American people have been swindled out of millions -- if not billions -- of dollars. American Life League calls for an immediate and thorough investigation at the state and federal level."

 

 

Planned Parenthood has always downplayed its enormous amount of wealth and portrayed itself as a nonprofit organization that is struggling to pay its bills. STOPP and our readers know that this is not true and that this is just one of the ways that PP is able to increase its donations and flow of revenue. In its latest scheme to bring in more money, Planned Parenthood is holding an online auction to “help fund" its expansion in Idaho. PP of Idaho has a list of donors and, in a local news source, Sun Valley Online, it claims that a donation to its auction helps benefit thousands of Idaho families.

 

Please follow this link to PP’s site for listed auction items, choose one or two of the entities that donated an item to PP, and tell them that we will not support organizations or businesses that support PP.

 

 

American Life League’s vice president, Jim Sedlak, spoke last weekend at the Missouri Catholic Conference’s annual event in Jefferson City, Missouri. Jim’s workshop was attended by over 60 people, and he educated the audience on the true nature of Planned Parenthood -- emphasizing its abortion business and its attack on our teenagers' souls.

 

Jim explained that Planned Parenthood has a stated objective of getting every community to accept the idea that intimate sexual activity between unmarried young people is normal and healthy. By getting communities to buy into this lie, Planned Parenthood is promoting a life of sin for our children and grandchildren -- a life that could eventually lead to the loss of heaven.

 

Jim used the Humanist Manifestos to illustrate Planned Parenthood's underlying satanic philosophy and demonstrated that every major president of Planned Parenthood has received awards from the American Humanist Association for spreading the humanist religion.

 

 

Over the next few weeks, members of American Life League’s STOPP department will be spreading the pro-life, anti-Planned Parenthood message in Florida, Michigan and Kansas.

 

Our vice president, Jim Sedlak, will be the banquet speaker at the Right to Life of Kansas annual convention this Saturday, October 11, at the Sacred Heart Religious Education Center, 310 S. Fifth St., Colwich, Kansas. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. There will be workshops during the day, and the banquet begins at 7:00 p.m. Jim will be speaking about the latest efforts of Planned Parenthood to sexualize our society and kill babies.

 

Our researcher, Marie Hahnenberg, will be the banquet speaker on October 30 at the Cheboygan Area Right to Life dinner at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Cheboygan, Michigan. Marie will be speaking about Planned Parenthood, its history and impact on society, as well as the impact of the birth control pill – whose development was paid for by Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger and her friends.

 

Our senior congressional liaison, Johanna Dasteel, will be the keynote speaker at the Ave Maria University Pro-Life Club Banquet on November 8 in Ave Maria, Florida. This will be after the November elections, and Johanna will discuss the impact of the election results on the pro-life movement.

 

 

On Monday, October 6, American Life League and representatives of several co-sponsoring organizations gathered for the fourth annual Pro-Life Memorial Day in front of the United States Supreme Court. The event was a success. ALL had a rather large audience and many participants, including a group of Chinese human rights activists who have been involved in fighting forced abortions and sterilizations in China, who, providentially, happened to be visiting the Supreme Court that day and asked to speak. Other speakers included Kristan Hawkins of Students for Life of America, Erik Whittington of Rock for Life, STOPP’s Marie Hahnenberg, and Li Fangping, an internationally known Chinese attorney. STOPP researcher Patrick Daub said, "I was so impressed with all of the co-sponsors ALL had for this event. It really goes to show that unity is what we need to fight against PP and every abortion advocate. It was very powerful to see so many different groups come together.

 

Andie Pearson of Silent no more describes her abortion experience

 

"The speakers were excellent and we were blessed to have such a large audience. There was a long line of people waiting to get into the U.S. Supreme Court, and we definitely got their attention. We were reaching a large audience and it was incredible." Daub mentioned that, at one point when he was handing out some T-shirts and armbands, a large group of students came up and asked if they could join. “We gave them whatever we had to give, and they went up and held signs with the rest of the group. The most amazing event was hearing the Chinese lawyers speak about the atrocities they have witnessed in their homeland. It was incredible.”

 

 

Reverend Rob Schenk gives a talk to everyone present

 

American Life League was thrilled with the success of the day, and thanks God and everyone who participated in the event for such a great opportunity to send the message that we need to mourn those whom we have lost through abortion.

 

 

Planned Parenthood is focus of Wisconsin's PLMD 

Pro-Life Wisconsin supporters across the state gathered on Monday for prayer services to remember the approximately 49.6 million victims of surgical abortion since 1973. "What makes Pro-Life Memorial Day unique," said Peggy Hamill, state director of Pro-Life Wisconsin, "is that it is a day set aside solely to reflect on the victims of abortion. While pro-lifers gather throughout the year to protest the legality of abortion or draw attention to women harmed by abortion, the first Monday of October is a time to grieve and reflect on the massive human tragedy wrought by our society since abortion was legalized. The Supreme Court must sooner or later re-address the question of the 'personhood' of preborn children.  Scientifically, it's indisputable that embryos and fetuses are human beings. Pro-Life Memorial Day will hopefully remind the justices that they have arbitrarily excluded a large class of human beings from the protection of the law."  

 

Five prayer vigils were held in Wisconsin by Pro-Life Wisconsin affiliate groups in front of Planned Parenthood clinics. Thank you, Peggy Hamill and PLW for being so involved and active in Pro-life Memorial Day, and may God bless you!