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Wednesday STOPP Report - October 29, 2008
by Patrick Daub
Released October 29, 2008
PP offers new abortifacient birth control
Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes, an upstate New York affiliate, has recently announced that it will be offering a new birth control product at its clinics. The product, named Implanon, is described as "a thin, flexible plastic implant that is inserted in the arm to prevent pregnancy." A thorough reading of the prescribing information for this product reveals that "the contraceptive effect of IMPLANON™ (etonogestrel implant) is achieved by several mechanisms that include suppression of ovulation, increased viscosity of the cervical mucus, and alterations in the endometrium."
In other words, despite the news media reporting that Implanon merely "releases a hormone that prevents the ovaries from releasing eggs," this product is just a new way of delivering the same old product that kills babies in the womb by preventing implantation.
STOPP asks our supporters to become knowledgeable on this birth control method. Read all of the prescribing information linked above and be prepared to reveal its complications and side effects to women who are considering using this abortifacient drug.
PP trying to sneak into North Carolina?
We have seen Planned Parenthood employ a new tactic within the past few years: sneaking into a new location under a false name. Case in point: PP's clinic in Aurora, Illinois. Now it's happening again. Pastor Johnny Hunter of Fayetteville, North Carolina suspects PP is trying to move into a new location in Fayetteville and is determined to "out" the multimillion-dollar abortion giant and keep it from sneaking in. "I refuse to sit back and let an organization founded by a racist sneak into our town and set up a shop to murder babies," he said. Rev. Hunter says that he found out that PP is trying to sneak in under the name of Tharrington Medical Clinic, and he organized a rally last Saturday to protest PP.
STOPP is not surprised by PP's strategy of trying to sneak into town by any means possible, including lying to residents and surrounding businesses. STOPP applauds Pastor Hunter for his courage and prays that he is successful in focusing attention on PP and keeping it from moving into Fayetteville.
CareSource Foundation gives grant to PPSO
The CareSource Foundation recently gave grants to 20 organizations in Ohio involved in one of three areas of concern: issues of the uninsured, critical children's health trends and community health issues. The grants ranged from $3,000 to $20,000. In what seems to have been a mistake on someone's part, Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio received a $5,000 grant to help promote "healthy birth outcomes." Apparently, the CareSource Foundation considers abortion as a healthy birth outcome, which comes as a surprise to American Life League. "Abortion is not a healthy birth outcome; it is exactly the opposite," said Patrick Daub, researcher for ALL's STOPP department. "There is nothing healthy about murdering an innocent preborn child and ending the pregnancy in the most unnatural way possible. How could the CareSource Foundation justify this donation with the terminology that they use?"
STOPP asks that all of our readers write to CareSource and demand that PP be taken off its list of grant recipients. Follow this link to get the information on how to call, e-mail or send a letter to CareSource. Please pray that its eyes will be opened and that all of PP's funding will be removed.
Also, please sign the petition to defund PP, if you have not already, and send the link on to your friends, family, acquaintances, and fellow pro-life activists.
Indiana parish stands with PP at 'gay pride' event
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church of Lafayette, Indiana was involved in a "gay pride" festival that also hosted Planned Parenthood on October 11, 2008. The parish's participation in OUToberfest has stirred up quite a bit of controversy because it sends mixed messages to parishioners and other Catholics in the diocese. Naomi Whittaker, a Purdue University student and supporter of American Life League, took it upon herself to do something about the parish's involvement and sent a letter to Bishop William L. Higi requesting that the parish be held responsible for its actions. Whittaker received this response:
"The participation of the parish was in conjunction with other Christian Churches of the area who were reaching out in solidarity to homosexual persons as children of Our Loving God. He (the parish pastor) assured me that this effort was not condoning a particular lifestyle or choice."
ALL's vice president, Jim Sedlak, had this to say about St. Thomas Aquinas' involvement: "It is absolutely outrageous for a Catholic church to stand alongside Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, and give implicit endorsement of an event and lifestyle antithetical to the Catholic faith."
Please pray that the bishop and pastor recognize their error and issue a statement to clarify the Catholic Church's stance on supporting PP and homosexuality.
Ohio county debating PP funding
The Hamilton County, Ohio, Board of Commissioners is considering changes that would give them more say over which organizations receive funding through the county's Family and Children First Council. The commissioners agreed to this shortly after voting 2-1 that funds the council allocated to Planned Parenthood last year had been spent according to the rules, since county and state policies prohibit public funding of abortion-related "services." The dissenting vote was cast by Commissioner Pat DeWine, who proposed that the commissioners should approve the council's funding decisions from now on. DeWine commented, "There's a significant segment of the population that opposes funding of Planned Parenthood." The council will also "revisit" its recent decision to put PP back on its list of sub-grantees. PP had been removed from the list about eight or nine years earlier.
Please pray that the commissioners pass DeWine's proposal, so that PP will be one step closer to losing even more of the taxpayers' money. We ask our readers to sign our petition to defund PP and to encourage everyone they know to the same.
PP groundbreaking draws large protest
Last week, STOPP informed our readers that Planned Parenthood was beginning construction of a new abortuary in Portland, Oregon, and the groundbreaking event took place on Wednesday, October 22 as the Wednesday STOPP Report was sent. STOPP also informed you that there was going to be a large protest during the ceremony. The protesters kept their word. More than 150 protesters gathered and collected hundreds of signatures to keep the controversial 40,000-square-foot clinic from opening.
STOPP applauds these protesters for fighting back against PP and recognizes that one of the most effective ways to fight PP is to become active and be a presence in your community.
PP denied funding in Sarasota, Florida!
The Sarasota, Florida, County Commission denied a requested $12,500 grant for Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida by a 4-1 vote last week. The proposed $12,500 grant was half of what PP had received from the county last year. It has been receiving county funding for the past 10 years. This year, the county looked to cut the budget for funding social services and PP was the only organization, of the 45 groups that received funding last year, that was completely denied funding. The county cut social services funding because of "across-the-board reductions implemented by the county due to declining tax revenues." PP claimed the funds were needed to fund its so-called comprehensive sex education program.
In an e-mail sent to STOPP, Jim Styer, president of Right to Life of Sarasota and Manatee, reports, "When nonprofits were asked this year to reduce requests because of the tight county budget, PP instead submitted the same request as last year." Styer also reported that when it came to the 4-1 decision to cut funding, "The only holdout was Nora Patterson, former local PP president and wife of an attorney for PP." PP of Southwest and Central Florida already had a $7 million budget and received enough private funding - $8 million to be exact - to build the nation's second largest abortion clinic.
STOPP thanks God for this victory and applauds Jim Styer and his group for all of their hard work over many years. The Lord has truly blessed their dedication and perseverance. Planned Parenthood CAN be defeated. With God, all things are possible!
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