THE STOPP REPORT

PP Profits from Preven

Planned Parenthood likes to make money. It is one of the most consistent parts of PP that STOPP has tracked through the years. We've documented the huge amounts of money PP makes from selling birth control pills.

We have noted in pages of The Ryan Report that Planned Parenthood has been pushing "emergency contraception" for the last few years and it applauded the approval of Preven as an "emergency contraceptive" by the FDA. A number of PP facilities now sell Preven.

On July 26, Gynetics, Inc—the makers of Preven—announced that the company is offering the Preven¨ Emergency Contraceptive Kit at significant savings to government-funded and not-for-profit family planning clinics. According to the press release, Title X and state and local government-funded clinics can order Preven¨ Kits for $1.59 per kit in multiple case quantities. Gynetics said that this represents "nominal pricing" under the Healthcare Finance Act.

Because Planned Parenthood receives Title X funds, they can purchase the kits at the reduced price of $1.59. (Our experience is that PP normally negotiates volume discounts and is able to get even lower prices.)

We decided to take a random survey to find out what PP is charging customers for Preven¨. Mary Jaminet, a researcher at STOPP headquarters, called a dozen PP facilities around the country and asked what they would charge for Preven¨. As noted below, some PP facilities did not offer Preven¨ but quoted prices for other emergency contraception. (As you're reading the information below, note that Gynetics says that the average retail price at your local drug store, which does not get the special pricing, is $21.) Here is what various PP offices told Mary:

PP of Birmingham Alabama said it sells Preven¨ for $39 (almost twice the normal retail price).

PP of the St. Louis Region's South Grand Clinic said "$30 cash."

PP of Southeast Virginia's Hampton office said they charge $20 for Preven, "but you need to be a patient."

PP of Orange and San Bernardino (Calif.) Counties said its charges depended on your income and they would require a pregnancy test and a counseling session. With all this their charge would be between $30 and $60.

PP of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., charges $40–$60 including a doctor exam.

PP of Mid-Hudson (N.Y.) Valley's Poughkeepsie office charges $22 and you must fill out a questionnaire and sign a consent form saying you understand the side effects.

PP of Dallas's Irving office charges $45, which includes a pelvic exam. Its Denton office charges $35, which includes an exam or pregnancy test along with instructions.

PP of New York City charges $55, which includes a GYN visit, urine test, pap smear, gonorrhea & chlamydia screening.

PP of Mid-Michigan's Ann Arbor office quoted $21 or "any donation" based on your family income. In addition to the pills, you would meet a medical assistant for instructions.

PP of Rochester and Syracuse (N.Y.) Region's Syracuse office said it had never heard of Preven!

PP Association of Idaho' Boise office said it doesn't currently have Preven¨ in stock, but will sell you a non-prescription method that "nurses have been using for 20 years" for $45.

These results show that PP makes big money on "emergency contraception" and has a financial interest in selling it to young girls.

Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraception Coverage (EPICC)

Planned Parenthood's efforts to mandate insurance coverage for contraceptives have gained support in many areas over the last few months.

In Congress, both the House and Senate refused to rescind the requirement that insurers of Federal employees must provide money for birth control devices if they provide any coverage for prescription drugs.

Planned Parenthood has scored victories in seven states, so far. Last year (1998), Maryland became the first state to mandate this coverage. Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Nevada, Vermont and North Carolina joined it this year.

As we were going to press, New Hampshire passed the bill and sent it to the governor for her signature. Planned Parenthood noted in press releases that it is especially rewarding for PP of Northern New England that its three states, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, all have passed contraceptive equity bills. New Hampshire's bill will be signed as soon as it reaches Gov. Jeanne Shaheen's (D-N.H.) desk.

PP of Northern New England CEO Allie Stickney says it is spectacular that all three states have enacted contraceptive coverage legislation. She pointed out that the prevention-based pro-active agenda has garnered some "very nice surprises" in new supporters for our agenda. She also notes that women legislators in all three states were instrumental in spearheading the drive for this legislation.

A recent writer to STOPP's offices noted some glaring insurance inequities that are not covered in these bills.

She wrote that she has been having a problem with her insurance company. "What I find interesting," she said, "is that this same insurance company will pay for birth control pills, abortions and other birth control devices, but they will not pay for prenatal vitamins (these are prescription and cost $38.00 for a 90 day supply) nor will they pay $75.00-$100.00 for lessons in Natural Family Planning. I don't understand their logic. They will pay approximately $1,000.00 for an abortion, and monthly costs for prescription birth control pills, but they won't pay a one time fee of $100.00 for NFP."

One of the most disturbing statements to come out of North Carolina on this bill was an observation printed by Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Kay Michaels, public affairs director of PP of Orange and Durham Counties, said supporters of the legislation were surprised how easily it was approved by the Senate. The bill was the last item on the Senate's legislative agenda before adjournment. Supporters believed it would be contentious, but the margin of victory was large and it was passed in 45 minutes.

It appears that some of the state organizations that fight abortion might be taking a back seat on this legislation. This is a mistake. The devices that insurance companies are being forced to pay for kill babies in the womb. Please gather as much support as you can in the remaining 42 states to prevent the wholesale slaughter of our children with your insurance dollars.

EPICC Through EEOC

In a new twist to mandating that insurance companies pay for killing babies through birth control, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) is being asked to instruct employers that not providing contraceptive drugs and devices as part of a health insurance plan amounts to sexual discrimination. The groups want the EEOC to issue a non-binding "policy guidance" on the issue.

According to a report by the Associated Press, Marcia Greenberger, co- president of the National Women's Law Center said, "The time has come to make sure women are no longer cheated with the insurance coverage they get." Greenberger also said the center is considering a lawsuit if the EEOC does not take action.

Federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including pregnancy- related discrimination, and federal courts have struck down other insurance policies as being sexually biased.

Plan B

On July 28, 1999, a new method of killing babies in the womb was unleashed on the American public. On that date, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new killing device called Plan B. It is the first progestin-only pill developed to prevent pregnancy after a contraceptive accident or unprotected sex. Here are the details on Plan B:

What chemical is in Plan B?

The Plan B package consists of two 0.75 mg tablets of levonorgestrel. The first pill needs to be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex. The second pill is taken 12 hours later.

"Levonorgestrel has been one of the synthetic hormones used in daily birth control pills since 1968. It's a component in over 80 brands of pills sold internationally," said Sharon Camp, president of Women's Capital Corporation (WCC), the U.S. distributor for Plan B.

How does Plan B work?

The WCC says Plan B is believed to act as an emergency contraceptive mainly by preventing ovulation or fertilization. It also may inhibit implantation (by altering the endometrium).

This means, of course, that Plan B kills human babies by preventing implantation.

What organization tested Plan B?

The Plan B regimen was tested by the World Health Organization (WHO) in almost 3,000 women in 15 countries, including the United States and Canada.

Half of the women in a large, 21-center study, took the older Yuzpe emergency contraceptive regimen. The Yuzpe regimen (sometimes referred to as the morning-after pill) involves two high doses of oral contraceptives containing estrogen and progestin. Prior to FDA approval of Plan B, most emergency contraceptive regimens available in the U.S. were based on the Yuzpe regimen. Results of the WHO study were published in the Lancet (August 8, 1998).

What are the side effects of Plan B?

According to the FDA-approved labeling for the product, women taking Plan B suffer the following side effects:

• nausea—23.1%
• abdominal pain—17.6%
• fatigue—16.9%
• headache—16.8%
• heavier menstrual bleeding—13.8%
• lighter menstrual bleeding—12.5%
• dizzines—11.2%
• breast tenderness—10.7%
• vomiting—5.6%

Planned Parenthood reaction to Plan B

As you might expect, Planned Parenthood was ecstatic at the approval of Plan B. PPFA president Gloria Feldt issued a press release in which she said, "Planned Parenthood welcomes the availability of Plan B, the progestin-only emergency contraceptive product recently approved by the FDA."

"Plan B provides women with an important means of preventing unintended pregnancy. We hope the arrival of a new progestin-only emergency contraceptive product will lead more physicians and more pharmacists to prescribe and to offer emergency contraception to their patients.

"Planned Parenthood welcomes the availability of the new prescription option, accessible through our network of more than 850 Planned Parenthood health centers.

"Planned Parenthood salutes the WomenŐs Capital Corp. (WCC) for developing and marketing a new emergency contraceptive product to help people plan their families and make responsible choices about child-bearing."

PP's Secret

What Feldt did not mention in her press release is that the WCC is partially owned by PP! STOPP has learned that WCC is a privately held company, organized in 1997, to bring Plan B to the U.S. and Canadian markets. WCC's effort to develop and market Plan B was a public/private sector partnership, involving not-for-profit organizations, such as the Seattle-based Program for Appropriate Technology in Health. Financing for Plan B has come, in large part, from U.S. foundations, such as the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, and the Compton Foundation. Robert Wallace, Chairman of the Wallace Global Fund, was the project's "angel investor." Five Planned Parenthood affiliates also made equity investments in Plan B, including Planned Parenthood of Western Washington.

It is no accident that Plan B will be sold through PP affiliates. This time it is making sure it gets as much profit as possible!

PP Affiliate Sells Disney Family Planning Video

The Population Research Institute (www.pop.org) has uncovered information that a 1968 Disney propaganda cartoon featuring Donald Duck encourages families in the developing world to have few children. The cartoon "Planificacion Familiar" (Family Planning) was created by Disney for the U.S. Population Council, one of the chief promoters of population control, and is being distributed by the Chilean affiliate of Planned Parenthood, Associacion Chilena de Protection de la Familia (APROFA), for home and educational viewing.

APROFA is selling the video as part of a set that retails for $25. The set includes "Planificacion Familiar," a Planned Parenthood cartoon entitled "Felices Familias Planeadas" (Happy Planned Families), and an APROFA educational video entitled "La Confianza No Es Un Metodo" (Trust is Not a Method).

In Disney's video, Donald Duck opensa medical supply kit that contains reproductive health supplies, oil paints and an easel. Using the paints and easel he proceeds to illustrate rapid population growth and ensuing starvation. "The world is overpopulated," a narrator declares. "With every generation,the population is growing too fast . . . Let's say in time that this couple will have more children . . . The mother . . .is unhappy, weak and sick. The children will be sickly too . . . But this situation can change."

From his reproductive health supply kit, Donald Duck brandishes a golden key, and declares: "Science gives us the key for a new personal freedom: family planning!"

At the end of "Family Planning," Donald Duck declares: "We are all responsible for humanity and that means you too!"

Patty Gadomski of Disney Educational Productions confirmed that Disney created the Donald Duck "Family Planning" cartoon. She said that it had sold well in Third World countries, but went out of production in 1988 because of decreasing demand.

The second cartoon in the PP set is "Happy Planned Families." It markets condoms, IUDs, the Pill, and other methods of birth control in the Chinese, French, Spanish, English and Arabic languages. The credits reveal that "Happy Family Planning" was made by PP of America in cooperation with the Wyeth Institute. Wyeth-Ayerst is the manufacturer of Norplant.

PBS Supporting PP

Those who contribute to their local Public Broadcasting station (PBS) should know that some of these stations give their names to Planned Parenthood. Through the years, a number of people have contacted STOPP saying they received a mailing from PP and "didn't know where PP got their name." Well, it may have come from their local PBS station.

According to news releases, PBS stations have been sharing mailing lists with a number of pro-abortion groups, including Planned Parenthood. Research has confirmed that, among the stations that have given names to PP are: KQED-TV (San Francisco); WETA-TV (Washington, D.C.); and both WNYC and WNET (New York).

It is expected that more stations may be added to this list as this story unfolds. All STOPP supporters should contact their local PBS affiliate and demand to know with what organizations they share their mailing list.

Lawsuits Flying in Missouri

The elected officials in the state of Missouri do not want to give any money to Planned Parenthood in their state. Over the course of the last four years, they have made this fact abundantly clear. They voted every year not to fund Planned Parenthood.

But PP is not happy with the will of the people and is trying to use its bureaucratic friends and the courts to force the state taxpayers to fill its coffers. The happenings in Missouri this year will give you some insight on PP's insistence that it must receive our money.

A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled earlier this year that the legislature could dictate in its budget that state money for family planning services couldn't go to abortion facilities. But the panel didn't prohibit a separately run affiliate of Planned Parenthood from receiving the money. Pro-life leaders used that court decision in writing the restrictions included in this year's budget bill and passed the budget bill to keep Planned Parenthood from receiving a share of the money.

The bill includes provisions requiring agencies that offer both abortions and family planning services to set up entirely separate entities to receive state funds and to submit to annual audits to ensure that those agencies are complying with the restrictions.

PP filed a federal lawsuit claiming that state budget language restricting funding to the pro-abortion group is unconstitutional.

The six-page lawsuit filed with the U.S. Western District Court in Kansas City claims that the bill's language threatens Planned Parenthood's ability to perform abortions, its patients' access to abortion, and the organization's ability to maintain its ties to affiliates.

However, an attorney for Planned Parenthood said that a decision to pursue legal action would depend on how the restrictions are administered by the Missouri Department of Health, which oversees family planning money.

"You have legislation which imposes conditions on eligibility for funding and I think it remains to unfold actually how those conditions are implemented," said Roger Evans, a New York City-based attorney for Planned Parenthood. "If it doesn't come out fairly, we'll be ready to go."

Peter Brownlie, president of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, said that he expected the legislation to be implemented "in a fair and non- punitive fashion."

Brownlie added: "Planned Parenthood is, as always, ready to comply with reasonable requirements of the program."

All this posturing by Planned Parenthood had its desired effect on the bureaucrats in the Missouri Health Department. The Health Department wrote short-term contracts with Planned Parenthood, allowing them to keep doing abortions and still collect state money.But the pro-life state lawmakers were not going to stand idly by and see their hard won legislation ignored. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on July 9 that Missouri special assistant state attorney Jordan Cherrick filed a suit charging that "family planning contracts issued by the Department of Health purposely failed to restrict funding to Planned Parenthood."

Cherrick was appointed July 1 by state Attorney General Jay Nixon because state pro-life lawmakers insisted a pro-life lawyer handle the situation with Planned Parenthood.

Cherrick's suit is the latest volley in the ongoing dispute over the state legislature's attempt to withhold state family planning funding from Planned Parenthood facilities that perform abortions. He is "also seeking a court order to halt state money from flowing to Planned Parenthood-connected centers for family planning."

Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Ed Quick is upset that PP's money is being threatened. He jumped into the fray with a letter to Cherrick, saying that Cherrick went too far in the legal filing, and demanding that he "stop pushing legal action against the Department of Health and Planned Parenthood without advising lawmakers first."

History of PP in Court

These Missouri cases are not the first time PP has gone to court to force its views on society. Some of the early PP court cases:

In 1965, Planned Parenthood won the Griswold v. Connecticut case in the United States Supreme Court. Ellen Griswold was director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut. This case did away with all laws against the providing of contraceptives to married people. It found, for the first time, a "right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution. It is this right to privacy on which most anti- life decisions in the future would be based.

In 1972, Planned Parenthood filed a brief in the Eisenstadt v. Baird case in the Supreme Court. PP contended that "the right of access to medical services for contraception is a fundamental right." PP's side won this case that legalized the providing of contraceptive devices to unmarried individuals.

In 1973, Planned Parenthood filed a brief in the Roe v. Wade case in the Supreme Court. It contended that there were a whole host of reasons why women might wish to have abortions, including contraceptive failure. This case legalized abortion throughout the entire United States.

In 1975, PP won the Planned Parenthood v. Fitzpatrick case in the United States Supreme Court. This case overturned a Pennsylvania law requiring those seeking abortion to have consent of their spouse or consent of a parent (if the girl was a minor). Thus, it was PP who took away the right of the child's father or grandparents. PP solidified this attack on families in the 1976 Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth case that struck down Missouri's requirement for spousal and parental consent for abortion.

In 1976, Planned Parenthood worked behind the scenes in the T.H. v. Jones case. It struck down laws in Utah and legalized the providing of birth control devices to minors without parental consent. Thus it was PP that took away all parents' rights to know about medical devices given to their daughters. Again PP solidified this right by filing a brief in the 1977 Carey, et al v. Population Services International Supreme Court case in which it contended that access to contraceptives is a "fundamental human right."

Rocky River, Ohio

On July 8, the Cleveland Plain Dealer ran a story concerning the efforts by Planned Parenthood to open an office in Rocky River, Ohio. The story said, in part, "What could be a summer-long debate on the merits of Planned Parenthood" continued at a meeting of the Cleveland City Council. Planned Parenthood's plans to move its Lakewood office to Rocky River have met with protest from Cleveland Right to Life (CRTL), despite PP's assurances that no abortions will be performed at the facility.

Officials from Cleveland Right to Life met with the city council two weeks ago "to explain their opposition to the Planned Parenthood office" and "presented [the] council with a suggested abortion ordinance." CRTL wants to "require direct consultation between the doctor performing the abortion and the woman."

Denise Mackura, the group's director, said, "We basically want to beef up what is already state law."

Local pro-lifers have formed a new organization called Citizens Against Planned Parenthood (CAPP) to actively oppose the PP facility. CAPP invited STOPP's director, Jim Sedlak, to travel to Rocky River on July 21, to help in the fight against PP.

Jim reports:

On Wednesday, July 21, I flew from Virginia to Cleveland, Ohio, to help spread the truth about Planned Parenthood in the western suburb of Cleveland called Rocky River.

I was met at the airport and taken to a luncheon meeting of some of the local leaders of CAPP. During lunch we discussed strategy in fighting Planned Parenthood and went over the details of the local struggle.

The main issue is that PP is denying it will do surgical abortions in the new facility. We found that PP had already lied once to the community and, therefore, it was reasonable to expect that its no abortion claim could also be a lie.

The first lie came in June when the local paper reported that PP was looking to move into Rocky River. PP told the newspaper that it was looking but nothing was definite. It was after larger facilities, but was not yet sure where to locate.

Subsequent investigation by CAPP revealed that PP had signed a lease for space in Rocky River in February and, at the time it was telling the paper it had no definite plans, it was already renovating the space in its new offices!

Following the lunch meeting, I accompanied the director of CAPP and a representative from Cleveland Right to Life to a meeting with PP's landlord. CAPP had requested the meeting because a local paper quoted the landlord as saying he was opposed to abortion.

When we got to the meeting, it was obvious that the landlord was very disturbed and wanted to control everything that was said at the meeting. He informed us that he had been misquoted in the paper and that he was not opposed to abortion. He said, in fact, that he thought abortion was the right solution to an unwanted pregnancy under some circumstances. He insisted, however, that PP would not do abortions in the building because his lease with PP specifically stated PP could not do abortions.

Of course, with his admission of being pro-abortion under certain circumstances, the words in the lease did not convey any comfort to the pro-lifers in attendance. PP and the landlord could after all, change them at any time.

At the conclusion of the meeting, I asked the landlord how he felt about pornography. He was taken aback and asked how we got from abortion to pornography. "Through Planned Parenthood," I answered. I then showed him a copy of the PP endorsed book "It"s Perfectly Normal." He looked at the book and conceded he did not think it was appropriate for ten-year-old children. I told him he should really look into the kind of people he was renting to and said I would send him a copy of the book.

Following the meeting with the landlord, we went to CAPP's offices and did two live radio shows. On both shows I was able to discuss details about PP and its programs. I was also able to give out information about an anti-Planned Parenthood rally being held that night at a school near the new PP facility.

One of the points I made on the radio was that it is no accident that the new PP facility is located one block from the largest all-girls high school in Cleveland, within a mile of four other high schools and directly across the street from the Westgate Mall, which is frequented by area teenagers.

Following the radio shows, we went to my hotel to get changed and then left for the evening rally. As we approached the school gym, where the rally was to be held, we were surprised to see a parking lot full of cars. We joked that we hoped all the cars were for our rally. And then we found out they were!

An estimated 700 people turned out on a very hot, humid night in a gym without air conditioning to learn about PP and demonstrate their opposition. As I approached the gym, I encountered a TV camera and interviewer and gave a five-minute interview.

After that interview, I walked about 10 feet and was stopped by another TV crew and did another interview. Then a radio interviewer stopped me and asked questions, which he recorded. The entire atmo-sphere of the evening was electric. People in Rocky River are on fire with the word of God and a desire to oppose PP.

The theme of my talk was "If Planned Parenthood never performs a single surgical abortion in Rocky River, you still do not want them in your town." I delivered the talk from one end of a basketball court and the bleachers on either side were filled with people soaking up information and open to the will of God.

This talk was different from most of my talks in that God gave me a lot of different approaches to take and a number of different points to make. As I told the audience about Matthew 10 and about giving your talk to God, internally I felt that God was really trying to get a message to these people on that night. I was honored to be there trying to deliver it.

As I ended my talk with a call to deliver a message to Planned Parenthood to get out of town, 700 people rose to their feet and applauded the word of God. They had heard His message, delivered by this unworthy servant, and were ready to act. And act they did.

The people in the gym filed out and began a candlelight walk to the PP facility. For over an hour, they stood in front of the PP facility and prayed. Catholics said the rosary, other Christians delivered gospel messages and the Spirit of God, which filled the air, moved the soul, and touched everyone.

Early the next morning, I was on a plane back to STOPP headquarters, but I have no doubt that Planned Parenthood is not going to enjoy its stay in Rocky River. I look forward to going back one day to celebrate the closing of this office.

Menlo Park PP Closes

The Menlo Park (Calif.) Planned Parenthood Clinic on Middlefield Road, site of numerous anti-abortion protests, closed its doors July 31, according to a statement from Planned Parenthood Golden Gate (PPGG).

PP claims that shifting demographics led to the decision to sell the Menlo Park clinic. "We are deeply committed to serving the medically underserved, and our research tells us that population has moved away from the Menlo Park area," Dian Harrison, president of Planned PPGG, said in a prepared statement.

But we note the clinic is the site of weekly anti-abortion protests held by Belmont resident Ross Foti. The protests are so effective that the city enacted a sign law in February—aimed at Foti's protests—which bans signs on public streets, sidewalks and walkways and limits to three square feet the size of signs carried by protesters. Foti and two other anti-abortion protesters cited under the law are suing Menlo Park.

City Attorney Bill McClure said the closing of the clinic should not affect the lawsuits. "The lawsuits are pending based on the existing sign ordinance and how it was enforced in the past," he said.

Catherine Short, Foti's attorney, said she will continue with the lawsuit.

Planned Parenthood officials said they will continue to operate their Redwood City clinic, at 1230 Hopkins Ave., which offers the same services and level of care as the Menlo Park clinic.

PP to Move its Kitchener Office

If anyone tells you a regular presence in front of Planned Parenthood offices is a waste of time, let them know what has happened to a Planned Parenthood office in Canada.

Planned Parenthood runs an office in Kitchener that offers sex education and counsels women on their legal options for unplanned pregnancies, including abortion. (PP offices in Canada are not medical offices.)

Two to four pro-life protesters routinely picket the building with signs for a couple of hours every day.

"For the clients, it was just awful," PP's executive director, Donna Randall, said. The number of protesters would increase as issues arose, such as the annual debate over a grant from the Region of Waterloo.

The constant protests had their effect as the number of other tenants in the building dropped off in the past few years. Randall said, "This has made staff feel vulnerable, isolated and uncomfortable, especially in light of our protesters, the increased violence against pro-choice organizations and the hate literature we receive at our office."

"In addition," she claimed, "this isolation has made our clients easy targets for harassment, intimidation and threats from our daily protesters."

Although there was no evidence of these so-called threats, the effect on building occupancy was undeniable. When the building was recently sold, the new owner decided not to renew the lease.

As a result, Waterloo Region's Planned Parenthood moved at the end of July from 824 King St. W. in Kitchener to the Rotary Community Resource Village at 151 Frederick St. Randall said the agency was delighted to find space in the Rotary Community Resource Village, a five-story building purchased in 1997 by the Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club to house offices for charitable groups on a cost-recovery basis.

"It won't be so simple for protesters to pinpoint who is using the agency's services. The building's management is on site, and the building has controlled access in the evenings," she said.

"As well, it's close to the Kitchener detachment of Waterloo regional police," Randall said. Rotary Village director Susan Conrad said the building, which has about 13 charitable organizations and a waiting list, doesn't anticipate any problems after Planned Parenthood moves in.

Details of Planned Parenthood's situation were revealed in a fund raising letter it sent out before the move. It appealed to supporters to help raise the $25,000 needed to pay for the move and extensive renovations.

Pro-lifers see the move as an affirmation that persistent, peaceful picketing works. They will now have the opportunity to educate 13 more organizations on the truth about PP.

Bring STOPP to Town in 2000

It is September and many groups are planning their year-long calendar. Now is the time to schedule a talk by Jim Sedlak at an event in your town. Jim does everything from 45-minute dinner talks to 6-hour seminars on Planned Parenthood. Because of the uniqueness of Jim's programs, he is in demand as a speaker.

Now is the time to make plans to bring him to your town in 2000. Jim still has openings in January and you can still get prime dates for most of the year. To schedule a talk or to receive a copy of Jim's biography and suggested speaking topics, call Rozann at 540-659-4171.

This Month's Action Items

• Emergency contraception is nothing less than another method of killing babies. Visit American Life League's web site and read the "Declaration of Life" for details on why these products are, in fact, abortifacients.
• Educate your community on Plan B and how it works. Also make sure people know about PP's partial ownership of the company that distributes this product.
• Fight efforts to mandate contraceptive insurance coverage in your state and at the federal level. These plans will force companies to pay for Preven and Plan B.
• Inform people about how local PBS stations are supporting Planned Parenthood through list exchanges. Insist that your local PBS station stop this practice.
• Continue to fight Title X, Title XX and all family planning money in the federal government this year. Contact your members of Congress.
• Send a tax-deductible donation today to help us keep fighting Planned Parenthood.
• Pray that God will lead us in our work and that we will always have the courage to do His will.

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