Planned Parenthood's 'web of lies' entraps innocent children

"Planned Parenthood is being praised for its web of lies, spun to entrap children and devour their innocence," said Ed Szymkowiak, director of STOPP International (a project of American Life League), in response to Planned Parenthood receiving a Webby Award nomination for its teenwire.com website.

Planned Parenthood's youth-oriented website is hailed for its ability "to provide teens with accurate and unbiased sexuality information" (U.S. Newswire Corp). Yet teenwire.com is accessible to any child at any age. The web site contains graphic descriptions and it promotes promiscuity and deviant sexual acts.

"This nomination is appalling," said Szymkowiak. "Planned Parenthood's teenwire.com is full of deceitful information. It exposes children to disgusting, pornographic and misleading material concerning sex and relationships. It is explicit material intended to inculcate our youth as customers of recreational sex supplies and abortion."

"Planned Parenthood has stepped over the line and is being honored for it," says Szymkowiak. "Its web site is a devious means of robbing parents of their rights to educate their children about the delicate and sacred matter of human sexuality," he said.

Release issued: 7 May 01