"The stunning revelation that James Guest, CEO of Consumers Union, once served as president of a Planned Parenthood affiliate goes a long way toward explaining the irresponsible features on abortion and birth control in the February issue of Consumer Reports," said Jim Sedlak, executive director of American Life League's STOPP International. "Therefore, we call on every subscriber to Consumer Reports magazine and web site to immediately cancel their subscriptions and to refuse to renew until CU cleans house and restores its credibility."
American Life League and STOPP International have previously shown how the Planned Parenthood mentality has infected such organizations as the Girl Scouts and the Gates Foundation. "Now, this infestation has overrun Consumers Union as well," said Sedlak. "It's clear that yet again, a Planned Parenthood ideologue has gone on to taint another organization whose reputation had previously been beyond reproach."
In February 2001, former Planned Parenthood of Maryland executive James Guest took over as CEO of Consumers Union. "Just four years later," said Sedlak, "Mr. Guest's organization has published the most deceitful propaganda piece in its history in an effort to thrust the Planned Parenthood philosophy on an unsuspecting American public."
A public that turns to Consumer Reports to learn the truth about products will find deceptive, inaccurate information in the February 2005 issue. Although every manufacturer of birth control pills lists "changes in the endometrium (which reduce the likelihood of implantation)" as one of the mechanisms of how the pill works, Consumer Reports refuses to give consumers this information - following a long-established Planned Parenthood propaganda tactic of not telling consumers that the pill can cause the death of a human being in the womb by preventing implantation.
"If Consumers Union will lie about causing the death of human beings, where else will it compromise its integrity?" asked Sedlak. "STOPP calls on all consumers to hold this organization accountable and pull all subscriptions and funding until changes in the leadership are made."
Release issued: 12 Jan 05
