THE WEDNESDAY STOPP REPORT

Amazing quote about Planned Parenthood

Earlier this week, Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy sent a fundraising e-mail on behalf of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. As part of the letter, these two said:

We support Planned Parenthood because we believe life is sacred, and it is every woman's right to have safe, dignified, and confidential health care.

There is clearly something wrong when people who say they believe that "life is sacred" support an organization that ends over 250,000 human beings' lives every year.

We again ask all our readers to dedicate themselves to educating the public on the true nature of Planned Parenthood and its destruction of innocent human life.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America's international connections

Many people believe that Planned Parenthood Federation of America operates only in the United States. The fact is that PPFA spends millions outside this country.

One of its main programs is hooking up PPFA affiliates in the United States with affiliates of the International Planned Parenthood Federation in other countries. We've listed below some of these connections between affiliates. If your local affiliate is partnering with one in another country, understand that your fight against the local affiliate will also save babies in these other countries.

Also, if you live in one of the communities serviced by one of the mentioned affiliates, you may want to check to see if you have citizens of the partnering country in your area that you can educate on Planned Parenthood to let them know the horror and lies PP is exporting to their home country. For example, the Irish in Chicago may be alarmed to hear that the local PP affiliate is working with the group in Ireland that is at the forefront of trying to legalize abortion in that country.

Here is a list of some of the connections:

• Alabama
  • Planned Parenthood of Alabama & the Belize Association for Improved Healthcare (BAIH)

• Arizona
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona & Asociacion Demografica Salvadorena (El Salvador)

• California
  • Planned Parenthood of Golden Gate & Ethiopian Evangelical Church MeKane Yesus (Ethiopia)
  • Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles & The Planned Parenthood Association of Thailand (PPAT)
  • Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties & Women's Health Care Foundation and Reachout (Philippines)

• Delaware
  • Planned Parenthood of Delaware & Family Planning Association of Peru (PLANFAMI)

• Florida
  • Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida & Centro para los Adolescentes de San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)
  • Planned Parenthood of Northeast Florida & Murmansk Regional and City Health Administrations (Russia)
  • Planned Parenthood of Palm Beach & Treasure Coast Area & Asociacion Pro-Bienestar de la Familia (Guatemala)

• Iowa
  • Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa & Samara Oblast Health Division (Russia)

• Idaho
  • Planned Parenthood of Idaho & Family Planning Association of Latvia

• Illinois
  • Planned Parenthood Chicago Area & Irish Family Planning Association

• Nebraska
  • Planned Parenthood of Nebraska-Council Bluffs & Foundation for Youth Development (Cameroon)

• New York
  • Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes & The Namibian Planned Parenthood Association
  • Planned Parenthood of New York City / Margaret Sanger Center International & Family Planning Association of Nepal
  • Planned Parenthood of New York City / Margaret Sanger Center International & Family Life Movement of Zambia
  • Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic & PROFAMILIA (Puerto Rico)
  • Planned Parenthood of Nassau County & FAMPLAN (Jamaica)
  • Planned Parenthood of South Central New York & K'inal Antzetik and Jolom Mayaetik (Mexico)

• Ohio
  • Planned Parenthood of Stark County & SAHAS Project (India)

• Oklahoma
  • Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma & Barbados Family Planning Association

• Pennsylvania
  • Planned Parenthood Association of Bucks County & K-MET (Kenya)
  • Planned Parenthood of Southeast Pennsylvania & SI MUJER (Nicaragua)

• Texas
  • Planned Parenthood of Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle & Mexfam San Luis Potosi (Mexico)
  • Planned Parenthood of Cameron & Willacy Counties (Harlingen) & Mexfam Naranjos (Mexico)
  • Planned Parenthood of Central Texas (Waco) & Mexfam Zacatecas (Mexico)
  • Planned Parenthood of Houston & Southeast Texas & MEXFAM Tampico (Mexico)
  • Planned Parenthood of Lubbock & Mexfam Durango (Mexico)
  • Planned Parenthood of South Texas (Corpus Christi) & Mexfam Uruapan (Mexico)
  • Planned Parenthood of West Texas (Odessa) & Mexfam Morelia (Mexico)

• Utah
  • Planned Parenthood of Utah & Botswana Family Welfare Association

• Vermont
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England & Association of Uganda Women Medical Doctors

• Washington
  • Planned Parenthood of Western Washington & Centro Obstetrico Familiar (Ecuador)

Planned Parenthood closes 13 clinics in 2006

We are just completing our annual STOPP Survey of Planned Parenthood Locations and will be reporting the details to you in the coming weeks. But we wanted to let you know that Planned Parenthood has closed down a total of 13 clinics in the last year.

From what we have been able to determine, Planned Parenthood no longer has clinics in the following places:

• Berea, Kentucky
• Borger, Texas
• Cactus, Texas
• Chillicothe, Ohio
• Colfax, Washington (in Whitman County CSO)
• Crawfordsville, Indiana
• Dumas. Texas
• Jackson, Ohio (in Jackson County Health Dept)
• King City, California
• Miamisburg, Ohio
• Sedalia, Missouri
• Spokane, Washington (Express - South Hill)
• Troy, Ohio (in Miami County Health department)

In addition, there were a number of PP temporary express clinics in the San Diego area of California that are no longer operating.

Look for a full report on our survey results in next week's WSR.

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