In this issue:
Planned Parenthood of Nebraska and Council Bluffs scrambles for funds
Planned Parenthood mega-centers partially explained
Planned Parenthood event in Houston
Defund Planned Parenthood Day gets national coverage
Protest the Pill Day '08: The Pill Kills Babies
Planned Parenthood of Nebraska and Council Bluffs scrambles for funds
We have been receiving reports from local STOPPers in Nebraska and Iowa indicating that the Lincoln, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa Planned Parenthood facilities have temporarily stopped committing surgical abortions. There has been much speculation as to why, since the same abortionist had been covering both locations.
PP has also been strategizing as to how it can continue to provide its "services," since it is running out of government money and the clinics in Nebraska are on the brink of closing.
Therefore, PP has outlined a plan for decreasing the amount of money it receives from the state of Nebraska so that it can receive more money from the state of Iowa. We want our dedicated STOPPers in Iowa to be aware of this and get the word out to stop taxpayer money from going into the hands of PP!
This plan includes three goals:
1. Voluntary withdrawal of PP's Nebraska facilities from Nebraska's federal Title X family planning program, effective April 1. 2008.
2. Consolidation of PP's Omaha-Dodge facility with its other Omaha locations, effective May 1, 2008.
3. Opening of a second PP facility in Council Bluffs in 2008 by using public and private funding sources in Iowa.
PP also wants to replace its Omaha-Dodge building with a "larger, more attractive facility" – in other words, a bigger killing center.
According to Chris Funk, president and CEO of PP of Nebraska and Council Bluffs, these will be PP's "key operational changes." To see the plan for yourself, watch a video that Planned Parenthood produced to explain it.
Visit www.stopplannedparenthoodtaxfunding.com to sign the petition and visit our website at www.all.org/stopp for more information on how to stop Planned Parenthood.
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Planned Parenthood mega-centers partially explained
As we have been reporting in the Wednesday STOPP Report over the last year, Planned Parenthood has been opening or trying to open large mega-center clinics across the country. Such mega-centers are open or planned for Aurora, Illinois; Portland, Oregon; Stapleton, Colorado; Houston, Texas; Sarasota, Florida and a number of other places.
STOPP has obtained Planned Parenthood Federation of America documents that may partially explain these new mega-centers.
According to this information, PP is pushing for its affiliates to explore two new "business opportunities" – that is PP's description. These are laboratory services and clinical research.
PP currently is engaged in some activities, such as providing Pap smears, that require it to send material to local laboratories for analysis. PP could save money if it did this laboratory analysis itself. However, it would obviously need a certain volume of business to make the investment in equipment and personnel worthwhile. We believe that PP is not only going to use its mega-centers to do the lab work for a large number of PP clinics in a region, but will also try to expand the business to offer laboratory services to local physicians and other medical groups.
The second "business opportunity" described by Planned Parenthood is clinical research. This could take many forms, but, given Planned Parenthood's highly concentrated young customer base, it is easy to imagine that this new business could include conducting drug trials on innocent young children. One need only watch a couple of days' worth of television commercials to see the veritable explosion of contraceptive drugs hitting the market. All of these drugs need to be tested on humans and PP seems to be positioning itself to do such clinical research in its mega-centers. Of course, drug testing is only one possibility. It is also possible that PP could do clinical research on new abortion techniques or engage in other ominous ventures.
We at American Life League are working with pro-life groups across the country to develop effective efforts to counter this new push by PP. As methods prove effective, we will bring them to you in the WSR so that you can use them in your communities. As all of this develops, we need your help. We ask every reader of this report to please do the following:
1. Let us know if there is a PP mega-center – a building of more than 20,000 square feet – planned for your area.
2. Use the Freedom of Information Act to obtain floor plans from your local building or zoning department of the existing or proposed facility and send a copy to us.
3. If you currently have a presence outside of the PP facilities in your area, keep up the great work and make sure all regularly scheduled – at least monthly – events are listed in the American Life League Map Room (www.all.org/stopp/maps).
4. Begin a presence outside of any PP facility in your area where there is not already a presence. You will find information on how to get started in our Map Room.
5. Pray that God will direct our efforts and thwart Planned Parenthood's efforts to expand its business.
Thank you for all you do. As always, we will bring you the latest developments in the fight against Planned Parenthood as they arise.
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Planned Parenthood event in Houston
Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas are planning to hold an event titled Party Like a Rock Star With A 'Sex' Star, scheduled for May 9 in Hermann Park. For more information on protesting this event and to contact a local associate group of American Life League, contact Houston Coalition for Life at staff@houstoncoalition.com.
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Defund Planned Parenthood Day gets national coverage
As we mentioned in last week's Wednesday STOPP Report, American Life League has been working with Students for Life of America as well as other national pro-life groups to defund Planned Parenthood. On April 24, pro-lifers protested outside of a PP facility in Washington D.C. In conjunction with this activity, African-American leaders held a press conference that has received a lot of national attention.
Laura Ingraham, host of her own syndicated radio program, The Laura Ingraham Show – who is also an author, frequent columnist and television commentator – has recently been discussing Planned Parenthood and its racist agenda. She also appeared on the FOX News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor on Friday, April 25, to discuss the purpose of this event. To view the script from the show, click here.
FOX News has also been covering this story on its web site and elsewhere on its TV channel. To view its article titled "Pastors Accuse Planned Parenthood for 'Genocide' on Blacks," go to: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352537,00.html. To view a television clip of its news coverage, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC_yU3BCmYQ.
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr., chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition and senior pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland, wrote an article published on Townhall.com titled "Planned Parenthood Puts a Hit Out on Black Children." To view his article, click here.
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Protest the Pill Day '08: The Pill Kills Babies
Join American Life League, along with our Pro-Life Wisconsin and Pharmacists for Life International Associate groups, in participating in Protest the Pill Day '08: The Pill Kills Babies. Pro-lifers across the country will protest the birth control pill by standing outside of clinics and facilities, especially Planned Parenthood clinics, that distribute this deadly poison.
For more information, please visit www.ThePillKills.com. Also, e-mail us at protests@all.org, if you plan to participate.
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