Is it time to investigate Planned Parenthood?
posted at 11:47 am on April 23, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
Maggie Gallagher says yes, and so do a group of activists who will protest in front of Planned Parenthood’s Washington DC’s offices tomorrow. The group of black pastors and pro-life activists will demand a probe into PP’s fundraising and operational practices after a series of undercover investigations discovered purposeful evasion of child-abuse reporting regulations — and a disgusting acquiescence to the worst kind of race-baiting in order to secure donations:
Planned Parenthood likes to think of itself as above all reproach — a champion of women’s rights and also (as its annual report claims) the nation’s “social justice movement.”
But this week, in front of Planned Parenthood offices at 1108 16th St. NW in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, a group of black pastors and pro-life activists (joined by two GOP congressmen) will demand a congressional audit of what the group alleges are a pattern of racist practices, funded by taxpayers, at Planned Parenthood abortion clinics.
Planned Parenthood’s latest trouble began when a feisty pro-life student magazine called Planned Parenthood offices in seven states, posing as an openly racist donor seeking to make sure his check could be earmarked to abort “a black baby.” The resulting phone conversations are horrifying listening.
Take a listen for yourself:
Maybe the organizers at PP can live with themselves by redirecting the money elsewhere. For instance, Planned Parenthood has a goal to spend $10 million this year through its PAC, influencing voter decisions to keep their favored candidates in office. After listening to this, which candidate wants to accept that kind of support? In fact, opponents of such favored candidates should demand that they answer for this kind of despicable, conscienceless fundraising.
And it wasn’t just some part-time telephone operator at one office enabling racists to reduce the black population. This happened at four different offices, and these calls involved management. It recalls the original mission of the founder of PP, Margaret Sanger, who encouraged birth control of “dysgenic” populations and “racial hygiene”. (Interestingly, though, Sanger believed that abortion killed life and opposed it, preferring contraception.)
Planned Parenthood receives millions in federal funding. In 2006, various PP groups received over $13 million in federal grants; in 2005, the amount went over $16 million. Why does the federal government send grant money to groups exploiting racist appeals to cull donations for abortions in minority communities? Perhaps Congress should ask itself that question.
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AbaddonsReign on April 23, 2008 at 11:51 AM
It’s time to outlaw Planned Parenthood.
Hening on April 23, 2008 at 11:52 AM
I didn’t know that Planned Parenthood was getting federal money at all!
Since when? Isn’t it still the government’s policy, established over many administrations, not to use federal tax dollars for abortions?
Can you give us a little history, Ed?
MrLynn on April 23, 2008 at 11:54 AM
PP certainly needs a huge bucket of reality, and some of their folks need to correct the anal-cranial inversion evidenced on the audio…
Wind Rider on April 23, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Absolutely ridiculous that a multi-million dollar concentration camp, gets federal funding.
You want to murder children because it’s “legal”, pay for it yourselves.
Does anyone really think that a morally bankrupt organization is going to care about laws?
There is nothing that Planned Parenthood is doing that would surprise me. Anyone remotely associated with them is subhuman trash.
NoDonkey on April 23, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Let them take a federal money from planned parenthood. Let them use the free market and see how many babies they can abort.
Theworldisnotenough on April 23, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Wow, it takes a long time for things to gain traction. I read about this months ago. At least it’s seeing some light now.
Hey, maybe it’s PP that Rev. Wright meant created the AIDS virus to kill blacks?
kirkill on April 23, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Planned Parenthood is required to show that they are using federal money for non-abortion projects such as contraception education. There have been cases where individual state chapters have been investigated for obscuring the final destination of that funding.
I don’t know why they get it in the first place, as an obviously partisan organization.
joewm315 on April 23, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Abso-freakn’-lutely!
It’s history and founding is so wrought with disgrace and controversy it’s curious that it has escaped real scrutiny in the first place.
geckomon on April 23, 2008 at 12:01 PM
The pro-life movement is off its intellectual hinges. Planned Parenthood is not the agency responsible for ending child abuse, ending racism, or curing malaria. It’s hard in practice when faced with a decision under uncertainity to know when to report child abuse. I have certain doubts about how some of my neighbors are treating their children, but I’d need more than doubts to call the police.
And as far those ridiculous entrapment phone calls to Planned Parenthood, I’ve had talks with some “pro-lifers” I know about muslims. The “pro-lifers” were quite openly genocidal in their views–which proves nothing just like those phone calls.
thuja on April 23, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Only 3% of the annual services at Planned Parenthood involve abortions. The other 97% goes to pregancy tests, pap smears, contraception, std testing, etc.
Not defending them, just saying…
Tanya on April 23, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Is that Gene Simmons at the 1:45 mark? What’s he have to do with it?
Marc01 on April 23, 2008 at 12:06 PM
I’m pro-life, but the pro-life movement is made up of a bunch of strategically incompetent boobs who tend to be the most extremist on this single issue. The failed South Dakota abortion ban amendment which would have passed with health, rape, and incest exceptions is proof positive of that.
Who is planned parenthood’s competition? Is there any serious “pro-life” alternative to planned parenthood?
ninjapirate on April 23, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Thuja–
It’s hard in practice when faced with a decision under uncertainity to know when to report child abuse. I have certain doubts about how some of my neighbors are treating their children, but I’d need more than doubts to call the police.
I’m not expert on the medical community’s standards and practices, but I did get my bachelor’s degree in education, and I remember being told over and over that if I had the mere wisp of suspicion about one of my student’s being abused, I had to report it tp social services– and if it could ever be proved that I had a suspicion but didn’t report it (and the child was later found to have been in an abusive situation), that I would bear a measure of legal responsibility.
I’m pretty sure my mother (a nurse) has similar requirements– that if she suspects abuse due to bruising patterns or something, she has to report it either to a social worker or to her superiors.
As a neighbor, I understand feeling you need more than “doubts”– but teachers (and I’m pretty sure medical professionals) are not allowed that. If there’s a suspicion, it must be reported. End of story.
I’m sure that Planned Parenthood is supposed to have similar practices. Considering how ripe their services are for abuse by, er, abusers.
crusader coyote on April 23, 2008 at 12:29 PM
I wonder if Margaret Sanger would have ever imagined that this Country would be snuffing the life out of 5,000 black babies a day. I am sure she is looking up with pride. How any African-American’s that actually know the history of Planned Parnthood could continue to support the mini-genocide they are executing is very, very sad. Before I am attacked, I know they are looking out for the Mother, and would never target by race. Even with that, it is still sick. Wake up America, we are talking about taking away someone’s life, before it ever get’s started. It is time for a strong Pro-Life push. Like Reagen said, You have to speak out for the voiceless. The aborted can’t, we can.
chief on April 23, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Donations are going to skyrocket when white supremacist groups see that video…
I’m not saying that as a joke. I just think it’s sick how this world works sometimes.
unamused on April 23, 2008 at 12:42 PM
By using tax dollars to fund abortions we all have blood on our hands and have helped the black community to approach zero population growth. It is truly heinous and yes it’s time to investigate PP. I for one would like to know how many partial birth abortions, (no names, just numbers), have been performed in say, the last year. As a taxpayer I deserve to know.
Christine on April 23, 2008 at 12:48 PM
I drive by that Center in Albuquerque All the time God bless the folks who stand outside and picket day after day.
I haven’t been by there where I haven’t seen someone (during the day) with a Pro-life sign.
-Wasteland Man.
WastelandMan on April 23, 2008 at 12:50 PM
A member of congress might be willing to accept this kind of rationalization. They accept all kinds of things they really shouldn’t. Would they give the local KKK money for non-lynching, non-
cross buirning sheet whitening community projects?
Give me a break.
snaggletoothie on April 23, 2008 at 12:53 PM
An with that 3% you get 264,943 abortions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood#Facilities_and_funding
meandchi on April 23, 2008 at 12:56 PM
When I donate, I designate specifically for abortions for ‘progressive’ Americans.
petefrt on April 23, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Partial birth abortions have been illegal in the United States since 2003. There was a constitutional challenge but the Supreme Court put an end to it last April. You will have to find another reason to promote giving the government the right to tell a woman that she must have a baby.
factoid on April 23, 2008 at 1:05 PM
YES
Red Pill on April 23, 2008 at 1:10 PM
The tide is turning in this country…
Red Pill on April 23, 2008 at 1:10 PM
Hillary Clinton voted against the Partial-birth Abortion ban.
That means she is perfectly OK with killing full-term babies.
She has a 100% “Pro-Choice” record (although the aborted child doesn’t get any “choice” in the decision about its life).
She, like Obama, voted against the confirmation of Roberts and Alito.
Yet some Republicans have actually used their primary vote to vote in the Democrat primary for Hillary Clinton.
That is very sad to me.
Red Pill on April 23, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Did you call, for example, NLRC and see if they would accept donations for offing Muslims? I wonder what the response would be?
As for us being off our intellectual hinges, all true intellectual debates begin with verifiable observation and the proposal of theories which explain those observations.
We have here that the good of obtaining donations for funding abortions trumps the good of repugnance for racism. None of the PP people featured in the calls appear to be overtly racist, yet they were willing to earmark money for racist purposes.
Do you have any video from a major pro-life organization which advocates “offing” muslims? No, you have anecdotal evidence of the unsupported kind that some of your pro-life friends (?) are racist or genocidal. That certainly does not rise to the level of these recordings, which show that racism is an documented acceptable practice as long as it results in support for Planned Parenthood. It is being true to its Margaret Sanger beginnings in that regard.
Your side is unique in that it makes death a business. Our side definitely has the moral upper road, seamless-garb wise, because we don’t make death a business — we make prevention of death a business.
unclesmrgol on April 23, 2008 at 1:14 PM
The only termination of life that is “Pro-Choice” is suicide.
And I don’t recommend that for anyone, even Hillary or Obama.
Red Pill on April 23, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Why? Because PP is going to spend $10M purchasing Congressmen this year. I’m willing to bet that all that money goes to rabid liberal Democrats who want to ensure that the culture of death continues to hold sway in the debate over abortion.
highhopes on April 23, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Check this out:
http://www.laadvocate.com/
Especially the PDF that explains how in America today, a dark-skinned baby is almost as likely to be aborted as it is to be born.
Who are the racists?
Hint: It’s not the Pro-Life Republicans.
Red Pill on April 23, 2008 at 1:26 PM
People talk about zero population growth, the absence of replacement citizens/workers and the need to import labor. The last report I could find said 800,000 abortions were performed(2004 I think). That’s per year. So much for family values and personal responsibilty. Thanks progressives.
Tom
marinetbryant on April 23, 2008 at 1:30 PM
For every two people you see who have been born since Roe v. Wade, there is a third person who you don’t see because they were aborted.
Meanwhile, parents who want to adopt are forced to go overseas and pay tens of thousands of dollars to a Communist country (Russia, China, Vietnam, etc.) to adopt a baby.
Christians, please pray.
Red Pill on April 23, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Are you defending racism?
Johan Klaus on April 23, 2008 at 1:33 PM
That’s true. There are even many clinics that don’t perform abortions at all. It’s often the best place for uninsured people to go for normal gynecological issues.
Still, I’d rather tax dollars go to an organization that doesn’t perform abortions at all.
Esthier on April 23, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Weak, trolls, weak.
PP’s behavior is abhorrent, and frankly it always has been.
I understand the fears and concerns that lead people to their political positions here, but the “pro-choice” (what a linguistic affront) side has seriously strapped itself to the wrong horse here.
Merovign on April 23, 2008 at 1:57 PM
PPH needs to be investigated if for anything, not doing there mission of making sure libs can get abortions.
There are still way too many Liberals.
TheSitRep on April 23, 2008 at 2:07 PM
has anyone else thought that Planned Parenthood might be a front for a eugenics project?
RMC1618 on April 23, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Where here’s a clue. If your neighbor’s kid is 13 (or younger) and pregnant, you’ve got more than doubts. It’s rare for a child of that age to be pregnant without child abuse taking place.
Legally, Planned Parenthood should be reporting that, not trying to help cover it up.
It’s really a simple issue. Don’t let your opinion of pro-lifers cloud your judgment.
Esthier on April 23, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Um, leave this one alone. It brings out the freaks like Red Pill who make the rest of us look crazy to the general public.
Let the prosecuters investigate any illegalities and wait patiently to see where it goes.
funky chicken on April 23, 2008 at 2:12 PM
I’m personally not any more offended by Planned Parenthood’s willingness to kill black babies than I am by the pro-life movement’s willingness to exploit them for political gain. It’s phony and tired.
The reason to protect the unborn is because they are living human beings.
The Race Card on April 23, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Planned Parenthood:
We’ll exterminate any baby. But, if you’d prefer that we exterminate more black babies, yes, we will earmark any donation for that purpose.
The contemporary Final Solution.
OhEssYouCowboys on April 23, 2008 at 2:17 PM
I don’t care for PP at all.
However, I don’t believe this “race-based” setup was the way to do it. This can work both ways.
faraway on April 23, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Leave it to Planned Parenthood and those who back them to convince mothers that it’s a good thing to kill their baby in the womb.
RMC1618 on April 23, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Why the hell does the federal government give 16 million taxpayers dollars to an organization that can 10 million a year buying off politicians?
And by the way, I read somewhere that planned parenthood had revenues in excess of 160 million last year. Why do they need a penny of tax dollars?
peacenprosperity on April 23, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Tanya,
I don’t know where you got those numbers, but PP is the owner and operator of the largest number of abortion clinics in the U.S.
Maybe the numbers come from services paid for by federal dollars. Abortions are generally around $350, cash up front.
Rightwingsparkle on April 23, 2008 at 2:27 PM
I don’t think she meant financially.
Esthier on April 23, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Death is profitable.
RMC1618 on April 23, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Ed: Because Planned Parenthood knows how to navigate the DC political scene. And they also are the only game in town in most places for the needs of promiscuous sexual activity.
peacenprosperity: They don’t need any taxpayer money. Planned Parenthood pushes Congress to fund their activities as a means of the US government endorsing their activities. It’s the same argument presented in support of the destruction of human embryos for research purposes. If the government funds the research, the proponents of the destruction of human embryos believe more capital will be invested in the projects. PP uses the same tactic. The government supports our work, but we can’t do it without your individual support.
They’re two different organizations. At least that’s the way they IRS sees it. The PAC is funded by PP donors. It’s unlikely PP is transferring any of their own funds as an organization to the PAC. This would make all those donations taxable denying their leverage.
The PP PAC is funded by the same donors that give generously to PP for the operation of their clinics.
Join the club. However, you’d just either find your way to splitting the share of funds from Uncle Sam with PP and be forced by law to provide a number of services that you may not want to provide.
The nearest alternative to PP is a crisis pregnancy center. But even these overlook the services that are provided to persons that are sexually active and promiscuous in their behavior.
gabriel sutherland on April 23, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Rightwingsparkle: Tanya’s comment is accurate. Go to PP’s website and read their annual report from 2007. It’s all there. They publicly disclose how they allocate their capital.
gabriel sutherland on April 23, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Past time to investigate.
Past time to rescind all federal money to PP.
INC on April 23, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Forget just the sexually promiscuous. I’m a married woman who uses contraception. I’ll likely have kids some day in the relatively near future, but we’re not ready yet.
There is no good place for me to go.
Esthier on April 23, 2008 at 2:47 PM
You assume “they are looking out for the mother”.
So abortions are good for mothers? Maybe the best thing for the female would have been avoid getting knocked up.
It seems the issues of teen and underage sex are treated with solutions (more condoms, etc) which lie with a basic concept the kids cannot rise above rutting animals. The results of the policies do not seem to have had any effect in holding down abortions or unwed births, particularly among blacks.
When will someone pick a new policy? Or try something new? Are we really so stupid to keep doing the same things even when they fail? Dinosaur soup, anyone?
Harry Schell on April 23, 2008 at 2:48 PM
The book is out of print, but it CAN be located. The title is “Grand Illusions: the Legacy of Planned Parenthood”, the author is George Grant. It is a detailed history of the organization, including Sanger’s views on race. Both Adolf Hitler and Adolf Eichmann were great admirers of Sanger, and implemented her ideas in The Final Solution.
oldleprechaun on April 23, 2008 at 2:54 PM
If a 14 year old is pregnant, in most states, somebody broke the law. Schools HAVE to report it, Hospitals HAVE to report it, Law Enforcement Officials HAVE to report it and so do the so-called “medical providers” of Planned Parenthood.
This is not a judgement call as the parameters are clearly spelled out in all states.
EJDolbow on April 23, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Esthier: That depends on your needs. Contraception can be obtained from any number of sources other than PP.
gabriel sutherland on April 23, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Absolutely NOTHING will come of this! The democrats are in control and our President is clueless so settle down everyone and enjoy! If you don’t like what’s going on…elect some leaders who care about your issues! Our leaders don’t so don’t be surprised at what’s going on!
sabbott on April 23, 2008 at 3:20 PM
“It’s a strange time, for sure.”
You’re damn right it is!
Grafted on April 23, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Yes, I know. I’ve been to more than one place, but PP is the cheapest and easiest.
The only reason to go somewhere else is because I hate PP.
Esthier on April 23, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Have you tried looking in the yellow pages for a OB/GYN? You can even look in the online yellow pages. Just type in Yellow pages in your search engine.
If you live near a town of any size, they have a Walgreens or Rite-aid or the like where you can buy said contraception. The only reason Planned Unparenthood exists is to provide abortions. The rest of the stuff they do is to provide cover.
Corsair on April 23, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Why don’t any of those “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” get any Federal Aid? Is it because they are usually voluntarily staffed by Caring, Compassionate, Christian, PRO-LIFERS?
kirkill on April 23, 2008 at 3:32 PM
“Pregnancy Tests” – PP: “yep, it’s positive, would you like to abort?” That’s the problem, they steer women into abortion with 97% of their funds.
While we’re at it, I read where women almost double there risk of breast cancer after they’ve had an abortion. Does PP really have a woman’s best interests at heart? Never mind the baby that can never be anything else but a human.
kirkill on April 23, 2008 at 3:36 PM
And, by the way, when you and your hubby finally have a child, you will be amazed at the joy you get from your new addition. good luck when it is time.
Corsair on April 23, 2008 at 3:55 PM
You will have to find another reason to promote giving the government the right to tell a woman that she must have a baby.
factoid on April 23, 2008 at 1:05 PM
The government is not telling her that she must have sex. That’s the only way I know for a woman to have a baby.
Hening on April 23, 2008 at 3:56 PM
That’s a pretty good reason.
In a political world, what else is there to do? Ranting here on Hot Air is okay, but it doesn’t go anywhere. I say we should use the issue to get good people elected. Then make real changes. Otherwise, those “living human beings” won’t ever be “autonomous living human beings”.
Squiggy on April 23, 2008 at 4:08 PM
I’ve gone to those before, but the price difference is significant. You save at least a couple hundred a year going to PP.
The thing is, I agree that PP is horrible, but I don’t understand why no one has stepped up to provide the alternative. Clinics that provide relatively cheap services for annual exams, contraceptives and testing are needed, not just for those who are promiscuous but for everyone who can’t afford a regular doctor.
PP provides all of that to areas that need it most, sometimes without even charging the people who come in for help.
So naturally, people who have relied on PP in the past will be more likely to take their advice seriously when told an abortion is the best “solution”. If there were another organization people could turn to, it might be able to make a difference.
Thank you. I do look forward to that time, sometimes. It seems both intimidating and exciting. My hope is that I’ll have insurance by that time, but I’m trying to stay flexible.
Esthier on April 23, 2008 at 4:50 PM
You seem to think I was proposing an idea. That is the rationale Congress used to fund PP, and I disagree with it. Did you misunderstand my comment, or did I misunderstand yours?
Well said.
joewm315 on April 23, 2008 at 4:50 PM
factoid on April 23, 2008 at 1:05 PM
Hey Factoid, did the Government impregnate those women that you say it is forcing to have babies. Get a life. Abortion has become another means of birth control with some women having as many as 5 abortions.
TimothyJ on April 23, 2008 at 4:53 PM
factoid on April 23, 2008 at 1:05 PM
Hey Factoid, did the Government impregnate those women that you say it is forcing to have babies. Get a life. Abortion has become another means of birth control with some women having as many as 5 abortions.
TimothyJ on April 23, 2008 at 4:53 PM
factoid on April 23, 2008 at 1:05 PM
Hey Factoid, did the Government impregnate those women that you say it is forcing to have babies. Get a life. Abortion has become another means of birth control with some women having as many as 5 abortions.
TimothyJ on April 23, 2008 at 4:54 PM
That doesn’t mean that none have been performed.
And yeah, I agree with everyone else, your logic is off when you put the blame on the government for the woman’s pregnancy and labor.
Esthier on April 23, 2008 at 5:04 PM
How come?
Chakra Hammer on April 23, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Or just read what Planned Parenthood’s founderMargaret Sanger herself wrote:
Really? “three or four colored ministers” with “engaging personalities” to implement a “successful educational approach” to “exterminate the Negro population”? Like:
DANEgerus on April 23, 2008 at 5:19 PM
It’s clear to me that pro-choicers generally support eugenics. Margaret Sanger was big into eugenics.
kirkill on April 23, 2008 at 5:33 PM
the pro-life movement’s willingness to exploit them for political gain
Political gain??? You mean for the unborn children??? I remember listening to Sen. Monyihan (sp?) once say that the pro-lifers (although he disagreed with them) were the only group who ever came to his office not asking for something for themselves.
Rightwingsparkle on April 23, 2008 at 5:54 PM
3%, yeah right, I suppose their in the bridge selling business too
Ltmousseman on April 23, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Two examples of governmental philosophy-
A. I’m an abortion provider, but also provide contraception, counseling and other services. May I get a grant so that I can offer these additional services? (If you pay for these, I can free up resources for my abortion business). Govt. response- Sure, how many million do you need?
B. I’m a church, who also provides community services such as literacy projects, meals for the homeless, transitional housing, etc. May I get a grant to assist with these community services? Govt. response- No, there is a constitutional separation between church and state.
cs89 on April 23, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Actually, there ARE alternatives to Planned Parenthood. In the deep blue state of Connecticut, there are radio ads running about “Safe Havens”, where pregnant women unable to care for a baby can give the baby away anonymously, no questions asked, for adoption. The babies are temporarily cared for by nurses, until an adoptive family can be found. The announcer on the ad identifies herself as Governor M. Jodi Rell (R-CT).
If such a program could be set up in the hopelessly Democrat state of Connecticut, it should be easier in a red or purple state. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Steve Z on April 23, 2008 at 6:49 PM
Wasn’t there a caller that was “underage” seeking an abortion and no problem, we will keep the authorities out of it type response?
Pelosi…the most ethical, blah, blah…
right2bright on April 23, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Advertising and lobbying cuts into their budget…
right2bright on April 23, 2008 at 7:11 PM
Okay, here is my weekly rant on this subject…
Why does the black community continue supporting a group (dems) that support the of the black community.
They destroy the education, take away jobs, encourage out of wed lock children, support the killing of their babies, and generally treat them as their house ni**ers voters.
I just don’t get it…
Of course if they were allowed to be properly educated, then they would find out that perhaps the greatest president (for their cause) was a republican, Eisenhower.
right2bright on April 23, 2008 at 7:15 PM
Money is fungible. There is no way to know if a dollar the Federal government sends Planned Parenthood is being spent on abortions or something else. As someone else mentioned, the public funds can easily be enabling more spending on abortions, too.
Not one cent of tax money should be going to any organization that performs abortions, period. Let’s get our candidates for Senate and House on record: do they agree with this position, or not? If not, no vote.
MrLynn on April 23, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Please let this be the beginning of the end of liberals’ hold on black voters. Good lord…50+ years in the wilderness is long enough!
SouthernGent on April 23, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Eisenhower did good work toward ending segregation and got a very healthy percentage of black voters in 1956. However, LBJ was probably more courageous from a Civil Rights standpoint and Nixon’s subsequent Southern Strategy made it difficult for the GOP to appeal to black voters even today.
dedalus on April 23, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Amen to that. If Hillary wins the nomination, and if Obama refuses to be her VP, you just might see the Plantation mentality finally broken…
Red Pill on April 23, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Uh, yea. PP has been investigated, but they literally make hundreds of MILLIONS of dollars on abortions every year. PLENTY of money for lawyers. Not to mention how ingrained they are in politics.
They shake off investigations like a duck shakes water off it’s hiney.
Jewels on April 23, 2008 at 9:04 PM
Barry also has a 100% pro-abortion rating from NARAL. In Illiois he voted against a state law similar to the federal Infants Born Alive Act, ensuring that aborted babies who survive are put in the next room, left alone, and allowed to die…no sustenance, no human touch. Most people would be appalled if this happened to kittens or puppies. These are BABIES, human infants, for God’s sake.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/caseys_endorsement_lacks_fathe.html
It’s a travesty that more people don’t know this about the Obamessiah. He is very quiet about abortion, and it’s no secret why. Hopefully he’s ashamed, but I think it’s more a matter of expediently not wanting to anger pro life voters by mentioning his views. This was a vote where he didn’t vote “present.” His record on life issues is really slimy.
marybel on April 23, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Isn’t PP one of the few examples that Darwin may have been onto something?
gbear on April 23, 2008 at 9:36 PM
The government funding Planned Parenthood is almost as sick as Komen Foundation funding PP.
Kinda like the American Lung Association giving to RJ Reynolds.
burnitup on April 23, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Oh, I don’t know. Get in the hands of one of these guys:
and I bet one of them runs with it, big time. From these guys, the MSM will hear it.
smellthecoffee on April 23, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Exactly. AND…PP just uses more funds from other sources to cover the “underage” from the federal source. Much like, when you designate a United Way pledge to go to a specific agency, the United Way just uses other funds to cover what it had planned to donate to, say, Planned Parenthood. (This is why I stopped giving to the United Way at work. I just donate directly to organizations I want to get my money.)
That assumes of course that PP is being honest with how it spends the money. MrLynn is right that this didn’t always happen. This dishonesty at one PP was documented BTW in an excellent book-length exposé of PP called Aborting Planned Parenthood, available at Amazon.
Someone above mentioned George Grant’s Grand Illusions: the legacy of Planned Parenthood,” also an excellent book (it focuses more on the propagandizing PP does in schools etc.) and also available at Amazon.
inviolet on April 23, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Ben Stein shows the connection extremely well in his movie Exposed. It is a “five star” movie that you need to see if you haven’t already. The HotAir thread discussing that movie has set a new HotAir record…178 unique commenters leaving over 2300 comments.
Red Pill on April 24, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Yes, and they are worthy of your financial support.
This is one.
This is another.
There are many more like them, all over the country.
Red Pill on April 24, 2008 at 12:05 AM
Watch this. It’s absoultely beautiful.
Red Pill on April 24, 2008 at 12:10 AM
There’s a couple of people who have posted about forcing a woman to have a baby, or some similar mental dribble. Most posters believe that the baby/fetus cannot speak for itself so it is our duty to speak for him/her.
How about this: we outlaw all abortions until and unless someone explains why one of the lifeforms in the “medical” facility must die in order for the procedure to be “successful.”
Let’s be seriously basic about this – if the “medical” procedure, done correctly, causes death, IT AIN’T MEDICAL, PEOPLE!
Whatever it is, it has NOTHING to do with medicine.
platypus on April 24, 2008 at 12:34 AM
To please no one will I prescribe a deadly drug nor give advice which may cause his death.
Nor will I give a woman a pessary to procure abortion.
-Hippocratic Oath
labrat on April 24, 2008 at 1:05 AM
Agreed. I thought medicine was about saving lives. Take a look at the Hippocratic Oath. Note the picture of a twelfth-century Byzantine manuscript of the Oath in the form of a cross. Note that the original oath itself says
Red Pill on April 24, 2008 at 1:10 AM
Heh. Great minds think alike.
labrat on April 24, 2008 at 1:12 AM
Verrry moving, Red Pill. Thanks.
smellthecoffee on April 24, 2008 at 1:26 AM
Eisenhower is the one who presented the first civil rights bill for blacks, but it was voted down by the Democrats. Ike is the one who sent troops to secure school for the blacks, and was vilified by the democrats for doing so. Ike is the one who made the executive order to intergrate the military. All others, JFK, LBJ, etc., stood on the shoulders of Ike. He is the one that stuck his neck out, the pioneer, the rest just followed the “popular” trend. Ike did it because it was right, the rest did it for votes.
right2bright on April 24, 2008 at 8:18 AM
Abort the federal monies.
Wade on April 24, 2008 at 9:38 AM
I had never seen that, what do you bet that the actual oath they “take” does not include the abortion statement.
I usually stay away from the abortion posts, it just makes me too sad to think.
I have two fantastic adult kids, and I wonder how many other great kids, ones that give back to society like mine, have been lost forever.
I don’t understand the other side, when the alternatives are so easy to use.
So many want to adopt. Forget (I know you shouldn’t) the moral or religions argument, the practical is that you can resolve this without destroying a life…and create something good and positive.
It makes me so sad, the abortion proponents are so adamant about taking a life…who would ever think that their would be an argument over life or death to an innocent…boggles my mind, and makes me sad.
right2bright on April 24, 2008 at 9:42 AM
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