I don't know that I need to say much about the following story and its accompanying video. Similar news stories concerning Lila Rose, editor of the UCLA Advocate--a pro-life publication, have been around for some time now. The story and video make it clear that Planned Parenthood's financial motivation is such that they welcome the support of anyone. However, my suspicion is that they don't really care which race gets aborted, but it is important to Planned Parenthood to further the idea that they are somehow helping the underprivileged.
Naturally, no one is helped by abortion--especially the fetus--but it's part of the delusion of the pro-abortion culture to make a claim on behalf of individual justice and human rights. Unwanted pregnancies and abortions are facts of the times in which we live. It is not enough simply to be opposed to abortion. We must offer alternatives to it on a widespread and well-funded basis. My opinion is that alternatives to abortion and such efforts should be publicly funded as well.
The realization of the sacred nature of life is a gift from God, an awakening in the conscience of being made in the image of the creator. However, we can help things along through education and media productions--both in print and televised. I know the influences and scope of Madison Avenue, and I've always thought that Catholicism has fallen behind on using televised media. I feel strongly that Mormonism has made gains due to advertising. Why not advertise Catholic values in the same way? Part of the realization of the kingdom of God is making the world a holy place through the power of the Spirit, through Christ, through him by whom we can do all things. In doing this we must be prepared to use the world to accomplish our goals.
Is Planned Parenthood racist? I don't know--could be. Are they greedy? Undoubtedly.
Los Angeles, Feb 28, 2008 / 08:07 pm (CNA).- The Advocate, a student magazine at UCLA, has released phone recordings of Planned Parenthood fundraising staffers approving of a donor who claimed he wanted his money to help "lower the number of black people."
The magazine conducted a seven-state investigation to discover how Planned Parenthood fundraising centers would respond to a caller who expressed explicitly racist motives.
An actor posing as a racist donor called Planned Parenthood development centers asking that his donations be used to abort African-American babies to "lower the number of black people." Each branch agreed to process the racially earmarked donation. None expressed concern about the racist motives for the donation, and some staffers encouraged the racist reasoning.
In a phone conversation with an Idaho Planned Parenthood office, the actor stated, “the less black kids out there, the better.” Director of Development Autumn Kersey called his position “understandable” and indicated she was excited to process his donation since she had never had a request “like this” before. An Ohio representative, Lisa Hutton, after hearing the donor’s racist explanation said that Planned Parenthood “will accept the money for whatever reason.”
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I couldn't get through more than half of that. It's always sad (and indicting) that money so often trumps human dignity along with human life, but that is COLD. That perky voice, like those of all the players in NARAL's town-wide "Chocolate for Choice" nights, is malice with a smile-- like Pontius Pilate's.
Abortion is not only the greatest and most insulting oppression of women and all extended members of a family --and not least of all does it steal the co-creator's rights over his own flesh and blood, which boggles even the liberated female mind -- but it literally spells death for a living human being. We have to fight it as people, but it's truly a spiritual battle. Satan is well delighted, no doubt, to transform life into death right where his arch Enemy once grew and re-sanctified life.
Thank you for bringing out this audio-video, DDW. Planned Parenthood has so far gotten over every revealing of its fraudulent "We care!", but they might just have to pull a global 3-hr. meeting some night (reminiscent of Starbucks' brain-storming to save business) to counter this. I offer my apologies as a woman on behalf of these Planned Parenthood pimpettes to any black people seeing/hearing this video.
Posted by: JustMe | February 29, 2008 at 08:19 AM