Ashtabula County Friends for Life, P.O. Box 242, Geneva, OH 44041 Issue #3 2007
Website: ashcofriendsforlife.org       (440) 466-7441

Mainstream Media Provides Cover for Planned Parenthood Abortion Abuses

As much as liberals decry major corporations that act as if they're above the law, there's always quiet when the subject is Planned Parenthood, America's number one corporate provider of abortions. During its 2005-2006 fiscal year, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America performed a record 264,943 abortions, reported a tidy profit of $55.8 million – and received a record high in taxpayer funding of $305.3 million. This is one corporation the media hold in the highest regard. They're not "merchants of death." That would be the tobacco companies, or gun manufacturers, or hamburger joints. These are the heroic "providers" of "a woman’s right to choose." They're also sleazy in their business practices. In Aurora, Illinois, Planned Parenthood planned to build the biggest abortion clinic in the country, but they lied by omission to the city. Throughout the construction process, the McDonald’s of the abortion industry applied for permits by listing the owner as "Gemini Office Development," not as Planned Parenthood. ABC News to the rescue! Barbara Pinto filed a report on the September 19 "World News," suggesting black was white. "Planned Parenthood denies they've deceived anyone," she stated, adding that their spokesman in Chicago said they were "entirely truthful." Pinto proceeded to blame Aurora’s officials for being dimwitted: "None of the city officials or elected officials were aware that Planned Parenthood would be the tenant in this building. That, despite the fact plans they approved included a surgical center, bulletproof glass and numerous security cameras." ABC ended by quoting the clinic’s neighbors wishing the pro-lifers would stop protesting: "I just wish that they'd go home. I'm tired of seeing their signs." Lifenews.com 10/25/07 by Brent Bozell

Sixty Pro-Life Groups Ask Congress to Block Funding Planned Parenthood

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A coalition of sixty pro-life groups have signed on to a letter to every member of the House and Senate asking that Congress stop providing federal funds to Planned Parenthood. The letter follows the more than 100 charges a Kansas county attorney has leveled against an abortion business there. Since most Planned Parenthood abortion centers follow similar internal health and safety protocols, the groups say that it's likely other Planned Parenthood facilities are breaking the law as well. A judge reviewed the 107 charges that Johnson County Attorney Phill Kline filed against the Planned Parenthood in Overland Park, Kansas and indicated there was enough "probable cause" to proceed with a trial. "Planned Parenthood operates around 860 facilities around the country, and there are approximately 40 states with laws banning late term abortions. This illegal conduct may be happening all over the country," the letter says. "We urge you to act to ensure that our tax dollars are not subsidizing abortion clinics that perform possibly illegal late-term abortions," the letter, provided to LifeNews.com, adds. Groups that signed the letter included Concerned Women For America, Focus on the Family, Eagle Forum, American Family Association, Traditional Values Coalition, and Americans United for Life. Current Title X rules prohibit federal money going directly for abortions. But the rules allow groups such as Planned Parenthood and others who do abortions to receive government money for family planning programs. 10/26/07