Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion chain and recipient of over $350 million in taxpayer dollars per year, has had to deal with tons of negative press coverage in the past couple years thanks in large part to many African-American pastors and the undercover videos of Lila Rose.
The latest ordeal comes out of the billboard campaign in Georgia, which we wrote about last week. Georgia Right to Life put up several billboards centered around Atlanta that said black children are an “endangered species” and led viewers to the website www.toomanyaborted.com. Well, the billboards seem to be having an effect as one Georgia lawmaker, with bipartisan support, introduced The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, which would outlaw performing abortions based on race, sex or color.
As the Washington Times explains, “If enacted, the bill would make it illegal to knowingly solicit, perform or accept funding for race- or sex-selected abortions.”
And Planned Parenthood isn’t happy (of course). They don’t like it when they are accused of following in their foundress’ (Margaret Sanger) footsteps.
Planned Parenthood has been wrongly depicted as racist through “race-baiting phone calls,” added Dr. Vanessa Cullins, vice president for medical affairs for Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Those “race-baiting calls” were made by James O’Keefe and Lila Rose. They called several Planned Parenthood clinics around the country and made blatant racists statements as they were trying to find out how to donate money specifically to abort a black baby. The reactions are sickening to listen to. Not one Planned Parenthood rep turned the money down.
What has Planned Parenthood done since then? Dr. Cullins says that they have retrained their staff to “recognize and handle such calls.” Ah yes, problem solved. Now what is Planned Parenthood going to do about the fact that 70% of Planned Parenthood clinics are located in urban neighborhoods where the majority of African-Americans reside?
Stay tuned for more on this topic. It isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, Planned Parenthood is set to open up the largest abortion facility, 78,000 square feet, in the country in Houston in April. Guess where that’s going – right in the heart of two minority communities in Houston.
