Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Pro-Lifers Demand Parties Refuse Planned Parenthood Funding

"Democratic and Republican candidates must reject donations from Planned Parenthood this election year, and Congress should end all federal funding for the abortion provider, according to black pro-life leaders who held two press conferences last week in Washington, D.C., at Democratic and Republican Party Committee headquarters.The Planned Parenthood Federation of America is expected to spend $10 million this year on voter mobilization, according to The Los Angeles Times, and its political action committee has donated $60,000 to federal-office candidates so far this year. Planned Parenthood receives a little over $300 million in government grants and contracts, according to its latest annual report, and its political action fund voted in June "to recommend endorsement of Senator Obama" for president. Among the black pro-life leaders who organized the press conferences were: Dr. Alveda King, niece of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Johnny Hunter, president of Global Life & Family Mission, and Day Gardner, president of the National Black Pro-Life Union. ....."

Pro Life Demands Politicians Reject Contributions from Planned Parenthood

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