October 16, 1916 is truly a “day that will live in infamy.” On this date 92 years ago, Margaret Sanger founded the American Birth Control League — an organization that would later become Planned Parenthood — and opened its first clinic in Brooklyn, New York.
In that time, Planned Parenthood has left a legacy of ruined lives, lies, and unfulfilled promises. Over 92 years, this destructive and deceptively-named organization has relentlessly pursued an agenda of unapolegtic abortion-on-demand, putting profits and ideology above women’s health and safety. Again and again, Planned Parenthood has proven that they are not the defenders of women’s rights and health that they hold themselves out to be.
What has Planned Parenthood wraught over nearly a century:
- They have performed the majority of the 48 million abortions this country and its families have suffered since 1973 when Roe v. Wade was decided.
- In their quest to further enrich their bulging coffers, they have made American taxpayers involuntarily complicit in their radical agenda. Congress allocates more than $300 million to Planned Parenthood each year and, given Planned Parenthood’s ever-increasing abortion market share, this undoubtly means that taxpayers are paying for many abortions performed each year.
- They have prioritized their profit margins and their political agenda over women’s health and safety by (among other things):
- Ignoring the ever-mounting evidence of the negative impact of abortion on women and misleading women about the physical risks and emotional impact of abortion.
- Opposing attempts to ensure that abortion clinics comply with the same mimimum health and safety standards that other medical offices and clinics must meet.
- Opposing common-sense, protective laws that are supported by the majority of Americans including parental involvement, informed consent, and laws permitting only licensed physicians to perform abortions.
- Failing repeatedly to report sexual crimes (such as statutory rape) committed against children.
- Dispensing the dangerous abortion drug RU-486 in direct violation of the medically-established protocol for the drug. This failure has result in patient death and other dangerous and preventable complications.
- They advocate violating the constitutional rights of those who disagree with them. They seek to compel healthcare professionals, Catholic hospitals, and other unwilling groups and individuals to participate in abortions regardless of their religious, moral, or ethical convictions against the practice.
- And America is not large enough to contain their ambitious agenda. Adhering to the population control views of their foundress Margaret Sanger, they are on a quest to make “abortion the law of the world,” bullying countries around the world to comply with their demands and goals.
The American public needs to learn more about the history, agenda, and practices of this dangerous and radical organization and voice their disgust and opposition to what they stand for — and when they do, Planned Parenthood may not be around to celebrate its centennial.
For more information on the legacy of Planned Parenthood, visit Paul Butler’s (Moody Radio) Production Blog
