A coalition of black pastors plans to call on the Republican and Democratic parties to reject campaign spending from Planned Parenthood, claiming the abortion provider promotes a racist agenda.
The pleas, to be made in a demonstration outside the Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, are the latest effort by the group to clamp down on Planned Parenthood, after an undercover inquiry by a college group revealed an alleged effort to target minority women for abortions.
The pastors are amplifying their argument that abortion, which its members call genocide, is a civil rights matter.
“We are very concerned that Planned Parenthood is targeting African American communities and African American babies,” said Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King Jr.
She and Day Gardner, of the National Black Pro-Life Union, are leading the coalition of more than 50 pastors, who represent churches and anti-abortion organizations.
“Any candidate who continues … by accepting campaign contributions says that you’re not as concerned about civil rights for all people,” King told FOXNews.com. “It’s an anti-civil rights act to support Planned Parenthood.”
I don't know why they included Republicans in this story because the GOP isn't getting any Planned Parenthood money of any consequence. The big bucks go to Dems and Dems only.
It's always been a mystery to me why the black church has fallen in lock-step with a Democratic party that holds opposite views of many black Christians on important issues like abortion and school choice.
UPDATE: The Weekly Standard has more on Planned Parenthood:
In the Wall Street Journal, an article on Planned Parenthood's push for upscale abortion clinics reports that the organization turned a profit of $115 million last year while holding nearly $1 billion in net assets:
Experts in nonprofit management said it’s fiscally responsible to end the year with a surplus, and Planned Parenthood’s numbers are within a reasonable range.
“There is no excess," Cecile Richards, the organization’s president said. “Any money we have, we put back into services.”
During the 2004-2005 fiscal year, Gloria Feldt raked in over $900,000 as the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which received about $270 million in state and federal subsidies. That same year, Feldt earned about $24,000 as the president of Planned Parenthood’s political arm, Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
So, taxpayers subsidize Planned Parenthood’s abortion-providing arm, which in turn subsidizes Planned Parenthood’s political operation, which will spend $10 million this year to defeat pro-life candidates like John McCain. I’m sure there are “experts” who think that's “reasonable” as well.
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