Dear Pro-Life Friend,
According to Planned Parenthood,
Morgantown needs an abortion clinic.
You and I don’t agree. But what can
we do?
Let me give you an important update
on Planned Parenthood’s activities
in our community. On June 25, a
regional CEO from the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)
held an informational meeting in
Morgantown. Its purpose: to
announce a "feasibility study" to
investigate the possibility of
bringing a Planned Parenthood clinic
into our area.
This is the Planned Parenthood that
is the nation’s largest performer of
abortions: almost 245,000 of the 1.3
million abortions in our country in
2003. That’s almost 20%! This is the
same organization that promotes
explicit and degrading sexual
education from kindergarten through
high school. (And CEO Walter
Klausmeier promised that PPFA would
attempt to get into local schools.)
This is the Planned Parenthood that
opposes all parental consent and
notification laws for minor girls
considering abortion. And this is
the Planned Parenthood that is
currently being investigated in
three states for refusing to report
potential cases of statutory rape
and child abuse—even though all
fifty states require healthcare
workers to report any suspicions of
such activity.
Our contention is that Planned
Parenthood hurts girls in its
irresponsible promotion of sexual
activity, including sex that is
illegal and potentially abusive.
And, of course, it hurts girls by
subjecting them to the violence of
abortion, which is used to "take
care" of the inevitable pregnancies
that occur as the result of Planned
Parenthood’s sexual philosophy.
A new group, Planned Parenthood
Hurts Girls, has arisen to fight
this monster. West Virginians for
Life is playing an important role
providing leadership and resources.
Monongalia County Chapter president
and WVFL staffer Mary Anne Buchanan
is serving as the media liaison.
We have a small window of
opportunity to keep Planned
Parenthood out of the Morgantown
area! We know that women
and girls from all over north
central West Virginia would come to
a clinic in Morgantown. We would all
be affected. But if we can
demonstrate substantial popular
opposition to this clinic, we can
keep them out!
Join us in our educational efforts.
Planned Parenthood Hurts
Girls is planning to run an ad
featuring the names of those who
oppose this clinic. We need
to have as much community support
for this effort as possible. Our
deadline for gathering names and
donations is August 21. Any
individual, organization, or
business that contributes $100 or
more will get a free copy of my
book, Margaret Sanger’s Eugenic
Legacy. It details the eugenic
history of Planned Parenthood.
We hope you will make use of the
following materials (they are
attached as
pdf
files):
- A bulletin insert that
summarizes Planned Parenthood’s
activities.
- A summary of our educational
materials.
- A full-sized fact sheet that can
be used to educate.
- A petition. Please place copies
of the petition in a prominent place
in local churches. If possible,
enlarge the petition to legal size.
All petitions, donations, and
signatures for the ad must arrive at
the address below by August 21. (We
can accept credit card donations on
Paypal; checks should be made out to
the Monongalia County Chapter of
WVFL.)
We are encouraging churches and
other organizations to hold
educational events in July and early
August to drum up support for the ad
and for the petition. Please
consider planning such events in
your area. This is a great
opportunity to educate our
communities about Planned Parenthood
and abortion! Planned Parenthood
Hurts Girls has speakers that might
be able to travel to your area.
We would also like to have a
separate Pastors’ Ad and a separate
Doctors’ Ad. Please contact us by
August 21 if any of your local
pastors and physicians would like to
have their names in those ads.
As always, thank you for your
pro-life efforts. May God bless our
state and may He grant success to
the work of our hands!
Angela Franks
Coordinator, Planned Parenthood
Hurts Girls
c/o WVFL- Monongalia County Chapter
P.O. Box 1479
Morgantown, WV 26507
304-296-5741
pphurtsgirls@yahoo.com (also
the paypal address)