This is infuriating, how can these people be allowed to harrass women and girls. They are freaking lunatics and our tax dollars are paying for this nonsense thanks to Bushco and people like them.
Now don't forget the girl in Indiana who died after an illegal abortion because she had to get her parents permission for a legal one. She couldn't do it and so she died. Now, I don't know about the rest of you but I would rather my child get a safe legal abortion without my knowledge, whether she is right or wrong to trust me, than end up dead.
I'd sue the state of Indianna if I was that girl's mother and my daughter were dead.
If you live near one of these clinic, consider picketing them and directing women and girls away from them. Let them know this is not a place to get help, but a place to get harrassed and stalked.
Your tax dollars are funding "crisis pregnancy centers" to the tune of $60 million!
Take action now!
Dear Teresa;
When a 17-year-old Indiana girl walked into what she thought was a Planned Parenthood clinic, her mother and boyfriend beside her, she never imagined that it was a trap a deceitful setup by anti-choice zealots.
You can read her alarming story below including how people from the fake clinic came to her high school and publicly humiliated her â" but it's not an isolated incident.
The anti-choice movement is setting up so-called "crisis pregnancy centers" across the country. Some of them have neutral-sounding names and run ads that falsely promise the full range of reproductive health services, but dispense anti-choice propaganda and intimidation instead. And according to The New York Times, there are currently more of these centers in the U.S. than there are actual abortion providers!1
A bill has just been introduced in Congress to stop the fraudulent practices of fake clinics, but it desperately needs more support.
Tell your representative to take a stand: anti-choice extremists must not get away with this any longer!
The Story: An Indiana mother recently accompanied her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend to one of Indiana's Planned Parenthood clinics, but they unwittingly walked into a "crisis pregnancy center" run by an anti-abortion group â" one that shared a parking lot with the real Planned Parenthood clinic, and was designed expressly to lure our patients and deceive them.
The group took down the girl's confidential personal information and told her to come back for her appointment, which they said would be in their "other office" (the real Planned Parenthood office nearby). When she arrived for her appointment, not only did the Planned Parenthood staff have no record of her, but the police were there â" the "crisis pregnancy center" had called them, claiming that a minor was being forced to have an abortion against her will.
The "crisis pregnancy center" staff then proceeded to wage a campaign of intimidation and harassment over the following days, showing up at the girl's home and calling her father's workplace. Our clinic director reports that she was "scared to death to leave her house." They even went to her school and urged classmates to pressure her not to have an abortion.
This cruel and fraudulent behavior shows exactly what's behind the proliferation of these centers. That's why this new bill is so important: it would make it illegal for any entity to advertise abortion services if it does not provide such services.
Worse yet â" the Bush administration has used $60 million in taxpayer dollars to fund these propaganda machines. This has got to stop!
Help bring attention to this outrageous practice. Please contact your representative today!
With your help, we can put an end to the fraud and deceit that women across America are facing in their most vulnerable moments.
Sincerely,
Cecile Richards
President
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
1"Some Abortion Foes Forgo Politics for Quiet Talk", New York Times, 1/16/2006. The article reports that there are 2,300-3,500 crisis pregnancy centers nationwide, compared with about 1,800 abortion providers.