Forwarded from a friend & fellow blogger, & edited a bit by me, this diary started as an e-mail, really, and I'm hoping the Kossacks will rec it, spread it, donate, and kick it in to the stratosphere.
Dear Friends:
Please make a donation to Planned Parenthood in honor of Sarah Palin. And here's the extra special part: When you make the donation, Planned Parenthood will mail out a card telling Palin that a contribution has been made in her honor.
Go to this donation page at their website: Planned Parenthood In Honor Online Donation
Remember to click the "in honor" button & fill in Palin's name and an address so Planned Parenthood knows where to send the card. I suggest you use the address for the McCain campaign headquarters, which is:
McCain for President
1235 S. Clark Street
1st Floor
Arlington , VA 22202
I've gotten confirmation that the donor's name and address (that's you and me) will not appear on the outgoing card. So you needn't worry about that nasty Palin retaliatory streak we're hearing so much about.
Feel free to send this along to all your pro-choice friends and urge them to do the same. And anyway, truly, it's about time we all stand up, united, and show Planned Parenthood how grateful we are for them.
And don't miss the article at Salon.com about the extremism of Sarah Palin .
Money quote:
In 1996, evangelical churches mounted a vigorous campaign to take over the local hospital's community board and ban abortion from the valley. When they succeeded, Bess and Dr. Susan Lemagie, a Palmer OB-GYN, fought back, filing suit on behalf of a local woman who had been forced to travel to Seattle for an abortion. The case was finally decided by the Alaska Supreme Court, which ruled that the hospital must provide valley women with the abortion option.
At one point during the hospital battle, passions ran so hot that local antiabortion activists organized a boisterous picket line outside Dr. Lemagie's office, in an unassuming professional building across from Palmer's Little League field. According to Bess and another community activist, among the protesters trying to disrupt the physician's practice that day was Sarah Palin.