WASHINGTON -- Douglas R.
Scott, president of Life Decisions International, Jan. 9 called the significant
increase in Planned Parenthood's abortion business "scandalous" and said
the organization's leaders have "created a lucrative climate
for abortion."
The 1996-1997 Planned Parenthood
Federation of America Annual Report notes that the organization's personnel
committed 153,367 abortions during the last reporting period, compared
to 139,899 in the previous period.
PPFA affiliates referred
a scant 6,274 women for adoption services in 1996.
"The last thing on earth
that Planned Parenthood wants to do is decrease its abortion business,"
Scott charged. "In fact, Planned Parenthood apparently seeks to increase
its market share, and they are seeing great success, despite the decrease
in abortions nationwide."
Scott also criticized Planned
Parenthood's push of "emergency contraception" to teens and young adults.
"These are chemical abortions," Scott said. "They are not designed to work
pre-fertilization, but post-fertilization. Planned Parenthood is in the
business of making sure babies
are not born -- that people view children as burdens. (PP) are quite good
at it."
The Annual Report notes a
slight decrease in the number of males and females receiving birth control
from Planned Parenthood, but a separate line reports "Emergency Contraception,"
which saw a nearly 64 per cent increase from the 1995-1996 report. Female
sterilizations were also down, but virtually every other category of customers
showed a dramatic increase.
The Report states that PPFA's
budget has increased from $504 million in 1995-1996 to nearly $531 million
in 1996-1997. PPFA generated $30.6 million more than it spent in the current
reporting period. Its research arm, the Alan Guttmacher Institute, touted
as an "independent" organization, received $5.3 million from PPFA.
While PPFA reported great
"profits" and influence, LDI reports that early in the new year, the number
of corporations agreeing to end funding of the abortion-committing organization
grew to 52.
"We have seen great success
in convincing corporations throughout the world that supporting Planned
Parenthood is not in their best interest," Scott said. "This is not a Jesse
Jackson ‘boycott-until-it-stops-making-headlines' effort. We mean business
and are committed to this effort for as long as it takes.
PlannedParenthood seeks more
and more government money when it has more money than it can even spend,"
Scott said.
"It has an enormous reserve
bank account, but the elitists of the world believe they can never be too
rich. Planned Parenthood continues to be a Goliath in a world of deadly
menaces."
-- LifeSite News Service
