So, what’s in the latest Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area mailing?
Naturally, it’s a pitch for money, but there is also an insert headlined,
A Growing Movement to Ban Abortion
The insert says,
On March 6th, South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds [R] signed a bill that would make abortion a criminal act. South Dakota became the first state in 14 years to pass legislation directly challenging Roe v. Wade.
Eleven other states—including three of the five states bordering Illinois—quickly followed suit, and introduced bills that would either ban abortion or trigger abortion bans if Roe v. Wade were overturned.
A woman’s right to choose is in grave danger. We need pro-choice supporters to stand strong in Illinois. Please join Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area today!
It seems that Penny Pullen and I were not the only two Illinoisans interested in what is going on in South Dakota in 2006.
The post script on the fund raising letter says,
Our ten Health Centers located throughout the Chicago area provided medical services to over 48,000 women, men, and teens last year—and we expect to serve even more this year.
The issue is being fought over rape and incest. In today’s email from the Vote Yes on 6 folks, there are two testimonies:
- Megan Barnett, Aberdeen, conceived her daughter through sexual assault. “If I had wanted to prevent the pregnancy, Referred Law 6 would have given me the time to do that,” she said. “I was offered emergency contraception twice and chose not to take it.”
- Barb Walker, an Aberdeen sex crime survivor, said, “I was raped years ago and HB 1215 would have provided options for me.”
“Abortionists cover up sex crimes by scaring women into thinking abortion is the only solution,” Leslee Unruh, VoteYesForLife.com campaign manager, says,
The email continues,
In 1990, The Baltimore Sun reported that the parents of three teenaged girls plead guilty to first-degree rape and child sexual abuse. The father used at least 10 abortions to keep the rapes secret. The same Greater Baltimore Medical Center doctor performed five of them. Abortionists destroy pregnancies that would alert authorities of sexual abuse.
If you want to contribute to the Vote Yes for Life campaign, its web site is linked.
