Monday, August 08, 2005

Planned Parenthood Jus' Don't Understand



A while back I expressed my shock at Planned Parenthood's cadre of clergy supporters. Those supporters are touted on Planned Parenthood Golden Gate's website which features their new animated feature "A Superhero for Choice." This is nothing short of offensive, on so many levels, and should give those same clergy pause in their support of the organization. The first enemy to be thwarted by this superheroine is a Boris Badanoff/Snidely Whiplash like troll who is evilly promoting abstinence among young people. Then, it's on to take on a troop of zombie-like anti-abortion protesters who, she says are protected by the first amendment, but this doesn't stop her from killing them by encasing them in giant condoms which then promptly blow up. She then goes on to battle an evil senator who, among other things, is throwing out the constitution (but didn't she just do that?) and Roe v. Wade, of course. She describes him as Senator "I can do whatever I want" (which confused me for a minute because I thought that was what she was fighting for, not against). The contradictions are legion in this eight-minute animated video, but that's OK because as she says in the end, Planned Parenthood has been around for 89 years, so they must be doing something right. This, I must admit is less than convincing when you consider the video is a blatant attack on the Christian Church which has been around, ah, 2000 years!

If you can stomach going to the Planned Parenthood website, you might take a look at the video (and the other propoganda they're touting) and perhaps send a note of protest to them and those clergy that support them.

via The Peeping Thomists and The Dawn Patrol.

1 Comments:

Blogger Susan Rose Francois, CSJP said...

Sigh ... as someone who was (for many years) pushed into the pro-choice camp by the pro-life propoganda pushed down my throat in Catholic school (it was only prayer and reflection that helped me to realize that, yes, all life is indeed sacred), this saddens me.

I honestly think if those in both the pro-life and pro-choice camps would stop the propoganda, stop fighting some kind of war, and would talk to each other they would find much fertile common ground with which to work and to improve the quality of all our lives. Which, having spent time in both camps, I think is really the motivator behind all the rhetoric.

In the mean time, I'll keep praying.

9:39 AM  

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