Washington, D.C. (19 January 2010) – The International Planned Parenthood Federation is soliciting donations for condom demonstrations and other “reproductive care” for Haiti as the quake-ravaged country heaves under the weight of at least 200,000 dead and hundreds of thousands more wounded and dying.
“This is sick,” said Rita Diller, national director of American Life League’s STOP Planned Parenthood project. “Planned Parenthood is exploiting Haitians dying of thirst as a backdrop for their next fundraising appeal. Bodies are still in the streets, children are wounded, Haiti looks like a war zone and Planned Parenthood is diverting funds for condoms.”
IPPF’s latest fundraising appeal asks donors to “Help Haiti Now” by donating to its PROFAMIL project which has offered Haitians contraception, condoms and sex-ed for teenagers since 1984.
“Haiti needs food, water, clothing and shelter – not condom demonstrations or birth control pills – especially when we see more than 25,000 lawsuits filed in the United States alone due to the dangerous side effects from the Yaz birth control pill,” Diller said. “Condoms and birth control aren’t life saving relief, but rather life-threatening.”
The birth control pill increases the chance of death through pulmonary embolisms and blood clots. It also decreases bone density in young women. Last month a Swiss teen died from the pill, prompting the Swiss Federation of Service to Patients to call for a ban on the pill related to the young woman’s death – a brand such as Yaz, Yasmin and Yasminelle.
Not only do the pill, patch, IUD and similar birth control products cause great harm to the woman herself, but these products also work as abortifacients – meaning, they work to cause early abortions inside the mother.
“Time is running out for Haiti. We call on Planned Parenthood to cease this ridiculous fundraising campaign that is keeping water, food and medical supplies from Haiti and to ask their supporters to contribute to the real needs of the victims of this disaster.”
American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to death. For more information or press inquiries, please contact Katie Walker at 540.659.4942.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- International Planned Parenthood Federation: PROFAMIL https://secure.ga0.org/02/haiti
- American Life League: The Pill Kills http://thepillkills.com/
