Washington, D.C. (12 February 2010) – In the latest in a series of crackdowns, Planned Parenthood in Birmingham, AL has been put on a year-long probation for violating state parental consent laws. The nation’s largest abortion chain continues to receive $349 million a year in tax dollars. The action comes after the investigative work of student-run LiveAction revealed that Planned Parenthood had been performing abortions without parental consent. Alerted, state investigators inspected clinic records and found that teenage girls ages 13-15 had received abortions without proper verification of parental consent since November 2008. “After years of reports against Planned Parenthood for protecting rapists, flaunting parental consent laws, misusing state tax money – all the while raking in profit – when will we say enough is enough?” asked Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League and cofounder of STOP Planned Parenthood. Investigations have also taken place in Indiana for undercover work done by LiveAction in Bloomington in June 2008, where a Planned Parenthood counselor coached a woman posing as a 13-year-old girl on how to avoid state law and protect her 31-year-old rapist. In Indianapolis, another Planned Parenthood counselor told a girl how to protect her rapist and where to get an abortion to bypass Indiana’s parental consent laws. In May of 2008, American Life League obtained, through a Freedom of Information request, copies of the California Department of Health Services 2004 audit of Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties. This audit shows that one Planned Parenthood affiliate overcharged the state of California $5.2 million in a single year. In July 2009, Planned Parenthood of El Paso, Texas was audited due to possible illegal financial activity. It closed all seven of its facilities. “We’re also seeing alleged illegal activity in Tennessee, North Carolina and Ohio,” said Sedlak “and yet Planned Parenthood still receives millions of our tax dollars each year. Our families and our tax dollars are better served by defunding Planned Parenthood immediately.” 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:World Net Daily: BUSTED! Undercover video nails largest abortion provider (11 February 2010) http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=124825American Life League: STOP Planned Parenthood Tax Funding http://www.stopplannedparenthoodtaxfunding.com/ |