Posted on 02/17/2014 6:05:03 PM PST by Morgana
During the last two weeks, LifeNews has brought international attention to the link between the Girl Scouts and the Planned Parenthood abortion business and the national boycott of Girl Scouts cookies sponsored by pro-life groups.
The pro-life movement has been concerned for a number of years about the ties between the Girl Scouts and the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Although the Girl Scout organization maintains that it takes “no position” on the issue of abortion, parents, churches, and pro-life activists have long complained of the pro-abortion slant of the Girl Scouts’ resources, role models, and affiliations.
girlscouts5After a series of articles on the boycott and the Girl Scouts-Planned Parenthood link, that featured the Girl Scouts logo to identify the organization, Brian Crawford, an executive with Girl Scouts USA, wrote LifeNews a scathing letter attempting to intimidate us into stopping our reporting on their link and to no longer use their logo or image to identify them as we bring attention to their support for the nation’s biggest abortion business.
In his letter Crawford again denied any connection to Planned Parenthood and he complained about LifeNews.com “articles that outline alleged ties to Planned Parenthood,” saying “GSUSA has an obligation to protect the Girl Scout name.”
“Girl Scouts of the USA does not have a partnership or any relationship with Planned Parenthood and does not plan to initiate one,” he claimed.
The letter “demands” that LifeNews no longer identify the Girl Scouts using Girl Scout logos as we report on its link to the abortion company that does approximately one-third of the abortions in the United States. The GSUSA letter lists a date by which LifeNews must guarantee the Girl Scouts it “will comply with our demand.”
However, the links between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood are longstanding, with a Girl Scouts CEO and individual troops admitting as much.
Fresh on the heels of Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA) sharing a recommendation for pro-abortion Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis as a 2013 Woman of the Year via their official Twitter account, the organization suggested pro-abortion HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as a woman “with courage, confidence, and character.”
Meanwhile, the new national spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts, Kelly Parisi, is the former spokeswoman for a pro-abortion organization — one founded by Gloria Steinem.
The Girl Scouts have been criticized for their involvement in the May, 2013 Women Deliver Conference, an international event that included “safe and legal abortion” among its overarching themes. It documents its role in the planning and facilitating of the December, 2012 Bali Global Youth Forum and the outcome declaration, which demands youth access to abortion.
The ties between the two groups have been questioned ever since former Girl Scouts CEO Kathy Cloninger admitted on NBC’s The Today Show: “We partner with many organizations. We have relationships with…Planned Parenthood organizations across the country.” See the video here.
Then, in a national survey, seventeen Girl Scouts councils admit to partnering with Planned Parenthood; many other councils refuse to answer the survey question. Of the 315 Girl Scout councils in the U.S., 17 councils reported having a relationship with Planned Parenthood and its affiliates, and 49 reported they do not. The other 249 refused to disclose any relationship.
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In 2010-2011 Girls Scouts in New York partnered with Planned Parenthood for a sex-ed program, “Real Life. Real Talk.” The program website touts their partners (link has since been removed): “Real Life. Real Talk. is proud to count the following organizations, faith communities and companies as partners: …Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways.”
For fourteen years, the Girls Scouts in Waco, TX co-sponsored a sex ed conference with Planned Parenthood. “It’s Perfectly Normal” a book written by a Planned Parenthood executive was given to all children in attendance says abortion can be “a positive experience.” And in January 2012, Girl Scouts employee Renise Rodriguez wore a “Pray to End Abortion” t-shirt during off-duty visit to her Tucson Girl Scout office and was ordered to her to turn the shirt inside out or leave.
As LifeNews reported in 2012, the Girl Scouts joined with Planned Parenthood to head a UN conference and LifeNews reported on the investigation the Catholic Church is undertaking into the ties between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion groups.
First of all, a man shouldn’t be in any position with the GIRL scouts.
Second, I look forward to telling the mothers at the cookie table why I won’t be buying anymore cookies.
Ooh, how scary. Screw ‘em!
Will never eat one of their rotten cookies again as long as I live!
How scary LOL!
I think safe to say Lifenews tell them where to go
Just politely tell the girls and their moms that you only support cruelty-free cookies.
Just politely tell the girls and their moms buy those cookies in a GS box and put a baby in a dumpster box. -—there fixed it!
The leaders of the Girls Scouts are whores for using the girls.
I have been approached by Girl Scouts at three different locations in the past two days to buy cookies.
I didn’t feel comfortable saying anything to the young girls as they will simply re-mouth what the moms and leaders say. Furthermore, there is nothing we could say that couldn’t be misconstrued into the children believing we were crazy or bullies.
We just said nothing, kept walking and voted with our feet.
Planned Parenthood is a criminal organization
I will simply say “Wendy Davis” and keep walking. The mothers will know what I’m talking about.
I think you did the right thing. An adult should never get into any kind of confrontation with a child they don’t know.
I don’t know if the Keebler cookie co. has taken an outright stance supporting pro-life causes, but this site
http://gsboycott.blogspot.com/
mentions several Keebler cookie varieties as alternatives to the Girl Scout cookies.
(Note that Keebler supports the American Red Cross by donating snacks at blood donation centers.)
You are not being a bully if if say anything without hate or anger in your tone of voice. I do believe you should give a reason as to why you won’t buy the cookies. The girls will tell the leaders, who will tell the area supervisor, who will tell the higher ups. Only when cookie sales drop will GSA get a clue and drop Planned Parenthood like a hot potato.
“Girl Scouts threaten....” What the hell is this sewer coming to?
I would, too, but the innocent little girls are always in the vicinity, and I cannot expose them to the disgusting details. I just have to say, "no thanks," and hope they get the hint.
Bingo. The little girls are largely innocent in this, and we shouldn’t berate the organization in front of them. I have to bite my tongue and walk on by, letting that me my indication of disapproval.
The organization is now rotten to its core. The Planned Barrenhood association is only a symptom of this rot. The entire organization has been overrun by sexual perverts.
“I would, too, but the innocent little girls are always in the vicinity, and I cannot expose them to the disgusting details”
By all means expose them! Planned parenthood is already trying to teach them about abortion/contraception. Many Girl Scout troops are learning about it look here: http://www.speaknowgirlscouts.com/web_documents/happyhealthyhot.pdf
You may be that one person who exposes them to the truth of all this nightmare.
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