American Girl teams with pro-abortion, pro-lesbian group

Possibly some of you have daughters who play with the American Girl dolls or read their books. You may even be thinking about buying a doll or books for Christmas. Well, it turns out American Girl (owned by Mattel) is partnering with a group called Girls Inc. to sell a bracelet, the "I Can" band, which financially supports Girls Inc. Seventy cents of every purchase goes to Girls Inc. The band is sold on the American Girl webpage with a large ad and a link to the Girls Inc. webpage. In addition, the webpage says American Girl is giving $50,000 to Girls, Inc.

The problem here is that Girls Inc. has on their webpage a statement saying they particularly support abortion and a girl's right to abort an unwanted baby. They were quite clear about their support for Roe, so there is no mistake or room for confusion on that count. Additionally, Girls Inc. supports contraceptives for girls.

They also support and offer resources encouraging lesbian and bi-sexual lifestyles, actually offering resources for girls. One of their publications states, "The emergence of a lesbian identity is an ongoing process, rather than an event."

Of course, American Girl itself is a separate company, unrelated to Girls, Inc. except now by webpage and the seventy cents on every bracelet. I checked out the Girls, Inc. website, and it is exactly as I have told you. Below are some direct links, so that you can see them for yourself.

American Girl website offering "I Can" band to benefit Girls Inc. http://store.americangirl.com/shop/ican.php

Girls Inc. homepage http://www.girlsinc.org/ic

Girls Incorporated supports a woman's freedom of choice http://www.girlsinc.org/ic/page.php?id=4.3.4

Convenient access to safe, effective methods of contraception http://www.girlsinc.org/ic/page.php?id=4.3.4

Girls and Lesbian, Bisexual, and Questioning Identities http://www.girlsinc.org/ic/content/lesbianbisexualgirls.pdf

Free your mind: The book for gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth and their allies. http://www.girlsinc.org/ic/content/sexualityresourcesgirls.pdf

Girls and Sexual Health (with sexual orientation on page 3) http://www.girlsinc.org/ic/content/GirlsandSexualHealth.pdf I hope you will take time to let American Girl know they are making a terrible mistake by supporting the pro-abortion, pro-lesbian organization, Girls Inc.

Please send them an email expressing your disappointment and let American Girl president Ellen Brothers know the company's decision casts a great shadow over their trustworthiness to put the welfare of girls and children first.

Click Here To Email American Girl Now!

Sincerely,

Don

Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman American Family Association

P.S. Please forward this e-mail message to

Guess we won't be buying any more American Girl dolls if that is true.

BFLR!

http://store.americangirl.com/shop/ican.php

Here is a link to the American Girl website...which states their support for Girl Inc.

Maybe they should come out with a Planned Parenthood "American Girl" Doll. A beatiful fancy box festooned with PP's logo/web address, a hefty price tag and inside the box . . . no doll.

How disappointing.

ping

Just in time to know what to CROSS OFF my daughter's Christmas list!

Not Just Bracelets

Good bye to my daughter's American Girl Collection.

Thanks for the information. No more American Girl baby dolls in this house. Nor American Girl books.

Guess we won't be buying any more American Girl dolls if that is true.

Cafeteria boycotts won't work. Boycott all of Mattel's products.

>>>uess we won't be buying any more American Girl dolls if that is true.

The direct link to the I Can page of American Girl:

http://store.americangirl.com/shop/ican.php

This is so very sad. =( I was really looking forward to buying one of these dolls for my daughter this year.

Well, they've been leaning this way for awhile; I first noticed it when they introduced their (not too successful) 'Girls of the World' line.

Isn't "Girls Inc." the old Campfire Girls?

Email link to American Girl.

http://www.americangirl.com/emailus/index.html

New David Gunn doll with blow-out head!

Good bye to my daughter's American Girl Collection.

Are you going to throw away dolls she already has?

Well, darn it. :-(

I wanted to introduce my 5 y/o daughter
to the series, but forget that now.
Glad I didn't purchase the books and dolls
I originally planned to get her for her
birthday next week.

Is *nothing* sacred? *sigh*

The good news is that so many of us are willing to boycott the products. I won't be making my annual visit to the Chicago store from this point forward.

Thanks for the link. An email has been sent.