Posted on 11/19/2003 9:35:18 AM PST by chance33_98
'Remember Holly Patterson'; San Francisco Youth Mobilize to Fight Planned Parenthood
11/19/03 10:54:00 AM
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To: City Desk
Contact: Erik Whittington of the American Life League, 540-226-9004; e-mail: ewhittington@all.org; Web site: http://www.rockforlife.org
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- American Life League's Rock For Life, the nation's premier pro-life youth organization, is launching the "Remember Holly Patterson" campaign. This new project will rally San Francisco area youth to expose the falsehoods spread by the country's largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "Planned Parenthood targets the lives of the preborn with scalpels, suction devices and pills, while deceiving mothers with lies and propaganda," said Jason Jones, director of Rock For Life. "The fact is, Planned Parenthood is continuing the jihad against the preborn that was initiated by their founder, Margaret Sanger. Simply stated, our generation is fed up. We will not be silent in the face of their lies and abuses." This effort's kickoff comes two months after Holly Patterson's death.
American Life League's STOPP International and Rock For Life are teaming up to voice their message of truth to high school and college students, as well as to the greater San Francisco community. The campaign is designed to prevent tragedies like the one that befell Holly Patterson and her preborn child. "Both Holly and her baby died because of the RU-486 drug regimen prescribed by Planned Parenthood Golden Gate," said Jones. "Educating the community about the horrors of abortion and RU-486 will not only expose Planned Parenthood's agenda, but will also reduce the number of people seeking their services and ultimately lead to the closing of their clinics."
According to the Alameda County coroner's office, Holly Patterson died of "septic shock, due to endomyometritis (inflammation) due to therapeutic, drug-induced abortion." Holly was administered the RU-486 abortion regimen's first drug at a Planned Parenthood office. This drug, mifepristone, causes the preborn child's death by starvation. Planned Parenthood then advised Holly to take the regimen's second drug vaginally at home two days later. Food and Drug Administration guidelines call for the second drug (misoprostol) to be taken orally under the supervision of a medical professional. "Clearly, Planned Parenthood violated FDA guidelines for administering RU-486; sadly, this doesn't surprise most people familiar with the organization," said Jim Sedlak, executive director of American Life League's STOPP International. "Planned Parenthood's moral compass does not involve what is best for mothers or their babies, but instead the organization's own bank accounts." Jones added, "For the safety of all women and children, RU-486 should be taken off the market immediately-and Planned Parenthood knows this."
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Rock for Life is a project of American Life League, the nation's largest pro-life educational organization with more than 375,000 supporters.
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