There is this web page from Planned Parenthood:
http://www.ppaction.org/ppaction/home.html
In the page above, Planned Parenthood is asking for counter action against the phone calls being made now to block Specter's nomination of the Judiciary Committee.
In the Pennsylvania primary, where Toomey was narrowly defeated by Specter, there is the Freerepublic article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1126254/posts
There is a direct contribution to the Specter campaign, in that Planned Parenthood waged a mailing and other efforts to get voters out. There is a monetary value assigned to these mailings (postage, ink, letters, envelopes, as well as the stuffing process). A portion of it below is:
To: National DeskContact: Steve Smith of Planned Parenthood, 202-973-4972
WASHINGTON, April 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Pro-choice Republicans played a decisive role in defeating anti-choice extremist Pat Toomey's bid to oust Sen. Arlen Specter in Tuesday's Pennsylvania Senate primary, spurred by mail and phone calls from Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates.
In the final week of the heated race between Toomey and Specter, Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates sent mail and made phone calls that reached more than 39,000 pro-choice Republicans, urging them to protect family planning and a woman's right to choose by voting against Toomey in the primary. Specter defeated Toomey by an estimated 16,000 votes, indicating the messages about Toomey's anti-choice record may have been key to his defeat.
"Pro-choice, moderate Republicans understand the threat an anti-choice hardliner like Pat Toomey poses to the future of reproductive rights," Planned Parenthood Action Fund President Gloria Feldt said. "By turning out in force to reject Toomey's politics of anti-choice extremism, moderates sent a powerful message that they aren't about to let the radical right-wing define who is a true Republican."
In Congress, Toomey consistently votes to undermine reproductive rights and restrict access to family planning, earning a reputation as one of the most anti-choice members of the House of Representatives. Toomey's extreme agenda includes opposition to medically accurate sex education, family planning funding and a woman's right to choose.
"The voters showed once again yesterday that pro-choice candidates can and do win in Pennsylvania," said Patrick Hopkins, executive director of Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates. "For three years in a row, pro-choice candidates have defeated anti-choice hardliners in statewide elections. Planned Parenthood's efforts to mobilize tens of thousands of pro-choice Republicans to fight back against right-wing hardliners played a decisive role in Pat Toomey's defeat. Yesterday's election continues to show that choice is a keystone value in the Keystone State."
Toomey's defeat serves as yet another example of the resonance Planned Parenthood's pro-choice, pro-family planning messages have with moderate Republican and independent swing voters. The national Planned Parenthood Action Fund has an aggressive, multi- tiered plan in place to mobilize these voters and other key voting blocs throughout the country in the 2004 elections. For more information about the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, go to http://www.plannedparenthoodvotes.org
Good to know, thanks, but this is something that they did on their own and Specter wouldn't be able to stop. It's a bit different than Planned Parenthood contributing directly to his campaign and him accepting the checks.