Posted on 11/16/2005 5:00:35 PM PST by wagglebee
For years Life Decisions International (LDI) has kept a close eye on Planned Parenthood, the leading abortion provider in the world. Part of LDI's effort has been to keep an updated list of companies who donate money to the abortionist chain.
LDI's "Boycott List", which can be accessed at its website ists companies such as Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Company, Time Warner, Prudential Insurance and Wells Fargo.
LDI takes a behind-the-scenes approach to companies which support Planned Parenthood. Before a company is added to The Boycott List, corporate officials are sent information about the abortion provider and what it does, details about the boycott, and a formal request that the company cease supporting Planned Parenthood.
Those efforts have met with success. LDI claims that 116 corporations have agreed to stop funding Planned Parenthood. That has cost the abortion provider more than $35 million over the last decade.
"We have had several chief executive officers agree to stop giving to Planned Parenthood right away, which means we never had to release the names of their corporations," said LDI President Douglas R. Scott. "But many corporations need a bit of prodding before they realize the gravity of supporting the world's number-one abortion-advocacy group."
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boycott baby killers
Sort of a reverse "Jessie Jackson" move... STOP giving or we tell. Since they don't hit these companies up for money like Jackson would, I think this is a good move.
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Why the drop after 1960? (in deaths of women from illegal abortions)
The reasons were new and better antibiotics, better surgery and the establishment of intensive care units in hospitals. This was in the face of a rising population. Between 1967 and 1970 sixteen states legalized abortion. In most it was limited, only for rape, incest and severe fetal handicap (life of mother was legal in all states). There were two big exceptions California in 1967, and New York in 1970 allowed abortion on demand. Now look at the chart carefully.
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Abortion Statistics - Decision to Have an Abortion (U.S.)
· 25.5% of women deciding to have an abortion want to postpone childbearing
· 21.3% of women cannot afford a baby
· 14.1% of women have a relationship issue or their partner does not want a child
· 12.2% of women are too young (their parents or others object to the pregnancy)
· 10.8% of women feel a child will disrupt their education or career
· 7.9% of women want no (more) children
· 3.3% of women have an abortion due to a risk to fetal health
2.8% of women have an abortion due to a risk to maternal health
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So how many womens lives have been saved by abortion?
Only about 3% of abortions since 1972 were reported to be due to a risk to maternal health. A reasonable person would recognize that not all of those cases represent a lethal risk. But lets say they did. That means that nearly 45 million fetuses were butchered to save the lives of about 1.3 million women. Or put another way; 35 babies are killed to save each woman.
Abortion was legal in all 50 states prior to Roe v. Wade in cases of danger to the life of the woman.
To tell the truth, I have reservations about an organization that will not release their boycott list unless you pay them for it.
I am happy donating regularly to a variety of pro-life organizations, but I am suspicious of any organization that sells its lists.
Indeed, I wonder if they can qualify as a non-profit organization if they do that?
I would contrast this with a similar campaign a few years back in which the Catholic League wiped out "Nothing Sacred" by listing their advertisers with contact information and constantly updating it as ads were pulled. I donate to this organization, but I appreciated that those who couldn't afford to could still help boycott the companies in question.
I know a guy whose doctor told him he had better choose to abort his baby or both the mother AND the baby were going to die. They said he could at least save his wife's life by having the abortion. He stuck to his choice of LIFE and today both the mother and the kid are as healthy as can be.
Doctors are wrong in MANY instances. There are twice as many people killed each year by medical malpractice than are killed in automobile accidents. Tell you anything? I try to stay out of their hands as much as possible.
Between Unilever and Proctor & Gamble, a social conservative would have to go get their personal hygeine supplies from some obscure company.
You and me both. And I'm a doctor's son.
I think they would. Anything that makes it harder to do gives another point to ponder as to whether it's right or not. A great number of women are pressured into abortions.
The most important issue to me is that abortion is the killing of an innocent human being. The most effective action against that is to educate people to that fact. Most people won't kill if they understand what they are doing.
Roger that! I pulled a calf muscle about a month ago. Someone asked me why I didn't go to the doctor. I said why should I go to a doctor and have him charge me $1,000 to tell me to stay off of it for a while. The injury itself forced me to stay off it. I even made my own orthopedic shoe by taping a block of wood to the back half of my foot so I wouldn't use the calf muscle while I hobbled about. In 2 weeks I was walking normally again and could take the "orthopedic" attachment off my shoe.
I've never made much money at it but it's a skill that goes well with the outdoor skills, mechanic's skills, carpentery skills and others I have collected. And here on FR I am gradually developing some communication skills. It's nice to not be dependent on an "expert" for everything. It makes life more fun and interesting too.
The most important issue to me is that abortion is the killing of an innocent human being. The most effective action against that is to educate people to that fact. Most people won't kill if they understand what they are doing.
I think your opinion on the true nature of mankind is too optimistic . Self Interest is really the most basic of all instincts.
I don't think instincts are the true nature of the human mind. I also don't think that murder is in the true self-interest of a human being.
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116 corporations have agreed to stop funding Planned Parenthood
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Hallulujah! Let's make it 500 in 2 years.
Great List. I will disseminate.
CUT FUNDING fo abortions
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A good FIRST STEP and one that this president supports.
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