Abortion Leads the PAC

For Planned Parenthood, weighed down by new criminal charges and legal suits, the best defense seems to be a good offense. The organization is sinking $10 million into its PAC, hoping to load the Congress with abortion allies who would help protect--if not increase--its multi-million federal funding stream. The amount allocated for political races is triple what the organization has spent in past elections. The Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF) is even wading into local politics, a scene it had previously ignored. NARAL Pro-Choice America and PPAF will spend a combined $20 million in the 2008 election cycle on contests for the House, Senate, and White House. Phill Kline, the former Kansas Attorney General who is leading an investigation into Planned Parenthood's legal violations, says, "They're trying to influence public policy in a way that allows them to continue what they're doing." With the congressional majority and U.S. Supreme Court in the balance, November's outcomes will have a significant impact on the future of Roe v. Wade. Another group that has promoted more than its share of radical, anti-life candidates, the National Education Association (NEA), found a new way to support the abortion cause by playing host to some of the movement's heaviest hitters at its headquarters last week. The NEA donated its facilities to an annual conference of the National Council of Women's Organization, a far-left group that counts among its members NOW, Planned Parenthood, NARAL, the National Abortion Federation, the Center for Reproductive Freedom, and others. Equally shocking, the NEA shared its stage with notorious abortionist George Tiller, who has been charged with performing almost 20 illegal late-term abortions. Tiller, a target of Phill Kline's investigations, was honored with a standing ovation and given an opportunity to showcase photos of his gruesome work. To cap off his appearance, the Feminist Majority Foundation announced that it would devote its resources to keeping Tiller's Kansas clinic open. Since the NEA's role in the event became public, the group has struggled to defend itself. When asked by pro-life members why it serves as a revolving door for abortion activists, one NEA official said that it has always allowed "likeminded groups" to use the building. If you're a teacher who belongs to the NEA and are frustrated by how your dues fund the organization's radical political causes, please protest. Call the national headquarters at (202) 833-4000 and urge them to focus on education, not the pet causes of the leftwing elite. While you have the phone in your hand and are dialing Washington, don't forget to call the White House Comment Line at (202) 456-1414.

Urge President Bush to act now on the proposal on his desk to end the meshing of federal Title X funds with abortion clinics. Urge him also to end the abortion referral mandate under Title X. There is no excuse for federal subsidies for the abortion industry.

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