Stop Funding Planned Parenthood

I’m dismayed at NDSU partnering with Planned Parenthood (PP). Most government funds cannot pay for abortions. Yet, PP’s own reports reveal a 99% positive correlation between increased taxpayer funding and increased abortions. Former PP directors Sue Thayer and Abby Johnson allege that PP uses those funds for abortions.

Consumer Reports ranked PP’s condoms dead last in 2005. Former abortion directors say PP buys the cheapest contraceptives. PP can state the typical contraceptive failure rates, while their products rank far worse. When contraceptives fail, they can lead to pregnancy and disease.

Clients often return to PP for abortions and STD testing when those products fail. PP profits from both. Abby Johnson admits PP has internal goals to increase abortion sales.

Surveys suggest students want to learn how to resist sex without breaking up. Studies reveal that the most effective programs promote abstinence, while answering students’ questions. When Georgia switched to promoting abstinence, teen pregnancies dropped roughly 50%.

Former abortion director, Carol Everett admits that sex education was part of the abortion sales strategy. You’d be appalled if they knew what PP considers age-appropriate education. While reaching more students, PP performs more abortions. It’s a conflict of interest. Let’s stop funding PP.

Jim Burke
NDSU Alumnus, Electrical Engineering, Dec. 1999
Cedar Rapids, IA