April 21, 2010 12:38 PM
Idol Gives Back - to pro-abortion groups
This is sad news. I thought it was admirable when American Idol started this annual fundraiser. This is the first time I stopped to think about who was getting the money.Even more sad: that all Idol contestants have to participate in it - even though some are pro-life Christians:
'Idol Gives Back' -- To Pro-Abortion GroupsFRONT ROYAL, Va., April 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- Once again, "American Idol" is aligning itself with pro-abortion groups. Among the groups benefiting this year's "Idol Gives Back" fund-raising campaign are Save the Children and the United Nations Foundation. "Idol Gives Back," which airs tonight, will feature several celebrities who will urge Americans to make a donation.
Save the Children has a working relationship with what it calls "prominent international organizations." Several of these groups are actively pro-abortion, including Better World Fund, Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Population Action International, and the U.S. Committee for UNICEF.
In 2001, Save the Children worked with Planned Parenthood, the Population Action Council, and the pro-abortion Audubon Society on its five-year "Planet Campaign." Funded by the rabidly pro-abortion/ population control David and Lucile Packard and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations, the purpose of the campaign was to "raise awareness of the connections between international family planning and the health of children, women and the environment." The Planet Campaign used television and print advertising, community outreach, special events, and other activities to spread its message. Save the Children said the campaign's website provided "an international forum for discussion of, and action on, women's reproductive health---including family planning---in various countries and diverse cultures around the world."
Save the Children has stated that "family planning" has been a "critical component" of its work for nearly 20 years. The group quoted a UNICEF document which stated that "family planning could bring more benefits to more people at less cost than any other single technology now available to the human race." Save the Children noted that the report identified "access to family planning" as a "key factor contributing to maternal and child survival and well-being."
Several divisions of the United Nations have donated funds to Planned Parenthood and the body has wholeheartedly embraced its abortion and population control agenda.
"It is laudable that the people involved with 'American Idol' want to help the poor," said LDI President Douglas R. Scott, Jr. "But it is tragic that they would choose to do so through groups like the Save the Children and the United Nations Foundation. These groups have far too much deadly baggage." Of course, what many people do not know, because "American Idol" has not chosen to mention it, is that Simon Cowell is the chief executive officer of International Save the Children. This is surely why Save the Children was selected as a recipient charity.
"'American Idol' should stop using the contestants to raise money for groups when they are keeping the activities of these charities a secret," Scott said. "'American Idol' should practice full disclosure and give those contestants who may wish to decline participation in 'Idol Gives Back' the opportunity to do so without repercussions."
"If you believe the plight of preborn children is as important as the plight of the poor, do not participate in 'Idol Gives Back,'" Scott urged. "We are caring people who want to do our part to help those less fortunate, but we will do so through organizations that do not view the killing of human beings as a 'solution' to poverty and other adult-created problems."
It is worth noting that "American Idol" recently supported a fund-raising campaign by Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles.
Life Decisions International (LDI) is dedicated to challenging the Culture of Death, concentrating on exposing and fighting the agenda of Planned Parenthood. LDI's chief project is a boycott of corporations that fund the abortion-committing giant. To learn more about Planned Parenthood, please click here.
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Comments
Thanks for shining the light of truth on this unwelcome fact.
Posted by: Judy | April 21, 2010 12:59 PM
I heard about this on the EWTN show "Women of Grace". The story was linked on their Breaking News section on their website. Thanks for spreading the word and I also helped by posting it on facebook.
Posted by: Julie | April 21, 2010 1:06 PM
ACK! How come more and more organizations support abortion??? I bet you are so glad that Maddy got cut! ACK! She would not want to be a part of that..
The other thought I had: Is there any organization that supports birth control but not abortion? How come the 2 seem to go hand in hand?
Posted by: Lisa | April 21, 2010 1:24 PM
It's difficult to find wide spread causes that do not have some liaison with a group that does has activities one does not support. I've run into this time and again, both with conservative and liberal causes. I try to weigh the amount of involvement in activities I support vs those I do not. If it's a delicate balance, I find other causes.
Posted by: Cath Young | April 21, 2010 4:33 PM
This is so awful! But I disagree with your statement that they 'have to participate'. They are able to say no. Yes, they'd likely lose their spot on the show, but how much publicity would that bring, that all the conservative christians walked off the show or were dropped b/c they would not support abortion!??
Love Samantha
Posted by: Samantha | April 22, 2010 12:38 AM
"Is there any organization that supports birth control but not abortion? How come the 2 seem to go hand in hand?"
No Christian Church accepted contraception before the Episcopalians did at the Lambeth Conference in the 1930s. After 30 or 40 years the Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand. Although most people believe that birth control would prevent abortion, in reality the one paves the way for the other. One reason is that all birth control methods have a failure rate. For many, abortion is back-up birth control, for others, such as millions in the USSR under Communism it was THE method of birth control. The average Russian woman had 8 abortions.
Fr. Paul Marx, the George Washington of the international prolife movement, studied the relationship between contraception and abortion in the 91 countries he visited and said that widespread birth control in any country inevitably leads to the acceptance/legalization of abortion.
Posted by: Judy | April 22, 2010 10:28 AM
