While it's obvious to most Americans that central to the Christmas season is a special birth and the family-centered celebrations which mark that event, several Planned Parenthood affiliates decided to offer "the gift of life" certificates - services to include abortions. Oh yes, indeed, nothing says "Happy Birthday" like an abortion from Planned Parenthood.
Following the Alice in Wonderland "up is down and down is up" theme, Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Illinois began offering gift certificates as a holiday wish list suggestion. Promoted as "the gift of life," the certificates (they admit) include abortion. Apparently it's a slippery sled ride from Merry Christmas, to Happy Holidays, to Happy Abortion! (And "Plan B" by the chimney - for the romantics amongst us?)
It would be nice if Planned Parenthood's mangling of the holiday season stopped there. But Cecile Richards, the President of Planned Parenthood, the world's largest abortion provider, celebrated Christmas this month with a nationwide e-mail "Choice on Earth" campaign, brazenly celebrating their anti-Life agenda.
When Planned Parenthood first chose the "Choice on Earth" fundraising theme in the mid-1990s a maelstrom of protest for the offensive moneymaker ensued, and at that time the campaign reportedly went the way of all bad fruitcake.
But it's back. For Planned Parenthood, tis' the season to be greedy, it appears, as they work to gather in charitable donations to supplement their taxpayer-funded coffers.
In fact, right about the time that the credit card bills come due in January, Congress could give taxpayers a gift by defunding Planned Parenthood. Eliminating their yearly federal subsidy of over $300 million should be one of Congress' top priorities.
Planned Parenthood's fumbling fund raising efforts reveal a fundamental disconnect with the heart of most Americans, where the majority of us embrace unborn children in the womb as a gift, wrapped and hidden until the birth-day of celebration. As exciting as opening Christmas gifts can be, nothing compares to the joy a mother feels when she meets her child for the first time.
