Planned Parenthood uses mergers to handle affiliate noncompliance
In December 2010 Planned Parenthood ordered all its affiliates to begin offering abortions at a minimum of one clinic location by the beginning of 2013.
At the time the number of Planned Parenthood affiliates stood at 87, far below their all-time high of 200+. That number has now now shrunken further to 73 with the news earlier this week that Planned Parenthood of Kentucky was merging with Planned Parenthood of Indiana to create the too cute acronym, PPINK.
But Planned Parenthood’s flowery explanation for the merge masked the real reason, according to Jim Sedlak of American Life League’s STOPP in an email to me.
There is an overriding factor that is not mentioned in the article.
At the beginning of 2013, there were six Planned Parenthood affiliates that had not adhered to the Federation’s demand that every affiliate have at least one clinic that does surgical or medical abortions.
The six were:
Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma
Planned Parenthood of Kentucky
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey
Planned Parenthood of North Florida
Planned Parenthood of Southern New Jersey
Planned Parenthood of West and Northern MichiganWith the merger, now there are only five.
Once you know that, rereading the IBY.com story reveals veiled hints:
The combined organization will “allow us to to better address the sadly unmet need for family-planning services throughout Kentucky,” said Kim Greene [pictured above], chairwoman of the PPKY board.
All 28 of the health centers will continue to offer preventive health care services…. The four Indiana centers that perform abortions will continue to do so…. The Kentucky centers do not perform abortions.
Certainly, many of PP’s 14 mergers of the past two years have been for the same reason. Planned Parenthood wants to keep those lucrative abortions in-house. But at least two affiliates have chosen to part company with the abortion giant rather than be forced to commit abortions – Planned Parenthood South Texas and Planned Parenthood of South Central New York.
I just checked, and to date none of the remaining five affiliates yet offer abortions. So look for more merges.
In a side note, Indiana Right to Life CEO Mike Fichter believes “the merger will likely result in Planned Parenthood expanding its abortion business south of the Ohio River and driving the abortion rate higher in Kentucky while avoiding Indiana’s abortion laws.”
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Shouldn’t the slogan be “Planned Parenthood – Still silencing your children” instead of “Planned Parenthood Still Standing”.
No Tyler, if anything it should be “Planned Parenthood Still Standing for Womens Freedom”.
Planned Parenthood is complicit in the killing of more women that any other single organization in America. Congratulations, Reality, you have sold out your sisters in the name of “Freedom”.
Wrong again Jerry. Abortions lower the death rate of women. If any ‘organization’ is ‘responsible’ (I don’t think any are) the word you are looking for is ‘hospital’.
Reality, Planned Parenthood still lying. And no rest for us until Planned Parenthood is lying still, as still as the babies they still still. Then will the babies babble and the mothers mother.
The continuous lies about Planned Parenthood don’t constitute ‘Planned Parenthood still lying’ Jon.
“And no rest for us until…” – better keep your energy levels up then, you’re going to need them.
There are lots of babies babbling and mothers mothering right now. That’s a much better place to apply time, energy and resources.
Whatever, Reality. I should have known better than to get trapped into useless chatter with you.
News Flash Reality: My freedom has flourished the last 50 years without me (a fertile woman, wife, mother, college graduate, and full time employee) ever stepping foot in Planned Parenthood. They have done nothing to advance the lives of many competent women in this country or abroad. In fact their relentless narrow pursuit of their brand of feminism has done us a disservice.
Well good for you MoJoanne! The freedom you wanted obviously didn’t require any of the myriad of services PP provide, or you obtained the ones you did need for your freedom elsewhere. You are of course, free to do so.
To state that “They have done nothing to advance the lives of many competent women in this country or abroad” is non-evidential opinion.
“In fact their relentless narrow pursuit of their brand of feminism has done us a disservice.” – well you may feel it has done you a disservice but apparently many others think otherwise.
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A 9 week old female fetus has a uterus and ovaries and she is already producing reproductive cells.
What a terrible freedom it is Reality if it requires the brutal slaying of 600,000 women a year. To say that women need to destroy part of their own womanhood in order to become more like men to be more equal seems to me to be surrender, not liberation. A great allegory would be Snow White, and unfortunately Planned Parenthood isn’t playing the part of the title character…
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No.
Wrong.
Wrong again.
Try again.
Nope.
And NEVER give any citations for any assertions that you make. Even though the burden of proof is on you.
La La Land.
Where’s Paladin when we need him?
No kidding.
Planned Parenthood kills approximately 150,000 American women each year. (And a somewhat fewer number of men.)
They are the single largest cause-of-death in America.
“Even though the burden of proof is on you.” – no its not. Jerry made an unsubstantiated and non-evidential claim and I called him on it. His burden.
If he seriously thinks there’s any particular organization which is responsible for killing however many women each year (which I disagree with) then perhaps he should look at the UAW. Their members build autos . Some people tragically die in auto accidents. Some of those poor victims are women. More than die from abortions. Very, very few women die from abortions. And the death rate is significantly lower than for full term delivery.
600,000? 150,000? Where are those numbers coming from? I don’t see “any citations for any assertions that you make“.
*I* do not base my freedom on the slaughter of innocents. If someone told me that in order for me to live a baby would have to be killed, then I’d say my prayers and die. THAT is freedom.
And here I was wondering why I hear terms like ‘fetus fetishists’ bandied about.
Yes, that IS freedom. Isn’t it great that you are able to make that choice. Most people would choose differently, and it’s great that they can make their choice too.
Let me be more clear then (for the more obtuse of you): If someone told me that in order for me to live ANYONE would have to be killed, then I’d say my prayers and die. And yes, THAT is freedom. I am not enslaved to this world.
“If someone told me that in order for me to live ANYONE would have to be killed, then I’d say my prayers and die.” – I think I’m close to feeling the same way Mat.Anna, except for the prayers bit, there are better things to do before ceasing to exist.
For a pregnant woman the whole situation is different of course. A woman falls into the ‘anyone’ category, a fetus doesn’t.
“And yes, THAT is freedom.” – and as I said before, yes, that IS freedom.You’ve got that freedom. And in an ideal world so would every other person. Glad to hear you support euthanasia.
“I am not enslaved to this world.” – who is?
Don’t feed the troll.
Yes, JDC, thanks for the reminder. (:
Reality says:
“Even though the burden of proof is on you.” – no its not. Jerry made an unsubstantiated and non-evidential claim and I called him on it.
You “called me on it”? Dream on.
Evidently, in addition to your ignorance of basic biology, Reality, you also do not comprehend basic math.
First, here is Biology 101…well, actually it is so basic that little kids know it. Unborn babies are both male and female…”Mommy, I want a little sister, or, I want a little brother”. Gee, how complex is that? Evidently it is above your comprehension.
Now, for the math. Some 55 million unborn boys and girls have been killed in abortuaries. It may be a surprise to you, Reality, that roughly one half of babies are male, and one half are female. Now it could be that since you and other proaborts support sex selection abortions the actual number of aborted girl babies may be higher than the number of aborted boy babies. Now here is the math…one half of 55 million dead unborn babies comes to 27.5 million dead baby girls. You have sold out your sisters by supporting abortion and sex selection abortion to the tune of 27.5 million dead little girls. Your idea of Planned Parenthood standing for women’s “freedom” is actually quite sick. Get help soon.
Why not JDC? After all, I seem to have to do a lot of troll feeding.
Anyway, in this particular instance I was agreeing with Mat.Anna, so how could I be trolling?
Yeah, look, thanks for the arithmetic lesson Jerry. Oh, and the biology 101 bit. Pity it doesn’t align with what you actually said that I called you out on.
You stated “Planned Parenthood is complicit in the killing of more women that any other single organization in America.” – remember?
Now, any evidence for that?
Planned Parenthood does stand for womens freedom. It supports womens reproductive choices. It helps prevent womens reproduction being under the control of men or institutions.
Reality why do you blog here and waste your time as well as everyone else’s? I think you should be kicked off and barred …..anyone else with me? Gah have I had enough of him just typing about how grand abortion is even when women die or are left sterile or develope breast cancer or are stuck in PAS. kick him off.
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I’ve never said that abortion is ‘grand’. Abortion is the least worst choice for some women in certain circumstances. It’s one of those things in life which aren’t exactly ‘nice’.
The maternal death rate from abortion is significantly lower than that for delivery.
The claimed abortion/breast cancer link has been fundamentally refuted by the non-partisan medical research community.
I have stated why I provide information and an alternative point of view here on previous occasions.
My point is Planned Parenthood and their allies seem to think they speak for all women or should. They do not. Furthermore, they behave as though women who disagree with them don’t count. We do. Their decreasing number of affiliates and clinics show they are not as essential to women’s health as they purport. The fact that their reproductive services are overwhelmingly skewed towards abortion and artificial contraception leaves out important aspects of women’s reproductive lives. I think they sell women short. The “freedom” they offer is illusionary and hedonistic.
In my younger days, I fit the profile of a typical Planned Parenthood client. I am grateful I saw through the ruse.
Here is what I learned about the maternal vs. abortion death rates:
When you only look at immediate death, full term childbirth death rates are higher than first trimester abortion death rates. When you take a more longitudinal view into account, abortion related deaths are higher.
Pro-life countries with strict abortion laws like Ireland and Chile have a lower maternal mortality rate than countries with liberal abortion laws like South Africa.
Abortion organizations and proponents inflate the number of illegal abortion deaths in an effort to get overturn anti-abortion statutes.
Any woman who dies during pregnancy, childbirth, and even up to a month afterwards is often included as a maternal death. This is so even if the cause of death was accidental, natural causes unrelated to pregnancy, or homicide. That skews the numbers.
The death rate for abortion is under-reported; it may slip through the cracks. It is not necessarily collected or coded on death certificates as abortion related. This may be done out of deference to the family to avoid shame. The treating physician at the time of her death may be unaware of the abortion as the precipitating incident. For example, the woman may have presented to the hospital emergency room as septic. The infection may have been initiated by the abortion. When she dies, the cause of death is put as sepsis. Maybe the woman commits suicide because of guilt related to the abortion. She may even indicate such in a suicide note. However, the cause of death is suicide not abortion; even though, it was a contributing factor to her depression. Furthermore, the woman may not even be autopsied by a credentialed medical examiner. An elected county coroner may pronounce her dead who missed the signs and medical history.
When one is not moved by ANY biological facts, fetal development facts, graphic photos of abortion and what it does to innocent human beings, stories of the harm abortion has brought to women, the staggering incidents of mills and butchers thinking they are “above the law”………you have to wonder what keeps someone so PROABORTION??
My theories?
Reality is an abortionist.
He/She is employed by PP.
He/She is on the board of a PP.
He/She is an escort.
He/She has an abortion experience.
Paid for one, drove someone etc.
There is ALWAYS a reason why one is so unmoved and adamantly proabortion and continues to argue on a prolife blog.
And the years I have spent here conversing with others that are as unmoved? I feel the evil.
No Reality is not evil.
What he/she continues to support and defend and applaud is evil.
If Planned Parenthood was not artificially propped up by our government to the tune of a half-billion of our tax dollars per year, we would see just how much they are “still standing”. When they are defunded, they fold. All the preventive well woman care they provide is available elsewhere by clinics not affiliated with abortion.
Planned Parenthood behaves like they are the big kid on the block and thus the champion of women’s freedom. Let the free market decide just how true that is. Their ardent supporters will continue to patronize them, and the rest of us can keep Planned Parenthood out of our wallets.
Reality is not an abortionist Imo…he’s taken a girlfriend to the clinic or a few. Abortions to him are never wrong no matter what. He doesn’t want to debate and expressed no sympathy for women who were killed in the abortion procedure. He’s just a troll.
Just as I’ve visited those ” free for all ” blogs where it is not pro life or pro choice …a few people wrote Oh well Jennifer Morbellie got what she deserved when she died making such a stupid decision. I get the feeling reality feels the same way.
I’ve never heard him say he felt bad….EVER !
So MoJoanne, you have anecdotal stuff, no evidence, data or statistical information.
If we doubled the rate of reported deaths due to abortion and halved the rate of reported deaths due to delivery, abortion is still safer.
“Pro-life countries with strict abortion laws like Ireland and Chile have a lower maternal mortality rate than countries with liberal abortion laws like South Africa.” – which demonstrates absolutely nothing.
There are any number of organizations supported by taxpayers which not all taxpayers agree with.
“the rest of us can keep Planned Parenthood out of our wallets” – provided the organizations I don’t like are also kept out of mine.
“There is ALWAYS a reason why one is so unmoved and adamantly proabortion and continues to argue on a prolife blog.” – yes. And despite your wishful thinking it is purely because I support womens freeedom overall, their right to reproductive choice and their liberation from the wish of the pariarchy to control them. And it does move me.
“The House Judiciary Committee gathered Wednesday to pass another antiabortion bill, and the nameplates on the majority side told the story:
Mr. Goodlatte. Mr. Sensenbrenner. Mr. Coble. Mr. Smith. Mr. Chabot. Mr. Bachus. Mr. Issa. Mr. Forbes. Mr. King. Mr. Franks.
In all, the nameplates of 23 misters lined both rows on the GOP side; there isn’t one Republican woman on the panel. The guys muscled through a bill that, should it become law (which it won’t), would upend Roe v. Wade by effectively banning all abortions after 20 weeks”
It is only anecdotal because it was late, and I do not want to bother digging out my notes, statistics, sources, etc. because even with all that I doubt you would be convinced anyway. So, don’t take my word for it. If you are the least bit interested, research it yourself.
Yes, there are a number of organizations supported by our government that I and other taxpayers do not want funded. That’s why we participate in the democratic process including electing those Misters to represent our point of view and values. I don’t look at the gender of the candidate/politician because that would be sexist.
It is very telling that you chose to ignore letting the free market decide how well Planned Parenthood stands on its own two feet. Aren’t they too big to fail?
How sweet, you didn’t disappoint me. You only took about two minutes longer than I estimated. I’m heading off in a very short while so I’m afraid we won’t be able to ‘speak’ too much right now. It is nice that you’re here though.
“If you are the least bit interested, research it yourself.” – I have. Over and over. Sometimes even using stuff cited by anti-choicers. Abortion is safer.
“It is very telling that you chose to ignore letting the free market decide how well Planned Parenthood stands on its own two feet.” – actually what’s really very telling is that you chose to ignore the fact that PP gets funding so it can provide free and/or subsidised services to those who otherwise couldn’t afford it. It would be people you would be throwing into the ‘free market’.
How about the government stop funding all the other non-profit organizations – of all ilks – which provide services to the community? Are they too big to fail?
As I said before, “All the preventive well woman care they provide is available elsewhere by clinics not affiliated with abortion.” So, who is throwing people into the free market?
Over the same period that our government increased its funding for Planned Parenthood it shrank significantly. More money for less makes no sense.
“The House Judiciary Committee gathered Wednesday to pass another antiabortion bill, and the nameplates on the majority side told the story:Mr. Goodlatte. Mr. Sensenbrenner. Mr. Coble. Mr. Smith. Mr. Chabot. Mr. Bachus. Mr. Issa. Mr. Forbes. Mr. King. Mr. Franks.In all, the nameplates of 23 misters lined both rows on the GOP side; there isn’t one Republican woman on the panel. The guys muscled through a bill that, should it become law (which it won’t), would upend Roe v. Wade by effectively banning all abortions after 20 weeks”
Hopefully the bill will pass and grant basic human rights to many very young women in utero, along with some very young men, too. If it would make you feel better, Reality, just imagine one of those Mr.’s replaced by my Ms., since I would’ve happily voted in favor of the bill were my nameplate in the House myself.
Reality, who were the Democratic women on the panel? And why does it matter what the subcommittee looks like when most people of both genders support the bill?
I’ll make you a deal MoJoanne. I’ll agree to removing government funding and tax exemptions from PP if you’ll agree that one or two branches of christianity have their government funding and tax exemptions removed. After all, there are plenty of other branches waiting to provide peoples needs.
“Over the same period that our government increased its funding for Planned Parenthood it shrank significantly.” – oh yes, what do you base that on?
“Hopefully the bill will pass” - you’re in for a disappointment.
“and grant basic human rights to many very young women in utero, along with some very young men, too. If it would make you feel better,” – there are no ‘women’ or ‘men’ in utero.
There were five Navi. I’ve only been able to identify three of them at this stage.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Calif.)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.)
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.)
My point was that the anti-choice movement appears to be predominantly led by men while the pro-choice movement is predominantly led by women.
You’re right, I was confusing it with the (all male) subcommittee that held hearings and advanced the bill a few weeks ago.
Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee is a co-sponsor of the bill. She just doesn’t happen to be on the Judiciary Committee. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if she was dismissed as a gender traitor, a man with breasts, or a token. And I was under the impression that politicians are public servants that must answer to voters (rather than “leaders” of the respective causes they support). It would be more relevant to look at the most prominent pro-life organizations (which overwhelmingly have female presidents).
If I have a sound argument for or against a certain bill, I usually don’t waste time with ad hominems or petty identity politics. But I guess that’s just me.
“” My point was that the anti-choice movement appears to be predominantly led by men while the pro-choice movement is predominantly led by women.”
Just at the legislative level, which Navi explained a lot better than me anyway. It’s a symptom of women being shamefully underrepresented as political leaders, not because the pro-life movement is inherently disliked by women. Plus, legislators aren’t the “pro-life” movement.
Like Navi said, look at the leadership and membership of pro-life organizations if you are actually being intellectually honest about it. Mostly female led and female dominated. I’ve actually only seen one dude protesting the clinics down here (to be honest I have only seen like one clinic protest as an adult, I avoid them), otherwise it’s all ladies. Look at opinion polls on abortion, there isn’t much of a gender gap of male vs female opinion on abortion. Actually, in the UK some polls showed that women are MORE likely than men to be pro-life.
You just picked the legislative level because it’s the only one that’s actually male-dominated. Cherry picking and intellectually dishonest.
“politicians are public servants that must answer to voters” – yes, remind me of the outcome of the last election. Roll on mid-terms!
Have you seen the names on the co-sponsors list Navi? Interesting.
“You just picked the legislative level because it’s the only one that’s actually male-dominated. Cherry picking and intellectually dishonest.” – oh tut tut Jack! I did no such thing. What you yourself have described is the ‘ground forces’, the ‘frontline troops’ being mainly ladies. Who are the people who are regularly fawned over on this very site. Who are the people whose other anti-choice sites get regular headlines on this one.
Glad we agree that Franks et al. are serving, rather than leading, the pro-life movement.
Have you seen the names on the co-sponsors list Navi? Interesting.
I haven’t, and I’m probably not going to read it. As noted above, I’m much more interested in the content of the bill.
“Glad we agree that Franks et al. are serving, rather than leading, the pro-life movement.” – ‘serving’, hm.
“I haven’t, and I’m probably not going to read it. As noted above, I’m much more interested in the content of the bill.” – that’s quite understandable. Doesn’t change the fact that men are the prime leaders in the anti-choice movement. That doesn’t even cause me any great concern on the face of it either. The reasons why however, do.
Repeating it more than once makes it a fact. I see.
Not at all. The fact that it is factual is what makes it a fact.