Mendacious Bastards

This is, perhaps, one of the most disingenuous pieces of horseshit across which I have stumbled lately, and a brief glace down the page ought to suggest that’s no small thing.

An anti-choice organization calling itself the American Life League—which sells some of the most ridiculous clothing items upon which I have ever laid eyes, including t-shirts that announce a new crusade and the wearer’s status as a “former embryo”…


…has decided to take on Planned Parenthood with a series of adverts as part of their campaign to petition “an end to taxpayer support for the likes of Planned Parenthood.”

The first phase of the ad campaign consists of a series of full-page ads, beginning in today's edition of the Washington Times. The first ad is headlined, "Reason No. 72 to stop Planned Parenthood from getting over $265 million in your tax dollars: Racism." The ad outlines the racist philosophies of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, and points out that although African-Americans make up about 11 percent of the U.S. population, more than 30 percent of all abortions involve black babies.

Let’s stop right there for a moment. If more than 30% of all abortions involve black mothers, is that because Planned Parenthood is racist? Or is it because Planned Parenthood is providing a service to a population which is disproportionately affected—because of racism—by poverty, one of the main reasons cited by women for seeking abortions? If the American Life League is so concerned that black women are seeking abortions, perhaps they’d do well to petition legislators to pay attention to improving the lives of the already-born.

Other ads in the series will focus on Planned Parenthood's effort to conceal information about potential cases of statutory rape, the higher incidence of suicide among teenagers who have had abortions, and the pornographic material Planned Parenthood distributes to children under the guise of sex education.

Some unbelievable nerve coming from a Catholic-affiliated group, since, the last time I checked, the Catholic Church quite literally conspired to conceal evidence of rampant pedophilia and forbids the use of birth control which is a key component in preventing unwanted pregnancies.

Seriously, just give me a fucking break with this shit already. Sometimes I swear to the fates that they’re deliberately trying to incite me into fulfilling the role of the strawliberal they love to fight against, because I’m about thisclose to losing my bloody mind and starting a petition to throw every last one of these people into a giant cage with rabid crocodiles and lose the key down a well.

"Americans should demand an end to taxpayer support for the likes of Planned Parenthood." said Brown. "That is why American Life League is stepping up its petition campaign to encourage lawmakers at the federal, state and local levels to cut off every penny of taxpayer assistance to Planned Parenthood, which operates the country's deadliest chain of abortion facilities. We simply cannot tolerate the idea of our tax money being used to subsidize these offensive activities."

“Americans should demand an end to the tax-exempt status conferred upon the Catholic Church,” said Shakespeare’s Sister. “That is why Shakespeare’s Sister is stepping up its petition campaign to encourage lawmakers at the federal, state and local levels to cut off every penny of tax-exempt assistance to the Catholic Church, which operates the country’s deadliest chain of pedophilia and abortion enablers. We simply cannot tolerate the idea of tax exemption used to subsidize these offensive activities.”

Makes about as much sense. Except, you know, I’m just being intolerant of religion. The American Life League, on the other hand, is on a moral crusade.