{"id":19815,"date":"2012-08-03T22:52:52","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T02:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=19815"},"modified":"2013-04-03T23:57:16","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T03:57:16","slug":"planned-parenthood-requests-donations-as-president-obamas-birthday-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-requests-donations-as-president-obamas-birthday-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood requests donations as President Obama\u2019s birthday present"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Along with their mutual pro-abortion agendas, Planned Parenthood and President Obama have something else in common: desperate fundraising schemes.<\/p>\n<p>President Obama was recently criticized for a fundraising ploy that asks brides to request campaign donations in lieu of gifts. The president\u2019s website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/news\/entry\/the-obama-event-registry\/\">reads<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Got a birthday, anniversary, or wedding coming up?<\/p>\n<p>Let your friends know how important this election is to you\u2014register with Obama 2012, and ask for a donation in lieu of a gift. It\u2019s a great way to support the President on your big day. Plus, it\u2019s a gift that we can all appreciate\u2014and goes a lot further than a gravy bowl.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19823\" style=\"margin: 15px;\" title=\"birthday, cake, candle\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dreamstimefree_106192-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dreamstimefree_106192-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dreamstimefree_106192-1024x570.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood has tried countless tasteless fundraisers. At Christmas, Planned Parenthood did a fundraiser in the name of \u201cChoice on Earth\u201d and even sold holiday <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/WN\/story?id=6384543&amp;page=1%23.Tyi1qmBMGCR%23.UBrt5ULFWCQ\">gift certificates<\/a>. Multiple times, the abortion giant has ironically <a href=\"\/news\/opinion\/abortion-giant-planned-parenthood-hosts-mothers-day-fundraiser\/\">asked<\/a> that supporters celebrate Mother\u2019s Day with a donation to its abortion clinic. Now Planned Parenthood is trying out the president\u2019s own tacky scheme &#8211; in his honor.<\/p>\n<p>As President Obama\u2019s birthday is upon us, I\u2019m sure that you are all struggling to find the perfect gift. What does one get for the man who lives in the White House and travels in Air Force One? For those of you still searching for that special something that \u201cgoes a lot further than a gravy bowl,\u201d put your mind at ease. Planned Parenthood has a solution for you! A recent Planned Parenthood Advocates of Indiana <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppaction.org\/site\/MessageViewer?em_id=13854.0\">announcement<\/a> reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On August 4, President Barack Obama will celebrate his 51st birthday. President Obama has been a champion for women\u2019s issues and has spent a lifetime supporting women and reproductive health. Why not honor his 51st birthday by making a donation to Planned Parenthood Advocates?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, that is a gift that a president can appreciate &#8211; and it goes a lot farther than a campaign donation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19824\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19824\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-19824\" title=\"heart, candle\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dreamstimefree_201549.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"199\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lot of missing candles&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Could they be more tasteless? Celebrating a birthday by donating to an abortion clinic? Planned Parenthood takes the birthdays from thousands of children every single year. In\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/files\/PPFA\/PP_Services.pdf\">2010<\/a>, the abortion giant performed 329,445 abortions &#8211; halting over 900 birthdays per day. That\u2019s a lot of missing candles.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood has distorted the true meaning of birthdays. The abortion chain denies a child\u2019s humanity until he or she exits the womb. While birthdays should be a milestone in a child\u2019s existence, to Planned Parenthood they have become a requirement for a child\u2019s existence. In today\u2019s culture, a child\u2019s birth date is when it is freed from the danger of being aborted. Why mark the anniversary of that freedom by taking that freedom from others?<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood\u2019s schemes would be laughable if they weren\u2019t so lethal. If you\u2019re looking to celebrate the president\u2019s birthday, don\u2019t stop other birthdays in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate one birthday by helping to stop others!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":19823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Planned Parenthood requests donations as President Obama\u2019s birthday present - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-requests-donations-as-president-obamas-birthday-present\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Planned Parenthood requests donations as President Obama\u2019s birthday present - 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