{"id":205637,"date":"2019-07-01T08:43:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T13:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=205637"},"modified":"2019-07-02T22:07:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T03:07:15","slug":"facebook-coo-sheryl-sandberg-million-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/facebook-coo-sheryl-sandberg-million-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg gives $1 million to Planned Parenthood… again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As Big Tech is eyed with increasing scrutiny by pro-life groups for its apparently one-sided censorship efforts, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, is giving a $1 million donation to Planned Parenthood. And this isn’t the first time she’s done it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this is a very urgent moment where the rights and the choices and the basic health of the most vulnerable women \u2014 the women who have been marginalized, often women of color \u2014 are at stake,\u201d she said in an interview with the HuffingtonPost<\/a>. \u201cAnd so all of us have to do our part to fight these draconian laws.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPlanned Parenthood is going to fight back in the courts, in Congress, in the state houses, in the streets, for women\u2019s health and rights,\u201d she said. \u201cWe all have to do everything we can to protect women.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The donation is targeted at Planned Parenthood\u2019s abortion advocacy element, known as Planned Parenthood Action Fund<\/a>, which is aimed at expanding abortion access by connecting women to abortionists, bypassing obstacles to abortion with telemedicine, and expanding medication abortion. Sandberg\u2019s donation comes at a time when laws restricting abortion in states such as Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri have come under fire from pro-abortion advocates. Sandberg has said her donation is motivated by such pro-life initiatives.<\/p>\n

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I’m so grateful to @sherylsandberg<\/a> for her longstanding commitment to Planned Parenthood & her leadership as a role model for women & girls! Now, more than ever, her generous support is necessary to help @PPact<\/a> fight back against unprecedented attacks on our health & rights. https:\/\/t.co\/c6k6lhrH2i<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) June 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n