{"id":4029,"date":"2011-06-19T20:21:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T00:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/?p=4029"},"modified":"2013-12-28T11:29:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T16:29:41","slug":"catholics-for-choice-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/catholics-for-choice-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Catholics for Choice&#8221; nets $300,000 grant from foundation Planned Parenthood CEO helps lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicsforchoice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Catholics for Choice<\/a> is an organization that advocates for the right to abort one&#8217;s child &#8212; against established Catholic church teaching. While the organization has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2010\/02\/01\/nat-5949\/\" target=\"_blank\">twice been condemned as a fraud<\/a> by U.S. Catholics bishops but they boast a significant budget funded mostly by a select group of foundations. This year, the Ford Foundation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordfoundation.org\/grants\/grantdetails?grantid=9630\" target=\"_blank\">gave Catholics for Choice a $300,000 grant<\/a> as seen below:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4030\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Ford-Foundation.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4030\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4030 \" title=\"Ford-Foundation\" alt=\"Ford Foundation Donations to Catholics for Choice\" src=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Ford-Foundation-300x173.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ford Foundation Donation to Catholics for Choice<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordfoundation.org\/about-us\/leadership\/cecile-richards\" target=\"_blank\">Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards is a trustee of the Ford Foundation<\/a> and chairs the board&#8217;s Finance Committee. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordfoundation.org\/pdfs\/about\/committee_charters_finance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Ford Foundation documents<\/a> show that the Finance Committee holds major sway over where fund go:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Finance Committee shall assist the Board of Trustees in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to: <strong>reviewing and monitoring spending policy<\/strong> for the Foundation consistent with the Foundation\u2019s long term goals; <strong>reviewing and monitoring the Foundation\u2019s budget, including program and management appropriations<\/strong> and capital spending; and such other matters as the Board of Trustees may from time to time determine.<br \/>\nOrganization<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Ford-Foundation-Cecile-Richards.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4032\" title=\"Ford-Foundation-Cecile-Richards\" alt=\"Ford Foundation Cecile Richards\" src=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Ford-Foundation-Cecile-Richards.jpg\" width=\"516\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since it is established that Catholics for Choice (and the Ford Foundation via their funding) are working to change Catholic teaching, does Cecile Richards as a non-Catholic support this move to change Catholic teaching on abortion?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Does Cecile Richards feel it is appropriate as a non-Catholic to try to advocate changing Catholic church beliefs? Does Richards feel it is appropriate to try to change the beliefs or Muslims or other faiths she is not a member of?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholics for Choice is an organization that advocates for the right to abort one&#8217;s child &#8212; against established Catholic church teaching. While the organization has twice been condemned as a fraud by U.S. Catholics bishops but they boast a significant budget funded mostly by a select group of foundations. 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