{"id":61793,"date":"2015-03-31T10:43:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T14:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=61793"},"modified":"2015-03-31T17:47:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T21:47:30","slug":"planned-parenthood-thinks-rules-pro-lifers-make-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-thinks-rules-pro-lifers-make-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood thinks it’s above the rules. Pro-lifers should make it think again."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saul Alinsky was an important thinker on the American Left, and his writings have in influenced some of the\u00a0most powerful figures<\/a> in the Democratic Party. Where did he get many of his ideas from?<\/p>\n

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In an interview<\/a> with Playboy<\/em> magazine, the author talked about befriending Depression-era mobsters, stating that he \u201clearned a hell of a lot about the uses and abuses of power from the mob, lessons that stood me in good stead later on, when I was organizing.\u201d According to Alinsky, \u201cThe most effective means are whatever will achieve the desired results.\u201d<\/p>\n

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These \u201cmost effective means\u201d were summarized in a 1971 book called Rules for Radicals<\/em><\/a>. It contains a list of 12 political strategies, along with advice on how to apply them. Many pro-lifers have avoided the book because it promotes a fundamentally amoral approach. Well that, and the fact that Alinsky gives a shout-out to Lucifer on the second page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now to be clear, I\u2019m definitely not on board with praising the Prince of Darkness. Further, I don\u2019t think that we should, as Alinsky suggests, \u201cgo after people\u201d and make them \u201churt.\u201d However, there is wisdom in some of what he advocates, like recommendation number four: \u201cMake the enemy live up to its own book of rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

An organization that’s shown to consistently break its own rules becomes suspect and loses credibility. This has some important implications when it comes to abortion. After all, if you\u2019re looking for flagrant rule breaking, then America\u2019s largest abortion provider offers plenty of examples.<\/p>\n

According to Planned Parenthood<\/a>, their supreme rule is \u201cCare. No matter what.\u201d Obviously, it doesn\u2019t apply to the over 300,000<\/a> lives that the group ends every year. Rather, the declaration is supposed to sum up how it treats their mothers. If Planned Parenthood\u2019s track record is what \u201ccare\u201d looks like, then I would hate to see their idea of being callous.<\/p>\n

On multiple occasions, the group has helped predators<\/a> to stay out of jail by aborting the evidence of their crimes. That doesn\u2019t just happen inadvertently, as Live Action has produced undercover footage of Planned Parenthood staff telling an underage girl to lie about her abuser\u2019s identity when seeking an abortion. Other videos<\/a> shot in multiple states tell a similar story.<\/p>\n