{"id":78084,"date":"2015-10-25T08:05:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T12:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=78084"},"modified":"2015-10-24T11:08:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T15:08:08","slug":"adopted-actress-melissa-gilbert-supports-planned-parenthood-in-political-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/adopted-actress-melissa-gilbert-supports-planned-parenthood-in-political-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Adopted actress Melissa Gilbert supports Planned Parenthood in political campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"LittleA beloved\u00a0TV child star has come out in support of abortion giant\u00a0Planned Parenthood, recently exposed for harvesting and selling baby organs.<\/p>\n

Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura Ingalls Wilder\u00a0in Michael Landon’s TV series, Little House on the Prairie, which still airs on many cable stations, showed her support for\u00a0Planned Parenthood in several Facebook posts. The 51-year-old Democrat recently announced her campaign to run for Congress in Michigan.<\/p>\n

Gilbert is hoping to unseat freshman pro-life Republican Rep. Mike Bishop of Michigan\u2019s 8th congressional district. On her Gilbert for Michigan<\/a> website, Gilbert\u00a0cites family as her reasons for running:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m running for Congress to make life a little easier for all the families who feel they have fallen through the cracks in today\u2019s economy. I believe building a new economy is a team effort, and we need to bring fresh voices to the table to get the job done.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"Gilbert<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the Mike Bishop campaign has called Gilbert a “tax cheat,” noting that she owes $360,000 in back taxes to the U.S. government and $112,000 to California.<\/p>\n

“Melissa Gilbert can afford to have a stylist for her dog, but cannot pay her taxes,” he said in a statement<\/a>.\u00a0“Her\u00a0values are\u00a0out of whack with the district.”<\/p>\n

Gilbert’s “values” include support for Planned Parenthood, an abortion organization which – in addition to accepting money for baby body parts – has been exposed as aiding and abetting sex trafficking<\/a>, failing to report child sexual abuse<\/a>, giving women inaccurate medical information<\/a>, and facilitating race-and sex-selective abortions<\/a>. \u00a0Planned Parenthood, at its highest levels has repeatedly misled the public about what health services they provide<\/a>.\u00a0Despite all of this, Gilbert publicly showed support for Planned Parenthood on her campaign Facebook page<\/a> by changing her profile picture to the #StandwithPP meme.<\/p>\n

\"MelissaThen, on September 29th, Gilbert asked her Facebook followers to support Planned Parenthood Action on #PinkOutDay.<\/p>\n

Gilbert also publicly went after Rep. Bishop for his call to defund Planned Parenthood, writing, “On Friday, Mike Bishop and the House GOP voted to defund Planned Parenthood. Their vote put health care for thousands of women in Michigan at risk. Let’s tell Mike Bishop and the GOP to stop trying to defund Planned Parenthood, and get back to work! Click here… [link]”\u00a0The link routed\u00a0Gilbert’s\u00a0supporters to a\u00a0website\u00a0<\/a>which states:\u00a0“Mike Bishop: Stop Trying to Defund Planned Parenthood!”<\/p>\n

\"Melissa<\/p>\n

In her most recent move, the former Little House on the Prairie star even took part<\/a> in a Walk for Choice. On the event’s\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>, organizers state that it is an\u00a0event\u00a0<\/a>intended to support Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan. A video of the event was published on YouTube:<\/p>\n