{"id":79743,"date":"2015-11-13T12:20:39","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T17:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=79743"},"modified":"2015-11-13T13:20:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T18:20:50","slug":"bank-abortion-texas-pro-life-group-protesting-bank-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/bank-abortion-texas-pro-life-group-protesting-bank-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Abortion? Why a Texas pro-life group is protesting Bank of America"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Texas pro-life group Pro-life Waco is leading a campaign to convince a national financial institution to completely terminate its financial support for Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

The group says\u00a0Bank of America supports Planned Parenthood through a 100% match for all employee donations. In addition to performing hundreds of thousands of abortions annually, Planned Parenthood was caught selling baby body parts and admitting to illegally altering abortion procedures in undercover videos released by the Center for Medical Progress this past summer.<\/p>\n

Pro-life Waco director John Pisciotta told Live Action News that\u00a0members of Pro-life Waco began their outreach campaign by protesting the Waco branch of Bank of America (or “Bank of Abortion,” as they call it). Carrying large signs, the group explains to BOA customers what Planned Parenthood does and they ask customers to close their accounts. Now, Pisciotta is asking pro-lifers across the nation to take the truth of what Planned Parenthood does to their local Bank of America branch every week.<\/p>\n

“A large number of protesters are not\u00a0necessary for a big impact,” notes Pisciotta. “Even one person at a downtown branch can have a big impact.”<\/p>\n

Pro-Life Waco has a record of successfully targeting those who collaborate with Planned Parenthood. Past efforts include the use of public pressure to expose the connection between Planned Parenthood and the Girl Scouts<\/a> as well as Susan G. Komen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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John Pisciotta, director of Pro-Life Waco<\/p><\/div>\n

According to Pisciotta, national efforts to protest Bank of America are currently underway\u00a0in two Texas cities – Dallas and Austin – as well as in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Bank of America\u2019s national headquarters is located.<\/p>\n

Pisciotta said\u00a0that recently,\u00a0a person came out of the bank with thumbs up, saying, \u201cI\u2019ve just closed my account.\u201d<\/p>\n

“We have some Austin ‘regulars’ who stop by each week to cheer us on and bless us,” he said.<\/p>\n

But Pisciotta said he also gets some criticism. He recently received a letter<\/a> from a local resident claiming to be a Christian who is\u00a0“appalled” they are at the bank. The woman, identified as Paula, said the group is grandstanding and called the pro-lifers “sidewalk bullies.” Pisciotta denies the claim, but points out that Paula is obviously an abortion supporter. She told\u00a0Pisciotta that thousands are donating to Planned Parenthood because of his protests\u00a0– a\u00a0claim she could not possibly prove. Paula then referred to Pisciotta’s group as “the worst of the forced birthers,” ending the letter by demanding they “take [their]\u00a0lying for the Lord back to the epicenter of Baptist crazy in Texas, and LEAVE IT THERE!” (emphasis was Paula’s).<\/p>\n

Now, Protest ABQ from\u00a0Albuquerque, New Mexico, has announced that they have joined the protest. The group\u00a0released<\/a> the following statement:<\/p>\n

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