Letters to the Editor
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Here are 90 more taped calls of Planned Parenthood going against policy
90 taped instances? Say Tracy, do you think 90 may represent a trend?
http://207.36.226.219/
These tapes provide compelling evidence that California needs Proposition 85 to protect our daughters. The caller on these undercover tapes asked for an abortion. She called 73 Planned Parenthood and 19 other abortion centers in California, and identified herself as a 13-year-old girl impregnated by a 22-year-old man.
That's statutory rape, a crime in California that requires reporting to law enforcement agencies or Child Protective Services. In case after case, Planned Parenthood staff told the 13-year old victim that they would not notify her parents. In defiance of California state laws Planned Parenthood staff told the young girl they would not report her statutory rape to the police or child protective authorities.
We urgently need to protect our young daughters from sexual exploitation covered up by secret abortions performed without parents knowledge.
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Doesn't sound like entrapment....
There isn't exactly news here -- this is just the latest attempt by antiabortion activists to entrap Planned Parenthood workers by posing as underage girls. In the video, Rose takes on a childish, wavering tone and explains that her 23-year-old boyfriend got her pregnant, then pauses, and asks whether they have to report it. The Planned Parenthood worker leaves the room to double-check the age of consent and returns to tell her, "If you're 15, we have to report it ... If you're not, if you're older than that, then we don't need to." Rose asks, "OK, but if I just say I'm not 15, then it's different?" The worker then says, "You could say 16." Later, the worker says, "Just figure out a birthdate that works. And I don't know anything
This doesn't sound like entrapment to me. But let's take it to court and find out, okay?
This and the prior comment that provides tapes of 90 incidents of similar sessions, plus the conviction in Arizona for
TESTIMONY OF TERESA STANTON COLLETT, PROFESSOR OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS SCHOOL OF LAW
Ms. COLLETT. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee.
I must confess I am puzzled by Reverend Powell's solution to the problem of Spring Adams, that a secret abortion would have allowed her to continue to reside in the incestuous home and be abused again. In fact, that was the solution of Planned Parenthood in Arizona, where a 13-year-old was being raped by her foster brother. They did indeed give her a secret abortion at a time when that State's parental involvement law had been enjoined by the court. They did not tell of the incest, as they were required under that State's law, but in fact, sent the little girl back to the same house. She was raped again, impregnated again, and it was only when she came back for a second abortion that it was discovered. Fortunately, it was discovered, and Planned Parenthood was found civilly liable for the failure to report, and the girl was removed from the household.
leads me to believe that Planned Parenthood has deep systematic troubles enforcing the law.
If Planned Parenthood is systematically helping to cover up for statutory rape I cannot fathom how anyone can consider the organization to be pro-woman in any way shape or form.
Who is more pro-woman? Planned Parenthood or the organization that wants to stop statutory rape and put exploitive men in jail?
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Mandatory Disclosure
The price of enforcing mandatory disclosure is that desperate girls won't be able to trust official providers. That does not always lead to them being "protected" or statutory rapists getting caught; it also leads to them being dead from unsterile, unprofessional operations.
Now, I understand people can argue the relative merits, however, it's disingenuous to pretend that there isn't an associated cost. It's not surprising that people who want to help girls in trouble are disinclined to turn them in; they're not thinking about protecting the father (although that certainly could be a consequence), they're thinking about protecting the mother, which is their current and primary charge.
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How does it help a 15 year old being raped by a 23 year old to not notify her parents?
How does it help a 15 year old or younger girl being raped by a a man over 21 to not notify her parents?
Is this some odd definition of "help?"
Is this girl allowed to drive? Join the army? Vote? Buy alcohol? Work 40 hours a week? Can this girl be tried as an adult in a court?
Is this girl allowed to make legally binding decisions?
If not, why not? If not, who do you think can best help her arrive at those decisions, or make those decisions for her, her parent, a judge, or an employee of Planned Parenthood?
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Reporting is not reporting to her parents, reports go to a welfare agency
I am not sure who or what the 15 year old or younger is afraid of.
The reports go to the police or a welfare agency that then interviews her. If the child is afraid of her parents, then she can let the police or welfare agency know that.
Is it mandatory that parents are notified? Are their opt-out clauses in case the child is justifiably fearful?
If only there was a reporter around who could investigate this and write a story about it. Sigh.
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So... what are the options for these girls?
What kind of options do pregnant young girls have? 1) They can go to have an abortion, and expose their lover to arrest 2) they can have the baby in a hospital ... and expose their lover to arrest 3) they can induce an abortion themselves, and end up in a hospital or dead 4) they can have the baby in a bathroom, with no prenatal care or medical assistance, then ... ??? I'm not in favor of teenagers having sex with older men, but there have got to be better options than forcing young girls to either betray their lover (in their minds, that's what it is) or risk their health. If one of those options involves having the girl lie about her age, then so be it. And if this is against "policy", then the policy (and the law that requires it) should be changed.
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Follow The Money
PP makes money when the girl gets an abortion. PP makes no money when she doesn't.
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Double Standard?
I am surprised that Broadsheet feels it necessary to report it as an atrocity when someone lies to Planned Parenthood to expose uncouth practices, but then encourages young women to do the same thing to pregnancy resource centers. Apparently it's okay to lie and cheat when it's in the name of being pro-choice, but when the shoe is on the other foot, it's suddenly not okay...
Can we say double standard?!