"Planned Parenthood's façade that it is an organization that helps women and children continues to crumble as more people discover their offensive products, which trivialize sexuality and directly target children," said Jim Sedlak, executive director of American Life League's STOPP International.
Planned Parenthood is selling a 6-inch ruler that poses the sarcastic question, "Does Size Matter?" The ruler then directs children to Teenwire.com, a web site filled with graphic sexual content that many parents find offensive. This web site was recently banned from public libraries in South Dakota.
"Planned Parenthood again shows us that they are not about helping kids, but about forcing their radical agenda on the public," said Sedlak. "These types of materials and the Teenwire website are an attack on the vulnerability of our youth and a vehicle for Planned Parenthood to come between parents and their children."
The ruler is not the only offensive item Planned Parenthood offers in its online store. The abortion chain recently faced intense criticism for its decision to market an insensitive and tasteless t-shirt proclaiming, "I had an abortion." Due to the widespread disapproval of the shirt, Planned Parenthood quickly posted an official statement on its web site defending its insulting actions.
"This is an organization that is shameless in its attempts to force its exploitive ideologies upon the public," said Sedlak. "Because of this, we at American Life League encourage every parent in America to not only object to this latest Planned Parenthood stunt, but to act as a human filter and make sure your children aren't able to access this free-sex, everything-is-okay drivel from this abortion organization."
Release issued: 5 Aug 04
