Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond is not pulling punches when it comes to warning Catholics not to cooperate with Planned Parenthood, as he holds the line against the building of a new Planned Parenthood abortion center in New Orleans.

“There is no justification,” he says in a January 27 pastoral letter, “that will make a direct or indirect relationship with Planned Parenthood, or any abortion provider, acceptable. Additionally, affiliation or support of Planned Parenthood by Catholics is a matter of serious scandal.”

Here are excerpts from the archbishop’s January 27 pastoral letter:

We cannot be silent in view of the grave injustice presented by the abortions that will be performed at the proposed Planned Parenthood facility. The archdiocese is obliged to remind every person and organization involved in the acquisition, preparation, and construction of this or any abortion facility that they are cooperating with the evil that will take place there. For this reason, the archdiocese, including its churches, schools, apartments for the elderly and nursing homes, will strive in its privately funded work not to enter into business relationships with any person or organization that participates in actions that are essential to making this abortion facility a reality.

This policy applies to all businesses, regardless of religious affiliation or non-affiliation. Our fidelity to Church teaching and our conscience necessitates this stance.

There is no justification, including economic hardship that will make a direct or indirect relationship with Planned Parenthood, or any abortion provider, acceptable. Additionally, affiliation or support of Planned Parenthood by Catholics is a matter of serious scandal.

We will continue to pray for those that are blind to the destruction caused by abortion and invite those involved with Planned Parenthood to prayer and dialogue. There are many issues, from violence in the streets to poverty, which hurt this community. A regional abortion center will not solve our problems; it will only create more. This is not the future the New Orleans metropolitan area needs.

We hope that the community invested in the City of New Orleans and in her future will join us in standing for life, not more abortion.

All citizens of the New Orleans area must stand together for a peaceful community, not one with more abortion and more Planned Parenthood.

If you have questions, need resources, or would like to participate further, please contact me or Peg Kenny, Respect Life Office at (504) 286-1119 or via e-mail at [email protected].

Wishing You God’s Blessings, I am,

Sincerely in Christ,
Most Rev. Gregory M. Aymond
Archbishop of New Orleans

Thank God for Archbishop Aymond’s strong statements on the evil of cooperating with Planned Parenthood, and for his firm stance in refusing to do business with those who facilitate the building of the New Orleans Planned Parenthood killing center. The Catholic Church is the entity that Planned Parenthood fears most. When her leaders stand firm, Planned Parenthood cannot prevail.