Pro-Lifers Say No to Habitat for Humanity

Sorted under anti-choice extremism, random acts of activism on June 17, 2008

Habitat for Humanity anti-choice protest We all know that “pro-lifers” want to destroy everything relating to reproductive health care and limit the types of reproductive health care women seek and are given. We also know that pro-lifers hate hate hate Planned Parenthood because they are “baby killers” (even though not all Planned Parenthood clinics perform abortions) and they distribute that evil poison-in-pill form known as birth control! Another widely known fact is that pro-lifers also do not give a damn about life after a person is born; no, they’re more interested in what goes on in the womb and they only care that that fetus gets out of the womb so they have more people in the world to fight with about reproductive health care and more people to tell off about how wrong they are when it comes to personal freedom and choice.

Yeah, the people actually alive and breathing on Earth right now really aren’t a concern to them, which can obviously be proven since they recently got a project for Habitat for Humanity shut down.

“An anti-abortion group has broken up a deal between Planned Parenthood and Habitat for Humanity by blasting out 10,000 e-mails to Habitat supporters.

Planned Parenthood is building a 23,000-square-foot regional headquarters on Central Avenue, and planned to sell Habitat the land next door for a token $10 to build three below-market-cost houses. The deal benefited Planned Parenthood because the city required the clinic to put up buildings as a buffer between its parking lot and Cohen Way.

“We could have put up any building we wanted,” said Barbara Zdravecky, president of Planned Parenthood. “We wanted to donate the land so Habitat could build more attainable housing.”

The email blast to 10,000 Habitat supporters started with James Sedlak, vice president of the American Life League, (Wow, a man, what a surprise…) who said it showed a cozy relationship between Habitat and Planned Parenthood. This “cozy relationship” was then compared to pushing pornography onto children, among other things.

The bottom line is that Planned Parenthood is a fabulous place, a great resource to women and whom have helped several women, including myself so I am speaking from first hand, personal experience here. The clinic needed builds to put up as a buffer against this type of ridiculousness and instead of selling the land for an enormous price to someone else, they decided to practically give it to Habitat for Humanity because they are in the same field–The field of helping people.

These groups, while they hide behind their cloaks of “We want to help people!” actually wind up hurting more and more people and this time, they targeted Habitat for Humanity because they feel as if accepting a space to build and to help other people, that means that they have a cozy relationship with Planned Parenthood. It is because of the hatred that these people have against something they do not understand that Habitat will not be able to build in a space that was donated to them and will not be able to help the people who need it.

Go here to contact Habitat for Humanity and let them know that they shouldn’t be bullied by people who want to stop them from helping low income families.



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  • sergey
    where is tolerance of views even if they deem them as wrong? I will be tolerant of the Right if they cut the shit of pointing finger and screaming hypocrisy at the left and stop screaming "but you do it too" and learn to get their act together. if they don't i will not vote for any hard-core right-wing socially conservative Republican. fix the problem don't point finger back
  • annakat
    Why in the world would anyone want to stop the Habitat for Humanity from helping low income families having a home. That is the most ridiculous thing I've heard of in a long time. Did they state the homes had to go to unwed mothers? If not the homes could have gone to anyone that needed a home and was in line for one. Myself I think the Habitat for Humanity should have gone ahead and bought the land for $10.00 and built the houses.
  • Planned Parenthood is a great place they help many women, for someone to do this is just not right. These people are extremists that need to get a LIFE !
  • Habitat for Humanity contacted
  • All votes to habitat for humanity
  • I'm astounded how some people act in certain situations like this.
  • Some people seriously amaze me.
  • Oh wow.
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