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October 15, 2007
Impressive
federal agencies listed on Consumer Sentinel’s website are leading a
battle to protect Americans against fraud: U.S. Secret Service, U.S.
Postal Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Better Business
Bureau…and more. They brag about their successes.
The Federal
Trade Commission just announced complaints against seven online
sellers of alternative hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products,
alleging that they made health claims for their natural progesterone
creams without supporting scientific evidence. Six of the sellers have
signed consent orders barring them from making such unsubstantiated
claims in the future. The seventh did not respond to staff’s repeated
contacts, and the case will now be heard by an administrative law
judge.
“Millions of
women seek safe, effective alternatives to hormone replacement
therapy,” said Lydia Parnes, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer
Protection. “These companies violated their trust by making claims
they just couldn’t prove.”
Meanwhile, the
largest consumer fraud case in our nation’s two-hundred year history
continues unchallenged right under the noses of our best Consumer
Sentinels. The worst of it is that this fraud on American taxpayers
is financed by our tax dollars, yours and mine.
Defrauding
“millions of women” with claims of “safe, effective” medical
procedures, Planned Parenthood sells abortions to minors, evading
legal requirements put in place to protect our daughters against rape
and incest.
For over ten
years, Planned Parenthood has demonized those who have worked to
collect evidence of their fraud. But thanks to the growing ability to
share information through the Internet, this evidence can now easily
be reviewed by every American taxpayer.
In May of this
year,
Lila Rose, a UCLA journalism student, set out to prove that
Planned Parenthood is not following California’s mandatory reporting
laws. Posing as a 15-year-old impregnated by her 23-year-old
boyfriend, she secretly captured 2 different Planned Parenthood
clinics coaching her on how to avoid the law. “You could say 16…just
figure out a birthday that works…and I don’t know anything.”
Clearly unafraid
of any law enforcement effort, Planned Parenthood moved immediately to
preserve their right to break the law and defraud American taxpayers.
Instead of offering promises to comply with laws protecting minors
against sexual abuse, they threatened to sue Lila Rose for exposing
their law-breaking.
This case
finally brought to light a practice that has gone on for over a
decade. In a nationwide telephone “sting”, volunteer citizens made
calls to Planned Parenthood abortion clinics around the country.
Posing as a girl 14 and her 22-year-old boyfriend, a young girl asked
clinic staff if she could get an abortion.
Recorded on
YouTube, time and again, Planned Parenthood staffers coach the
minor on avoiding mandatory reporting laws in their states. “There
is complete confidentiality,” one Colorado operator advises her, “You
need to call completely anonymously…and don’t tell us anything about
who the partner is.” An Alaska woman advises, “have a girlfriend come
with you and tell them your boyfriend is 16.” Iowa, Connecticut,
Missouri, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Texas, Tennessee, New Jersey,
Utah, Kentucky…caught on tape…each clinic staff person gives the minor
a plan to avoid state law. ”As long as you have the money and
yourself,” the New Jersey Planned Parenthood receptionist assures her,
“you’re fine.”
This deception
has dire consequences for our young daughters. As Lila made plans for
her investigation in Los Angeles, across the country, a
lawsuit filed in Ohio revealed that Planned Parenthood had failed
to report a known case of incest. As alleged in the suit, in
November, 2004, a 16-year-old girl paid for her abortion and informed
Planned Parenthood staff that her own father was the father of her
baby and that the abuse had been on-going since 2000. Incredibly,
Becki Brenner, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest
Ohio, told Cybercast News Service the young girl was a “victim of
pro-life activists.”
The fraud does not
stop here. Intent on expanding the network of clinics that promote
breaking our laws, Planned Parenthood has resorted to deceit, sneaking
into towns with false identities in order to build abortion
super-clinics.
Ainsley Earhardt on Hannity’s America filed a detailed report from
Aurora, Illinois, where Planned Parenthood’s scheme involved filing
false building permits under business names intended to mask Planned
Parenthood’s identity. The fifth permit fraudulently stated that the
tenant was unknown.
Illinois Zoning
Attorney Vince Tessitori defines the series of five permits as
fraud…purposely deceiving public authorities in the approval process.
This is a scheme being used by Planned Parenthood around the country.
In Texas, construction workers realized the deception when they
discovered plans to install bulletproof windows and surgery recovery
rooms. They refused to continue construction.
Last year Planned Parenthood’s financial statements disclosed over
$305 million of our tax dollars funded their deception and fraud.
After paying for all business expenses, including construction permits
and employee wages, they earned more than 60 million dollars in
profit…quite a haul for a business that claims to be non-profit.
American taxpayers are being fleeced. We are being asked to pay the
bill for a business that earns a profit from breaking the law right
under the noses of the FBI…law-breaking caught on tape, but
allowed…and paid for with our tax dollars.
Getting mad is not enough. Action is what counts. If you want to put
an end to this publicly funded fraud, you need to let Congress know.
They are the ones who continue to pour our money into Planned
Parenthood’s massive public fraud.
Call today: (202) 224-3121. The Capital Operator can direct you to
your Senator and Representative.
On the web, you can use your zip
code to locate your representatives and contact them directly:
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/.
Your message: Stop sending our tax dollars to Planned Parenthood.
Stop now. Stop right this minute.
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