“One of Us” replies to Planned Parenthood

By J.C. von Krempach, J.D. | April 30, 2014

As we have reported on an earlier post on this blog, the successful European Citizens’ Initiative “ONE OF US” has been subject to highly aggressive criticism by certain “stakeholders” (i.e. the representatives of the abortion industry, who fear that the petition, which requests the EU to stop the funding of abortions in third countries trough its development aid budget might deprive them of a reliable source of revenue, and the representatives of certain research institutes who have similar fears with regard to a possible end of EU funding with regard to their controversial research activities), which has been channeled through certain mass media.

It is quite remarkable that those mass media, including reputed newspapers such as the Guardian or the New York Times, appear to take their information directly from sources like IPPF-EN (the European branch of Planned Parenthood) or the Wellcome Trust, without any attempt at cross-checking, and without offering any comparable possibility to the organizers of the ONE OF US petition to make their voice heard.

The citizens’ committee responsible for the ONE OF US petition has now reacted by issuing a public rebuttal of IPPF-EN’s criticism, which we publish in full length:

 ECI “One of Us”: A response to criticisms by IPPF

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