International Planned Parenthood Uses Syrian Crisis to Appeal for More Funding

By Lisa Correnti | February 5, 2014

Tewodros Melesse, Director-General of the London-based International Planned Parenthood Federation is appealing for funding to reach the needs of the millions of displaced Syrian women and children now living in refugee camps due to the the conflict in the region.

Melesse would want you to believe Planned Parenthood is a humanitarian assistance group — hardly! Planned Parenthood performs hundreds of thousands of abortions per year, advocates for unrestricted abortion rights for women and young girls without parental consent, sexualizes young children through inappropriate sexual education and distributes a harmful injectable contraceptive to low income women and girls without informed consent.

As it should, the Obama administration has committed millions in aid to Syrian refugees. There are many notable international aid assistance groups working to bring real holistic humanitarian assistance to these vulnerable people. Planned Parenthood should not receive another funding stream — and Congress should take the necessary steps to assure it doesn’t.

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