Monday, July 28, 2008

WIC linked to Planned Parenthood



LifeNews.com 7/25

WIC Program Blasted for Web Link to Planned Parenthood Abortion Business
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) --
Poor women and children need food, health care and education, but the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program is coming under fire for giving them abortions instead. The program's web site features a link to Planned Parenthood, the business that does about 25 percent of U.S. abortions. Pro-life blogger Dawn Eden, author of The Thrill of the Chaste, found the link at the USDA's WIC Learning Center, the official web site for the federal government's program. "That's because a hefty chunk of the $5 billion in taxpayer funds for the program designed to help feed and provide health care for low-income pregnant women, new moms, and young children go to [the abortion business]," Eden explains. Eden says the link provides more evidence of how Planned Parenthood targets blacks and Hispanics. "Considering that some 61 percent of WIC recipients are nonwhites, the government's efforts to steer them towards Planned Parenthood dovetails neatly with the nation' No. 1 abortion provider's efforts to prevent births in the black and Latino communities," she says.
ACTION: Go to http://nal.usda.gov/wicworks/Learning_Center/Referrals_healthcare.html to see the link. Then, contact the national office by sending an email to wichq-web@fns.usda.gov.

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