Girl Scout Entanglement with Planned Parenthood--Again

Well, well, well! So Girl Scout leadership is promoting Planned Parenthood’s sex agenda for children. The most recent entanglement has been the World Association of Girl Scouts, under the auspices of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, promotion of a new publication from International Planned Parenthood Federation. This flashy and vile publication entitled “Healthy, Happy, and Hot” (click here to see and print) is targeted to children living with HIV. (In one way, this is a resource for our side. I know of no other Planned Parenthood publication that lays out its despicable agenda for children with such brevity and clarity. PLEASE read every word of “Healthy, Happy, and Hot” and show others just what Planned Parenthood stands for.)

You can learn more about the latest Girl Scout/Planned Parenthood controversy at the UN by clicking here, here, here, and here.

PROLIFEFOOTSOLDIER. In February 2004, Pro-Life Waco launched a boycott of local Girl Scout cookies sales with 60-second spots on a Christian radio station. Our local Bluebonnet Girl Scout Council had been deeply involved with Planned Parenthood of Central Texas. The alliance had two dimensions. First, the Bluebonnet Council co-sponsored Planned Parenthood's summer sex promotion conference for children called Nobody's Fool. You can see the Girl Scout logo on the Nobody’s Fool 2003 flyer here. Second, the Bluebonnet Council honored the executive director of Planned Parenthood of Central Texas (Pam Smallwood) as a woman of distinction to be a role model for local Girl Scout cookie entrepreneurs. Planned Parenthood of Central Texas has operated an abortuary in Waco since 1994--killing approximately 600 potential Girl Scouts and 600 potential Boy Scouts each year. Click here to see an article in the Waco Tribune-Herald on the honor for Planned Parenthood’s abortion entrepreneur.

Our boycott was successful in pressuring the Bluebonnet Girl Scout Council to cut all ties with Planned Parenthood of Central Texas. You can read about the Girl Scout surrender here.

The Girl Scout Cookie Boycott of 2004 also resulted in national publicity. My interview on Hannity and Combs can be seen here. I was also interviewed on the NBC Today Show along with the executive director Girl Scouts of America, Kathy Cloninger. You can view the fireworks here. The Today Show interview makes it clear that Girl Scouts of America would NOT follow the lead of the Bluebonnet Council in divorcing Planned Parenthood. Ms. Cloninger boldly states that Girl Scouts in other areas of the country and nationally would continue to partner with Planned Parenthood. So, the partnering continues from local communities all the way up to the United Nations.

Another 2004 interview on Fox News featured Patti Garibay, Executive Director of American Heritage Girls. Click here to see the interview. American Heritage Girls is a wholesome alternative to the secular and relativist Girl Scouts of America. AHG holds strongly to Christian and patriotic values. Here is the website for American Heritage Girls. This is one of the great options for having a wonderful scouting experience for your daughter, granddaughter, or your church WITHOUT Girl Scouts.
-- A CBN 700 Club feature story. Here.-- A Fox News interview of Jim Sedlak of American Life League. Here.

Pro-Life Waco created quite an uproar with the Girl Scout Cookie Boycott of 2004. You can find much more about this initiative at the Pro-Life Waco website by clicking here. You will find more news articles, additional radio and television interviews, the radio spots, and much more on the disturbing realities of Girls Scouts and Planned Parenthood.

The nationwide Girl Scout cookie sale for 2010 is winding down. Should we consider an alliance of pro-life organizations for “fast and abstinence” from cookie consumption in 2011? I don't have a clear plan on how to make this happen. The current controversy is on a broader scale than one local community. In 2004, we did send tremors through Girl Scouts locally and nationally. And, we educated many parents about these two secular organizations promoting an anything-goes morality. Is there any reason why we can't bring this rumble to the national and world stage?

Your thoughts?

A great 40 Days for Life in Waco—two babies saved on last day!

Dedicated Pro-Life Friends,

Thanks to you, Waco has had a terrific 40 Days for Life campaign of prayer, fasting, and community outreach. This has been a life-changing experience for many of us, for moms who turned away from abortion, and for those who wrongly believe that abortion helps women. Also, our wonderful children participating found time to chalk many creative pro-life messages on the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood.

Our pro-life movement comes out of 40 Days for Life stronger than ever. 40 Days for Life will happen again in Waco in the spring of 2011. At this time we are pivoting to Project 77, which will focus our public witness at Planned Parenthood on abortion mornings each Thursday. Read more about Project 77 below.

Thanks be to God, two babies targeted for abortion were saved on the last abortion day of 40 Days for Life.

On Thursday March 25, with over 25 pro-life witnesses standing at Planned Parenthood, two moms turned from abortion and lives of regret and remorse.

A car with a young woman scheduled for abortion, driven by a woman who appeared to be her mother, turned into the Planned Parenthood driveway. Disregarding instructions from her Planned Parenthood "benefactors", she stopped in the driveway to talk to us. Soon the car pulled out of the driveway and parked at the side of the street. Three of our groupRusty Thomas, Irma Karl, and Phuong Luu (a Baylorstudent) -- talked extensively to those in the car and in distress. The mom scheduled for abortion was in tears at times. In the end, they drove away.

The other turnaround was a car that entered the Planned Parenthood parking lot. In no more than five or 10 minutes the young couple decided for life for their baby and drove out of Planned Parenthood. In a short period of time there was certainly no possibility of carrying out Planned Parenthood's plan to destroy God's special gift.

We know of three abortion turnarounds during 40 Days for Life in Waco. Surely there were others. Let us continue to pray fervently for all who turned from abortion and all who did not.

While 40 Days for Life is officially over in Waco, our prayer offensive should not end. Of course we can continue to pray at any time. As I mentioned in my last e-mail, Project 77 is now underway. The goal is having at least 77 pro-life witnesses at the Planned Parenthood abortuary each Thursday morning.

We are far from this goal now. Still, with God all things are possible. You could boost Project 77 by coming out to the abortuary (1927 Columbus Avenue) next Thursday between 7 and 9:30 p.m. Bring your spouse, children, parents, and friends. We are using the name Project 77 because the number 7 in the Bible caries the meaning of goodness and perfection.

Psalm 12: 7-9 can serve as our marching orders:

The promises of the LORD are sure, silver refined in a crucible, silver purified seven times. LORD, protect us always; preserve us from this generation. On every side the wicked strut; the shameless are extolled by all.

During the noon hour at Planned Parenthood there is much going and coming at the abortion clinic. If any of you are in a position to pray during the noon hour on any day of the week, please do so. We know that our prayer witness is having an impact on employees inside Planned Parenthood.

Many of you have 40 Days for Life T-shirts. These made strong statements during 40 Days for Life. There is every reason why you should continue to wear your T-shirt in the days and months ahead.

Regarding yard signs, which were so powerful in 40 Days for Life, you may continue to display your yard sign. You may set it aside to display during 40 Days for Life in 2011. Or you may drop it off on the front porch of 705 N. 35th St.

Our prayers during 40 Days for Life were answered in ways we cannot know this side of heaven. Thanks to what you have done there a precious babies smiling and growing within the security of their mothers wombs.

Blessings to all at Holy Week.
John Pisciotta

Pro-Life Waco, Director

prolifewaco@gmail.com

www.prolifewaco.com

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Waco, TX 76710

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