Last night in Norman, I attended a banquet featuring pro-life warrior Star Parker. You may be aware that Parker is “an African American woman, [who] spent her formative years as an unemployed mother receiving welfare; she was arrested in her teens for shoplifting and has disclosed that she had four abortions. Parker converted to Christianity and subsequently became a spokeswoman for conservative Christian political issues.”
This redeemed woman told her powerful story at a benefit for the Eden Clinic (formerly Care Net Pregnancy Center of Norman), a crisis pregnancy center doing the important work of saving lives and sharing Christ. Parker asked the attendees to financially contribute to the center, and invest in their good work.
If for no other reason, pro-lifers should invest because of how much funding the opposition gets. In an e-mail this week from the Family Research Council, new reports show “Planned Parenthood has surpassed the $1 billion mark in annual income, a milestone made possible by $336 million of your tax dollars.”
In 2007, the courageous Congressman Mike Pence, R-Indiana, offered an amendment to prohibit taxpayer dollars from being used to fund Planned Parenthood. Unfortunately, it “failed on a 189-to-231 roll call vote.” Pro-Choice America said at the time, “Rep. Mike Pence (RIN) and other anti-choice representatives tried to defund Planned Parenthood – the nation’s largest network of reproductive health providers – by banning the organization from participating in the Title X family-planning program.” The group then boasted, “Thankfully, the effort failed.”
At the banquet, Eden officials reported of the positive and professional services they offer women in a crisis pregnancy, such as STD testing, an ultra-sound, counseling, and materials goods. They do not charge for most of their services, and subsist on private donations from those who believe in their work. Clinics like Eden do not receive federal funds.
In this epic struggle for life, I would encourage each of us to ponder where our dollars are going. For where your treasure is ….
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