It seems that the news coming as a result of the down economy is not all bad. Here’s a happy little side effect as detailed by LifeNews.com:
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — The Madoff fundraising scandal has had some beneficial fallout for the pro-life movement. Combined with the current economic downturn, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America is feeling the pinch and has laid off 20 percent of its staff.
The nation’s largest abortion business, which does 25 percent of all abortions in the United States annually, laid off about 30 people this week.
Executives at Planned Parenthood confirmed the layoffs in an interview with the Crain’s New York business publication.
“As with many other nonprofit organizations, Planned Parenthood has had to make staff reductions at our headquarters due to the challenging economic times facing our country,” Planned Parenthood chief operating officer Maryana Iskander said.
“While taking this action is never easy, we want to ensure the millions of women and men who rely on Planned Parenthood as a health care provider that the reductions will not impact our ability to deliver care to those in need," Iskander added.
Don’t you just love the way she puts that? "Deliver care" which, of course, really means "murder a baby." It’s amazing how cavalier these people are about the "work" they do.
What Iskander didn’t discuss is the effect of the Madoff scandal on Planned Parenthood’s income.
The Florida-based Picower Foundation, which gave substantial donations to the abortion business, shut down in December because Bernard Madoff had mismanaged its assets. The foundation was worth $1 billion and one of the top financial backers of pro-abortion groups.
Heh! Yet another member of Madoff’s circle of greedy investors left with nothing! Is it just me, or is it getting harder to find anyone that "invested" with this guy to feel bad for? Seems more like a just comeuppance than getting swindled.
The charity has given away more than $189 million since 1999 and a sizable chunk of the money went to abortion advocates, including $3.2 million to NARAL, $2.5 million for the Center for Reproductive Rights, $2.4 million for Planned Parenthood, and $625,000 for the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, according to the American Spectator.
This would be the dough that paid for propaganda and the "purchase" of politicians’ votes. Perhaps with these groups out of the way, pro-life politicians running for office will face less-well funded opponents, thus levelling the playing field slightly. This is, of course, good news for unborn babies everywhere!
The JEHT Foundation, which gave away $24 million last year to groups, including pro-abortion organizations, also announced in December that it would be shutting its doors. JEHT gave $1.7 million to the ACLU and its foundation and $4.2 million to the Tides Foundation, which heavily funds pro-abortion groups.
Karma? I’d say it’s more of a case of the Lord working in strange ways. Some of these groups (Picower) also have provided the money funding the gay rights agenda in this country as well. Gee- it’s a two-fer! Every cloud has a silver lining.