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Baltimore Law Aims to Undermine Charitable Work of Pregnancy Resource Centers, Say Pro-life Activists

A bill passed by the Baltimore City Council in November and signed into law on Dec. 4 will require pregnancy resource centers operating within the city to post signs stating what services the facilities do not offer. Signs -- to be posted outside the centers -- must state that they do not provide or give referrals for abortion or contraceptives.

Pro-life activists say this is the first time in the United States that a nonprofit service provider has been required to post such signage. They believe the law is intended to undermine their efforts to help women make an informed decision about an unplanned pregnancy. The signs will turn more women to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers, they say.

Abortion supporters hate crisis pregnancy centers for "tricking" women into actually knowing enough about their babies not to kill them. "Tricking," of course, includes informed consent, sonograms and information about adoption.

Children's Author Supports Planned Parenthood

Children's book author Judy Blume has always been controversial. Her book Forever, which details teen sex, has been frequently challenged by concerned adults.

And who wouldn't be concerned about Blume's books? She frequently discusses sexual topics, including intercourse and masturbation, in a style aimed at 10- to 14-year-olds. Her approach rarely contains any moral slant, and adults are almost always absent. Forget any concern for whether sex is right or wrong, or should be deferred until children are older. Those concepts aren't included in Blume's books.

Given Blume's amoral books, I wasn't surprised at all to hear that she's the Mother's Day fundraising spokesman for Planned Parenthood. Mother's Day? Mother's Day?

Sometimes I think PP does these things just to aggravate us. "There is no organization that I know of that supports motherhood and all that it means more than Planned Parenthood"?

Jill Stanek's site includes Blume's pitch letter, and it's a must-read. If we didn't know they were so serious, we'd have to wonder about Planned Parenthood's collective sanity.