rjh1@midway.uchicago.edu (06/16/91)
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
810 Seventh Avenue
P.O. Box 4447 Phone: (212) 541-7800
New York, NY 10164-0359
This group calls for:
* Keeping the right to a safe and legal abortion
* Enacting mandated sexuality education programs at the state level to
educate teenagers about the risks of unintended pregnancy and the
spread of sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS
* Beginning a major offensive to increase funding for new
contraceptive research ("Something that is both needed and that will
force ["pro-lifers"] to reveal their true position on contraception")
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Their mailing included the following quotes from "pro-lifers":
"I don't think Christians should use birth control. You consummate
your marriage as often as you like and if you have babies, you have
babies." --Randall Terry, one of the men behind the current campaign
to blockade health clinics and publicly harass and humiliate women.
"I think contraception is disgusting -- people using each other for
pleasure." --Joseph Scheidler, Director, Pro-Life Action League
"We are...opposed to all forms of birth control with the exception of
natural family planning [the rhythm method]" -Judie Brown, President,
American Life Lobby
"It's very healthy for a young girl to be deterred from promiscuity by
fear of contracting a painful, incurable disease, or cervical cancer,
or sterility, or the likelihood of giving birth to a dead, blind, or
brain-damage baby even ten years later when she may be happily
married." Phyllis Schafly, President, Eagle Forum
"I listen to feminists and all these radical gals -- most of them are
failures. They've blown it. Some of them have been married, but they
married some Casper Milquetoast who asked permission to go to the
bathroom. These women just need a man in the house. That's all they
need. Most of these feminists need a man to tell them what time of
day it is and to lead them home. And they blew it and they're mad at all
men. Feminists hate men. They're sexist. They hate men -- that's their
problem." -- Rev. Jerry Falwell
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