For starters, consider these reasons:
1. Planned Parenthood spreads the myth of safe sex.
Planned Parenthood pretends to give "medically accurate" information, yet they do a poor job of educating people about the fact that the condom is not effective in preventing the most common STD (HPV). In the words of Senator Tom Coburn, "Planned Parenthood has been part of the cover-up of one of the greatest threats ever posed to women's health. They don't want to talk about HPV because the only real protection against it is a lifestyle of abstinence before marriage and fidelity within marriage. Planned Parenthood seems to find that politically unacceptable and would rather promote a strategy of denial and disinformation" [1].
Cervical cancer caused by HPV has killed more women than AIDS in America, but Planned Parenthood refuses to put warning labels for HPV on their condoms. It has also been discovered that Planned Parenthood distributes some of the most defective condoms on the market. In its February 2005 edition, Consumer Reports surveyed twenty-three different types of condoms to measure their effectiveness. In last place were condoms made by Planned Parenthood, with a failure rate of fifteen percent! One of their brands received the equivalent grade of an "F" in the two standards measured: reliability and strength. So much for safe sex.
2. Planned Parenthood claims to offer "comprehensive" sex education, while withholding vital health information from teens.
When discussing birth control, Planned Parenthood downplays the side effects of each method. For example, when discussing the birth control patch, they say, "Is the patch safe? Yes. Despite alarming stories from some news outlets, the patch has been shown to be very safe."[2] What they don't mention is that 23 deaths have been attributed to the patch, and thousands of women are suing the makers of the device [3]. Planned Parenthood also reassures young women that the birth control pill is safe, without mentioning that according to the Mayo Clinic, 21 of 23 studies of women who took the pill prior to having their first child showed an increased risk of breast cancer [4].
3. Planned Parenthood only pays lip-service to abstinence.
Even though teens who practice abstinence have substantially happier lives (click here for proof), Planned Parenthood won't seriously advocate such a lifestyle because it contradicts their out-dated and contorted idea of sexual "liberation."
Why should a teen be abstinent, according to Planned Parenthood? "Some people may choose to be sexually abstinent in certain circumstances. A person who just broke up with someone might abstain from dating and sex play because being close to another person might not feel right, yet." Elsewhere, they quote a teen as saying he's abstinent because "The guilt I would feel would take the fun out of it." In the end, they just recommend, "Only you can ultimately decide what is right for you and your body. Trust the messages that your mind and body give you"[5]. In other words, "Don't trust your parents or anyone who loves you and may want what's best for you. Trust the most reliable source for wise decision making . . . your hormones. And we'll see you at Planned Parenthood soon!"
It's also worthwhile to note that Planned Parenthood makes money if teens have sex. If people saved sex for marriage, Planned Parenthood would go out of business. Chastity means no birth control sales, no STD testing, . . . no business. Planned Parenthood's message of abstinence is so weak that LifeStyles condoms funded a grant for Planned Parenthood to make a curriculum for teaching teens about sex!
4. Planned Parenthood protects the identity of sex offenders.
Because states have certain age restrictions on abortion, Planned Parenthood sometimes conceals the age of young girls in order to perform the operations. By doing so, they cover up cases of rape, statutory rape, and incest. For example, in 2004, a sixteen year old girl received an abortion from Planned Parenthood in Ohio. She told them the pregnancy was the result of sexual abuse she had suffered from her father, which had been happening for four years. Because of their silence, she was sexually abused for 18 more months. However, in May of 2007, she filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, saying that they violated Ohio law by refusing the report the crime in 2004 [6]. Recorded phone calls provide evidence that Planned Parenthood has violated such laws hundreds of times [7].
After considering these points, it should be more than obvious "what's so bad" about Planned Parenthood.
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[1]. Daily Oklahoman, editorial (October 1999).
[2]. "In Focus: Picking the Patch," Teenwire.com.
[3]. Associated Press, "Birth Control Patch Linked to Higher Fatality Rate," MSNBC (17 July 2005); Johnson & Johnson, SEC Filing, Quarterly Report for Period Ended 9/30/07.
[4]. Chris Kahlenborn, et al., "Oral Contraceptive Use as a Risk Factor for
Premenopausal Breast Cancer: A Meta-analysis," Mayo Clinic Proceedings 81:10 (October 2006): 1290-1302.
[5]. "Abstinence: Who, What, When, Why, and How!" Ashley Rondini, Teenwire.com (April 30, 2003).
[6]. Gudrun Schultz, "Planned Parenthood Sued over Failure to Report Teen's Incest Pregnancy," (16 May 2007) LifeSiteNews.com .
[7]. http://www.childpredators.com/