Rudy Giuliani: I Gave Planned Parenthood Donations to Increase Adoptions
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Rudy Giuliani, the leading Republican candidate for president in 2008, has come under fire for making several donations to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion business, during the 1990s. The former New York City mayor defended those donations saying he only wanted to promote adoptions.
Giuliani made a lengthy, uncomfortable appearance on Laura Ingraham's national radio program to give his side of the story.
"Planned Parenthood makes [adoption] information available," Giuliani told Ingraham when she posed that question Tuesday. "It's consistent with my position."
"I think it's wrong [but] I think there should be a choice. If there is going to be a choice, there are organizations that are going to give people information about that choice."
"I just as strongly support the idea that a woman should have information about adoption at that time," he added.
However, Planned Parenthood's own figures show that it rarely refers pregnant women for adoptions and the number of adoptions referrals it does make are on the decline.
In its FY 2004-2005 annual report, the latest available to the public, Planned Parenthood did 255,015 abortions in 2004 (up 4.3% from 2003), generating an estimated $95 million. A scant 1,414 customers were referred to adoption agencies; down more than 20% from 2003.*
Giuliani also claimed on the show that adoptions went up 67 percent during his mayoral tenure, but the nonpartisan political watchdog Web site FactCheck said that number is inflated and put the rise at only 17 percent during his terms in office.
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* - Swiffy sez: "DAT'S SOME REPUGNANT-ASS SHIT, HOMIE!"
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Rudy Giuliani, the leading Republican candidate for president in 2008, has come under fire for making several donations to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion business, during the 1990s. The former New York City mayor defended those donations saying he only wanted to promote adoptions.
Giuliani made a lengthy, uncomfortable appearance on Laura Ingraham's national radio program to give his side of the story.
"Planned Parenthood makes [adoption] information available," Giuliani told Ingraham when she posed that question Tuesday. "It's consistent with my position."
"I think it's wrong [but] I think there should be a choice. If there is going to be a choice, there are organizations that are going to give people information about that choice."
"I just as strongly support the idea that a woman should have information about adoption at that time," he added.
However, Planned Parenthood's own figures show that it rarely refers pregnant women for adoptions and the number of adoptions referrals it does make are on the decline.
In its FY 2004-2005 annual report, the latest available to the public, Planned Parenthood did 255,015 abortions in 2004 (up 4.3% from 2003), generating an estimated $95 million. A scant 1,414 customers were referred to adoption agencies; down more than 20% from 2003.*
Giuliani also claimed on the show that adoptions went up 67 percent during his mayoral tenure, but the nonpartisan political watchdog Web site FactCheck said that number is inflated and put the rise at only 17 percent during his terms in office.
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* - Swiffy sez: "DAT'S SOME REPUGNANT-ASS SHIT, HOMIE!"
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"Rap was flyin' high, then got suicidal/
Imitate Jim Jones, end up like Cory Lidle/"
- Joe Budden