SL Letter of the Day: Donate to Planned Parenthood in Mitch's Name

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Perfect.

shinydirt on May 18, 2011 at 5:38 PM

Awesome. I gave $20 to the Abortion Fund in his name!

Mike Friedman on May 18, 2011 at 5:44 PM

If I weren't already overdrawn right now, I'd get on this instantly.

balderdash on May 18, 2011 at 5:45 PM

I make less than $1,000/month, and because of that I receive TakeCharge. All the same, I've just donated $5, and plan on facebooking the hell out of this. Thanks, Dan! <3

no catchy name on May 18, 2011 at 5:48 PM

I got my first couple pap smears at PP in Michigan, while a was a long-term temp without insurance. They helped me not need an abortion :) I'm in.

msbrewski on May 18, 2011 at 5:56 PM

I did this exact thing last month when I first heard Daniels had defunded PP in Indiana.

Fnarf on May 18, 2011 at 5:56 PM

Thanks for not letting this very significant piece of legislation slip by unnoticed.

The week the bill sat on Daniels' desk while he considered signing it while folks speculated about whether he was serious about a social issues truce was just political theater; he had every intention of signing from the beginning. He just wanted to stall until Friday which is when politicians drop controversial stuff with the hope that it becomes old news over the weekend.

I was hoping somebody would sound the alarm and make it an issue the following Monday, but that was the weekend OBL was killed. Now's the time to make some noise and remind people that this is a big fucking deal: Indiana just defunded Planned Parenthood and set the precedent for other states to follow suit.

akrizman on May 18, 2011 at 6:18 PM

Actually, both British and American English punctuation conventions place colons after closing quotation marks.

DRF on May 18, 2011 at 6:19 PM

Good idea. Just pitched in 20.

sepiolida on May 18, 2011 at 6:22 PM

As a sometime Planned Parenthood patient originally from a state bordering Indiana, I think this is a fantastic idea. Just gave $25.

Professor Slacker on May 18, 2011 at 6:23 PM

@8: Even if the colon is part of the original passage?

Ben on May 18, 2011 at 6:34 PM

I appreciate everything you do to talk back to the homophobic, misogynistic, Puritanical, illogical douchebags.

Smhill on May 18, 2011 at 7:05 PM

Done!

Alex76 on May 18, 2011 at 7:10 PM

Fantastic!
We just donated $2,000.
We hate to think some Democrap might not be able to off her spawn just because her welfare check hasn't arrived yet...

on May 18, 2011 at 7:19 PM

I just gave $50

DNash on May 18, 2011 at 7:22 PM

Just donated to the Abortion Fund in memory of Mitchie. Because seriously, good riddance!

on May 18, 2011 at 8:12 PM

PPIN just got a chunk of change from this flying monkey. Right on, Dan, for posting this.

seandr on May 18, 2011 at 8:38 PM

I did this and gave in the name of Eric Turner, the woman-hating douchebag state rep who proposed this legislation in the first place, back when it was first proposed. I hope the card PP sent him specifically said "This $100 was donated to the Abortion Fund in your name. Eat it."

Donna on May 18, 2011 at 9:28 PM

Done. I went with "women's health is more important than politics."

ddmama on May 18, 2011 at 9:30 PM

@8 Except when quoting something that has the colon in it to begin with.

Done and done (I used @19's wording suggestion as well)

BEG on May 18, 2011 at 9:54 PM

Done! Today I donated to Planned Parenthood and bought a "Made in America" birth certificate t-shirt from Obama's campaign. It's been a good day. :)

F8Grl525 on May 18, 2011 at 10:18 PM

Of course, these notifications make your donation that much less....

Extuno on May 18, 2011 at 10:27 PM

Clever idea and I <3 PP but...Isn't replacing government support with private donations the whole Republican goal in the first place? By quickly taking up the slack aren't you kind of proving them right?

chi_type on May 18, 2011 at 11:41 PM

23
yes
you are all stooge puppets of the right.....

on May 19, 2011 at 12:00 AM

I'm glad this came up today - if I hadn't terminated my pregnancy, I'd be entering my third trimester this week. I donated $20 (that to be honest, I don't have, though I am certain there are women who use PPIN's services that have much less) to the abortion fund in his name.

KayElle on May 19, 2011 at 1:41 AM

25

So help us out.
Slog was all weepy about the miscarried baby of the bi letter writer.
Are we supposed to feel bad about YOUR dead baby, too?

on May 19, 2011 at 5:14 AM

I gave $20 to the abortion fund in his name, and I hope next paycheck to give even more! Thanks for the great suggestion, JCY, and thanks for printing it, Dan!

on May 19, 2011 at 6:00 AM

Thanks for the suggestion. I set up a recurring donation of $10 a month. Part of me hopes they'll send the fucker a card every month, but the bigger part of me hopes they'll spend the money on health care instead.

willendorf on May 19, 2011 at 6:07 AM

@23 - I thought the same thing. But as much as I *hate* for them to even *think* they've been proven right, I hate the idea of women going without proper healthcare even more. So I donated.

krista1203 on May 19, 2011 at 6:25 AM

29

ditto.
It was very important for KayElle's daughter to get healthcare from PP.

on May 19, 2011 at 8:19 AM

Good idea: just contributed.

Krunch on May 19, 2011 at 9:24 AM

@27, hahaha! No! I'm stoked actually, I didn't want to be pregnant! That's why I'm celebrating with a donation. I didn't read that letter, but I'm supposing that letter writer WANTED her baby, which is probably why she was sad when she couldn't have it. It doesn't seem that complicated to me? I didn't want the baby, so I didn't keep it, and now I'm happy. She wanted her baby, she couldn't keep it, and now she's unhappy. Make sense?

And @29, I actually didn't get healthcare from Planned Parenthood. I'm Canadian, so I marched up to my local women's hospital (well, actually I called in advance for an appointment) and got that fetus removed, in and out in less than two and a half hours, and all for free, thank you Canadian health care. I wish everyone on the planet had the same opportunity!

KayElle on May 19, 2011 at 11:10 AM

Awesome idea, just donated $50

on May 19, 2011 at 12:19 PM

Done!
I wrote "From your neighboring state of Illinois. Enjoy!"

pjc on May 19, 2011 at 2:29 PM

32

You're right, it doesn't seem complicated (it never is....)

You didn't want your baby.

You had an ethical Canuck physician sworn to 'do no harm' kill your baby. For Free!

And you are happy about it.

It is a bloody murderous cold blooded story repeated 900,000 times a year in North America.

What was it Abraham Lincoln said about the Wrath of God; that "until every drop of blood drawn with the abortionists cruel blade, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether"?....

on May 19, 2011 at 3:07 PM

Will someone keep track of Indiana media to see if this makes the news? Just sent $50--specifying "abortion fund"--to PPIN. Wonder if his office will even acknowledge the acknowledgments.

Chicago Fan on May 19, 2011 at 3:45 PM

@29 I agree that continued health care for women should be the first priority.
I'm just not sure the "In your face!" notes to Daniels are conveying the message everyone here wants them to.
Also, unless everyone here has set up an automatic monthly payment in perpetuity, the donations are going to dry up before women in IN stop needing health care. Efforts should be focused on re-establishing consistent funding but I'll admit I don't have a clever idea for doing that.

chi_type on May 19, 2011 at 5:38 PM

Other than maybe passing out voter registration cards to all those who now can't afford services.

chi_type on May 19, 2011 at 5:40 PM

Done and done. :)

Canadian Joe on May 19, 2011 at 5:53 PM

you people make me happy

bag_o_happy on May 20, 2011 at 7:37 AM

Done! Only $20, but as a non-profit worker I put it toward the general operating fund because I know how much orgs need infrastructure dollars.

From the front page of www.ppin.org today:

"(Indianapolis) – Due to an ongoing and meaningful outpouring of financial support from women and men across the country, Planned Parenthood of Indiana (PPIN) is able to continue to cover the costs of care to its established Medicaid patients through at least Monday, May 30."

Margaretta on May 20, 2011 at 11:44 AM

@23 You're right about donations to the general health fund, but since abortions weren't covered by federal money in the first place (due to the Hyde Amendment) donating to the abortion fund is not picking up the slack.

on June 1, 2011 at 11:10 AM

SL Letter of the Day: Donate to Planned Parenthood in Mitch's Name

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