Newly Identified Corporate
Supporters of Planned Parenthood Named
FRONT ROYAL, Va.,
Jan. 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- Life Decisions International (LDI)
has released a revised edition of The Boycott List, which identifies
corporations that are boycott targets due to their support of
Planned Parenthood, the world's primary abortion-advocacy group.
"As a direct result
of the commitment, action and prayers of pro-family people, at least
160 corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood," said LDI
President Douglas R. Scott, Jr. It is estimated that the boycott has
cost Planned Parenthood more than $40 million since the Corporate
Funding Project (CFP) began nearly 16 years ago. "This should be a
testament to those who believe it is impossible to change corporate
philanthropic behavior," Scott said.
Corporations
appearing on The Boycott List for the first time include BBJ Linen
(home products), Carlson Companies (travel agencies, hotels [Country
Inns & Suites, Park Inn, Park Plaza, Radisson, and Regent], and
restaurants [T.G.I. Friday's and Pick Up Stix]), FastSigns
(graphics/printing), InterContinental Hotels (Candlewood, Crowne
Plaza, Holiday Inn, Indigo, InterContinental, and Staybridge), Midas
(motor vehicle care), and Paul Ecke Ranch (poinsettias), among
others.
Corporations
continuing as boycott targets from the previously released Boycott
List include AlphaGraphics, Basics Office Products, Wachovia, Nike,
Time Warner (Cinemax, HBO, AOL, etc.), Bank of America, the Dallas
Cowboys, CIGNA, Walt Disney, Johnson & Johnson, Lost Arrow
(Patagonia, etc.), Chevron, Wells Fargo, Whole Foods Market, and
Nationwide (insurance), among others.
The new Boycott List
includes a significantly expanded "Dishonorable Mention" section,
which identifies charitable groups that are associated with Planned
Parenthood and/or its agenda. Groups named in this section include
Amnesty International, the American Cancer Society, Camp Fire, Girls
Inc., Girl Scouts, Human Rights Watch, Kiwanis Clubs, Doctors
Without Borders, the March of Dimes, the Muscular Dystrophy
Association, Rotary Clubs, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation, and the YWCA, among others.
"This has not been
some sort of 'Jesse Jackson boycott' where we make news for a few
days and then go away," Scott said. "Corporate officials are
learning that those who value life are among the most dedicated
people on earth. We will not go away until corporate involvement
with Planned Parenthood comes to an end."
"The Pro-Life
Movement will succeed only to the extent that pro-life people are
willing to be inconvenienced," Scott said. "The very lives of
children are worth that much -- and a whole lot more."
Life Decisions
International (LDI) is dedicated to challenging the Culture of
Death, concentrating on exposing and fighting the agenda of Planned
Parenthood. LDI's chief project is a boycott of corporations that
fund the abortion-committing giant. To learn more about Planned
Parenthood, click
here.
