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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Hewlett Foundation Giving Millions to Planned Parenthood

 

- Don't buy Their Ink Cartridges Says Pro-life Leader

 

The Hewlett Foundation has announced $125.1 million in new grants to 214 organizations. First and foremost among the beneficiaries is International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF), for whom Hewlett cut the largest check by far, granting $8.3 million to support worldwide abortion.

 

Of the Menlo Park-based foundation's six program areas, the most money went toward “population” issues, specifically supporting family planning and AIDS prevention worldwide.  In all, the foundation's "Population Program" gave $31.8 million to 38 organizations dealing with global population issues. The International Planned Parenthood Federation, based in London, claimed over a quarter of the sum to support its radical agenda. 

 

IPPF is the world's most powerful abortion provider, and has explicitly stated its mission to aggressively dismantle pro-life law and culture around the globe.

 

Last year IPPF received over $115 million in grants from individual nations, the European Commission, UN agencies like the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and various foundations. 

 

Jim Hughes of Campaign Life Coalition said that the best method for pro-lifers to confront Hewlett on their support for abortion is to attack the "slender thread" upon which the technology giant Hewlett-Packard bases its financial survival: ink cartridges.

 

Pro-lifers who use Hewlett-Packard (HP) printers can send a message by investing in a new printer from another company, he said, but those who keep their old printers would be able to make a very significant impact by choosing to purchase refurbished ink cartridges.  HP makes no profit from refurbished cartridges.

 

"If Hewlett Packard were whacked with laser beam precision right where it hurts financially for putting itself so firmly behind abortion supporters, that would have an impact on their thinking and actions," said Hughes.

 

"A sudden lurch the wrong direction (down) in the financial bedrock would be a tremendous blow, fiscally and psychologically.  People at the top would notice, they'd want to know why, and they would do the research necessary to figure it out; they would learn."

 

To contact Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd:

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/email/hurd/index.html

 

To contact the Hewlett Foundation:

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

2121 Sand Hill Road

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Phone: (650) 234-4500

Fax:     (650) 234-4501

Email: http://www.hewlett.org/More/Contact/Email/contactEmail.htm

 

Contact: John-Henry Westen, Kathleen Gilbert

Source: LifeSiteNews.com

Source URL: http://www.lifesitnews.com

Publish Date: December 9, 2008

Link to this article:

http://www.ifrl.org/ifrl/news/081211_3.htm

 

 

The IFRL is the largest grassroots pro-life organization in Illinois. A non-profit organization, that serves as the state coordinating body for local pro-life chapters representing thousands of Illinois citizens working to restore respect for all human life in our society. The IFRL is composed of people of different political persuasions, various faiths and diverse economic, social and ethnic backgrounds. Since 1973 the Illinois Federation for Right to Life has been working to end abortion and restore legal protection to those members of the human family who are threatened by abortion, infanticide and euthanasia. Diverse though we are, we hold one common belief - that every human being has an inalienable right to life that is precious and must be protected. IFRL is dedicated to restoring the right to life to the unborn, and protection for the disabled and the elderly.   Click here to learn more about the IFRL.

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