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Planned Parenthood Responds To Herman Cain’s Criticism: Cain Is ‘Clearly Out Of The Mainstream In His Attack’

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Planned Parenthood has responded to statements made by GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain on last Sunday’s edition of Face the Nation.

Cain, whose articulation of his stance on abortion has resulted in some confusion, has remained consistent regarding his feelings about Planned Parenthood. If elected president, he has said, he would work to defund the organization.

RELATED: Herman Cain: I’m Not Pro-Choice, I’m Pro-Choice On Getting An Illegal Abortion

In addition, Cain has been outspoken about the issues he has with Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger, whose work advocating for increased access birth control and family planning options has been linked to her documented support for negative eugenics and her belief in the superiority of lighter-skinned peoples. (You can read more about Sanger’s — rather surprising, given current views on race and racism — relationship to the black community on her Wikipedia page. Sanger’s motivation in offering birth control options within black communities is a matter of contention among people looking back at her work, to say the least.)

During his Face the Nation appearance, Cain did not back down from earlier remarks he has made regarding the organization in general and Sanger in particular:

If people go back and look at the history and look at Margaret Sanger’s own words, that’s exactly where that came from. Look at the history. Secondly, look at where most of them were built. Seventy-five percent of those facilities were built in the black community. In Margaret Sanger’s own words, she didn’t use the word “genocide,” but she did talk about preventing the increasing number of poor blacks in this country by preventing black babies from being born.

“What I’m saying, he added, “is Planned Parenthood isn’t sincere about wanting to try to counsel them not to have abortions.”

Now, Veronica Byrd, the director of black media for Planned Parenthood’s Action Fund,
has released a statement condemning Cain’s statements:

It is simply unacceptable for those who oppose legal abortion to use inflammatory and divisive language based on race to push an ideological agenda. Herman Cain is wrong on the facts and clearly out of the mainstream in his attack on Planned Parenthood.

(Interesting phrasing.Wouldn’t Cain being “out of the mainstream” in his case actually help him where support among the base in concerned?)

Byrd also cited a study from The Guttmacher Institute, which FoxNews.com summarized thusly:

The Guttmacher Institute said that according to 2008 figures, the most recent data available, 63 percent of abortion clinics — defined as providers of 400 or more abortions annually — are located in predominantly white neighborhoods while 12 percent are located in neighborhoods where one-half or more of the residents are Hispanic. Only 9 percent are located in predominantly black neighborhoods while 15 percent are located in mixed racial and communities.

Hot Air, however, joins LifeNews.com in questioning the motivation behind that study, reporting that The Guttmacher Institute has “extensive ties to the abortion industry.”

Have a look at Cain’s Face the Nation appearance, via CBS:

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  • Rufus Danegro

    Cain once a raped a planned parenthood building. True Story but the conservative media is covering it up

  • Pablo
  • Anonymous

    Defund Planned Parenthood.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_A4OJ2F7ADXSD7OMEUUEQDQDZ2Y Dustin Baker

    I didn’t think anybody actually denies that Planned Parenthood started out as a way to “control” the black population.  Sanger’s own words make that clear.

  • Rufus Danegro

    Yawn…

    Another racist plays the race card. 

  • Rufus Danegro

    Defund your life support system. 

  • Anonymous

    Conservative logic always ends up running aground on its own paradoxes.  Here are some of the most amusing ones:

    Liberals love Planned Parenthood because it aborts black children – even though African-Americans are one of the most critical blocs of liberal and Democratic support.

    Obama is just like Hitler and Stalin, except that he’s also like Jimmy Carter.

    Obama is a tyrant for having policy czars.  You know, the ones that Ronald Reagan used to have in his administration.  (Bill Bennett, anyone?)

    Conservatives are for freedom of religion – Christian religion, that is.

    Conservatives love the freedom to contract – until that contract calls for private arbitration under Islamic rules.

    Conservatives are pro-life - which is why Tea Party audiences cheer for Rick Perry’s enthusiastic support of state-run executions and at the thought of uninsured people dying for lack of treatment.

    The insurance mandate and cap-and-trade policies are examples of Marxism – that were first proposed by conservative organizations.

    Conservatives are pro-family – which is why they want to ignore or break up families headed by homosexuals.

    Conservatives don’t want the government to come between you and your doctor – unless you want to control your own pregnancy.

    Conservatives hate economic uncertainty – which is why they held U.S. creditworthiness hostage for over two months and caused the first rating downgrade in U.S. history.

    Conservatives speak of “We The People” – while they impose additional barriers on voting and want to repeal popular election of U.S. senators.

    Fox News is the most-watched cable news network – but yet isn’t part of the mainstream media like ratings underdog MSNBC.

    Conservatives want flat income taxes – except for investment income.

    Obama is a secret Muslim who wants to effect a Muslim takeover of America – by killing Osama bin Laden and Moammar Qaddafi.

    The Democrats cannot run the country – but they can execute a widespread, secret conspiracy to conceal Obama’s “Kenyan” birth.

  • Anonymous

    Mediaite: Ban this poster.

  • Anonymous

    With all of your conspiracy theories, you should write a book.

  • Anonymous

    Excellent comment.

    Let me add.

    Conservatives don´t believe in science when it comes to evolution or global warming, but when they get  sick they will go to the doctor seeking the most sophisticated medical treatment based on science.

    They want to be covered by health insurance, just somehow don´t think it´s necessary everyone is covered.

  • Anonymous

    Herman is so spot on; the left hates blacks and lie to them day in and day out and unfortunately they buy the lies. Typical democrat racism….just like Bobby Byrd, he of great N word fame….the left made excuses from him all day long despite his being a grand kleagel in the KKK.
    Stupid is as stupid does…..the left has the blacks exactly where they want them and unfortunately, they won’t/can’t see straight.  There is only one party who believes in character…and it ain’t TC and his crowd…they see the colour of skin, and that is all that matters.  The left will continue to keep the blacks down where they want them, voting for the dems for free stuff, rather than standing with the republicans for their real freedoms.

    how sad.

  • Anonymous

    You can’t handle the truth.

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous

    To control human reproduction. You do realize it’s not only black people who f@ck you know. Thanks to Margaret Sanger…your woman uses the pill.

  • Anonymous

    You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for pointing out the complete cognitive dissonance of American conservative dogma. 

  • Anonymous

    Note..they also accept science when it comes to determining whether zygotes and embryos in the human uterus “feel” pain.

  • repwin2012

    your’e exactly right. I would just clarify one point; conservatives want to have health insurance we paid for. We don’t need the government’s intervention. There are some individuals who genuinely need the help. Not all. Quit being a lemming. The sky isn’t falling, and despite Obama’s best efforts to convince you otherwise, not everything is in crisis. A month ago he was hinting that the Texas fires, caused by trees falling on power lines, was actually  due to global warming. Now we are seeing an unsual weather pattern in the northeast. Cold and snow. Global cooling, no doubt.      Use common sense. It’s free.

  • Hattmann

    Time to Occupy Planned Parenthood.  Let’s test these folks Set up prolife camps at each Planned Parenthood sites.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1168537394 Jason Hamilton

    “Conservative logic always ends up running aground on its own paradoxes.  Here are some of the most amusing ones:”

    “Obama is just like Hitler and Stalin, except that he’s also like Jimmy Carter.”  
    Umm no, he’s only like Jimmy Carter.  Hitler would be preferable to Obama, he’d probably eliminate the deficit.

    “Conservatives are for freedom of religion – Christian religion, that is”. 
    I’m conservative, I’m atheist.  Christians tend to be conservative also… maybe someone should draw you a Venn diagram..

    “Conservatives are pro-life – which is why Tea Party audiences cheer for Rick Perry’s enthusiastic support of state-run executions and at the thought of uninsured people dying for lack of treatment”.  
    Are you really too dumb to know the difference between killing an innocent child and a mass murderer… talk about stupid logic…. 

    “Conservatives are pro-family – which is why they want to ignore or break up families headed by homosexuals”.  Some conservatives are pro-mother/father family and feel innocent children who are adopted should have a traditional family if possible.  I’m all for gays having children as long as one of them has a vagina and carries the baby to term for 9 months…
     
    “Conservatives don’t want the government to come between you and your doctor – unless you want to control your own pregnancy”.  I’m conservative, I’m quite fine with the democrats killing their offspring… if you need 300 bucks let me know..

    “Conservatives hate economic uncertainty – which is why they held U.S. creditworthiness hostage for over two months and caused the first rating downgrade in U.S. history”.  Downgrade was caused by Democratic control of house and senate which began in 2006.  Which led to 4 Trillion of unnecessary spending.  The 2010 elections were a loud clear message from the American people to stop he spending… and they stopped Obama in his tracks.  Our new Republican president will clean up the mess.

    “Fox News is the most-watched cable news network – but yet isn’t part of the mainstream media like ratings underdog MSNBC”.  Another dumb comment, the most-watched cable news network defines the mainstream.. The mainstream isn’t the 5 guys with nose rings that work with you at Dairy Freeze.

    “Conservatives want flat income taxes – except for investment income”.  Investment income is a flat tax of 15% dummy

    “Obama is a secret Muslim who wants to effect a Muslim takeover of America – by killing Osama bin Laden and Moammar Qaddafi”.  Obama didn’t kill anyone, he was tweeting as normal…

    “The Democrats cannot run the country – but they can execute a widespread, secret conspiracy to conceal Obama’s “Kenyan” birth”.  Nobody cares about when/where Obama was born… he has bad blood look at his Uncle…nuff said

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1168537394 Jason Hamilton

    Health care isn’t necessary unless the person who wants it decides it is and buys it…. basic tenet of American society…. It seems that there are enough concerned Democrats though that a philanthropic organization could be formed….. oh but wait, Democrats don’t contribute to charity…. only Republicans do that….  

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1168537394 Jason Hamilton

    Abortion is a choice.  If more black do it, it’s because black chose to.  Whites know where to go if they need it… there is no discrimination only free choice.

  • Anonymous

    Why are they so upset.  Cain is as pro-choice as Romney.  Cain was just disparaging Planned Parenthood because he thought that is what the “pro-life rubes” in front of him at the time wanted to hear.

    Pro-choice Cain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD-sBPBzpmE

  • Anonymous

    If the truth be known, there are millions of minorities who are concerned with what abortion is doing to their numbers and rightly so.  While abortion may be the answer for a young women who made a mistake and has the rest of her life in front of her, this is also keeping the Afro-American numbers well below the Hispanics causing their voices to be overshadowed by the growing minority.  They need to wake up before it is too late.

  • Anonymous

    Do not fret Planned Parenthood, Mr Cain will end up changing his position 3-4 times over the course of the day.

  • Guest

    “Choice?”  Conservatives are against freedom when you make choices they don’t like; you’re only “free” to do what they want you to do.

  • Guest

    Paradoxes?  What did you expect from people who want their invisible friend in the sky to be involved in government, yet go against the teachings of his book.  They believe their god’s son walked the earth to enlighten and save them, yet they go against the teachings of their god-made-flesh.  (Probably not the best move if you believe in god, guys.)

  • SlikLizrd

    Paradoxes are made up of conflicting truths. Yours is not a list of paradoxes — It’s a list of Republican lies that oppose the truth.

    Turn OFF Fox !! — It’s  BAD NEWS for America !!

  • Anonymous

    Excellent! But you forgot:

    Conservatives think that Obama is really a Muslim — even though he was in Rev. Wright’s church for twenty years.

  • wawoo

    You forgot the other contract Conservative do not like, Union contracts.

  • Anonymous

    Planned Parenthood does so much more than abortions. It provides healthcare to both men and women. But, Cain would not mention this because he chooses not to mention the truth. He likes short sentences, and because he does not like to read, he won’t read anything on this site.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Theresa-Darklady-Reed/581698361 Theresa ‘Darklady’ Reed

    FWIW, if Planned Parenthood were defunded, I would have needed to put $1090 on my credit card when I had my Mirena IUD replaced last year, instead of just $350. 

    Because I was unemployed at the time, I was eligible for a 60% reduction in cost… thanks to the fact PP receives government support.

    My IUD is not so I can run around and have sex, get pregnant and rack up abortions like stamps on a card toward free coffee. My IUD exists to keep my endometriosis at bay after devouring one of my ovaries and producing a 13 cm endometrioma that caused me unspeakable agony when that ovary ovulated. I was taken away in an ambulance one night, the pain was so bad. I eventually spent a week in the hospital recovering from what we had thought would be a day surgery to remove it.

    So, given that Planned Parenthood provides abortion as about 2% of its overall services, this argument against it is just dirt stupid. Whatever Sanger’s views on race were, today Planned Parenthood provides essential services to low income women of all ethnic backgrounds who tend to have one thing in common: little or no access to affordable healthcare related to their sexual well-being. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Theresa-Darklady-Reed/581698361 Theresa ‘Darklady’ Reed

    It’s called Climate Change, not just Global Warming. Try to learn something about what you want to chide others over.

    Also, given the the GOP politicos have amazing medical coverage at voter expense, I think they’re pretty cheeky insulting those of us who pay for that coverage but don’t have any of our own.

    As for who’s trying to convince us everything is in crisis, I’d say the GOP has perfected the art of whipping people into a hysteria by painting the world as spinning wildly out of control with no hope of survival… unless we keep doing what we’ve been doing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Theresa-Darklady-Reed/581698361 Theresa ‘Darklady’ Reed

    I was paying $404/month for Kaiser insurance when I had to drop it because it was driving my credit card payments up beyond my capacity to pay. The cashier at one location told me that even at that outrageous price (the best a self-employed person could get), I had pretty lame coverage. 

    BTW — I contribute to charity throughout the year. My tiny little corporation even gets listed in one charity’s quarterly donor list, right next to Columbia Sportswear. 

  • AliveStillkickin

    Abortion Workers at “House of Horrors” Clinic Plead Guilty to Murder

    October 29, 2011
    Two employees at the notorious Philadelphia “House of Horrors” clinic
    operated by late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell (left) have pleaded
    guilty to murder in the deaths of a baby born at the clinic and a woman
    who had come for an abortion. As reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer,
    34-year-old Adrienne Moton admitted that she
    killed a baby who had been
    born alive at the abortion facility, while Sherry West, 52, pleaded
    guilty to administering a lethal dose of painkillers and anesthesia to a
    41-year-old woman who had come for an abortion.
    MORE: http://patriotupdate.com/14031/abortion-workers-at-house-of-horrors-clinic-plead-guilty-to-murder
     

  • AliveStillkickin

     P.P. is a baby-killing mill and nothing more.
    Their original purpose was genocide and Margaret Sanger was the head Eva Braun.
    She died a VERY slow and painful death with tuberculosis which proves there is a God and He believes in justice.
    http://www.blackgenocide.org/sanger.html
    READ IT….SEWER RAT!!!

  • Anonymous

    You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Planned Parenthood is not an abortion-mill. They offer health care to men and women, not just contraception and, yes, I will say it, abortions. So, since you refuse to do proper research, SHUT UP!

  • AliveStillkickin

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  • Anonymous

    You obviously have no idea how to deal with the truth.

  • AliveStillkickin

     I thought liberals were against stifling free speech….Make up your fucking mind…..Nitwit.

  • Anonymous

    You’ll just give PP more money when they do their annual “Pledge-a-Picket”. (ie. people pledge to donate money to PP calculated on the number of people protesting in front of that clinic during the month).

    Pledge-a-Pickets make PP thousands of dollars for the clinic, so go ahead and set up camp, dummy.

  • SlikLizrd

    I’ve made up my mind — about you !!  It’s obvious that you don’t understand liberals OR free speech !! There’s a difference between “free speech” and “hate speech” —  Shitwit.

  • Anonymous

    and espesially not if THEY have to PAY for it

  • Anonymous

    Rev. Wright preaches salvation through belief in Jesus Christ.  That means he is a Christian.

  • Anonymous

    Herman knows how to play White folks.  He saya what he knows they want to hear.  They’re using him as their token black to sheild their racism and he is using them to make money.  Herman is no fool but he begins to believe his own spiel and thereby loses it.  Remember that sneaky grin.

  • Anonymous

    Are Pro-Life people helping Octomom?

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