A BIG Victory for the Culture of Life

& a major defeat for Planned Parenthood & the "culture of death". But the work isn't finished. The last 2 clinics are being sold to someone else to operate.

There isn't a word on the Planned Parenthood of Amarillo & the Texas Panhandle website about their leaving. They just talk about how long they have been arround, what they have done & that they still have 3 sites open. But it is clear they have been in deep trouble as the PPATP website is out of date in so many ways. Let's pray that the clinics' new owners run into the same problems PPATP did & that "Closed" signs as well as "To Let" &/or "For Sale" signs soon pop up at theis sites. Better yet, that Pro-life pregnancy centers open up instead.

Meanwhile, "MILLE GRAZIE" to those from the Diocese of Amarillo & Bishop John W. Yanta for all their prayers & hard work to see that this day has come.

Planned Parenthood Booted Out of Texas Panhandle

WASHINGTON, December 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - American Life League and the Diocese of Amarillo scored a major victory this week as Planned Parenthood prepares to completely withdraw from the Texas Panhandle.

Using American Life League's STOPP project to defeat Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion chain has been completely eradicated from the diocese of Amarillo, Texas.

"Once again we see that the STOP Planned Parenthood plan works - even on a grand scale," said Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League and director of the STOPP project. "We have been honored to work closely with Bishop John Yanta, Respect Life Coordinator Rita Diller, and all those in the Amarillo Diocese who, since 1997, have worked towards the day when Planned Parenthood would no longer exist in the Texas Panhandle. Through the grace of God, that day will come next week."

In 1997, Planned Parenthood operated 19 clinics in the Texas Panhandle. As of Jan. 1, 2009, the local affiliate with its two remaining clinics will change names and sever ties with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Diller and Bishop Yanta made defeating Planned Parenthood the focal point of their efforts at the diocesan Respect Life offices. They worked with Sedlak and American Life League in implementing the STOPP plan to shut down the organization.

"As the result of our 23 years of directly confronting Planned Parenthood, STOPP has developed a plan of action that is closing Planned Parenthoods across the nation," Sedlak said. "Our plan needs local activists to do the hard work of implementing it in a consistent and persistent manner until victory is won. The dedicated people of the Texas Panhandle did just that and God has granted this victory."

"The stunning success is an inspiration to all who fight against Planned Parenthood across the nation," Sedlak concluded. "It is a wonderful Christmas present for all who have been so faithful for so long."

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Added 23 December 2008 @ 2:31 AM

A bit more on PPATPs changing hands. PPATP claims they are severing ties with the national Planned Parenthood Federation Their reason is that they "desire to remain autonomous as the national organization standardizes its clinics." In reality, it isn't standardization, it is that PPATP would basicly go out of business. With only the Amarillo clinics left PP is forcing them, as a part of their nationwide reorginization to merge with another PP affiliate group.

So, PPATP voted to seperate from the national group. The Amarillo group also claims that the national PP is moving away from caring for the poor. Given what I have reported on in the past, I don't think so. But to see the internecene squabling between PPATP & the national PP in the article was absolute hilarious. Each is attacking the other.

What this really is is simple. Because of the fact PPATP has only 2 clinics, keeping it as a seperate affiliate isn't financially feasable. Because the administrative costs aren't worth it, the national PP is making them merge to ensure that their profits stay up there rather than go to supporting an affilate that isn't pulling its share of blood money. & the big shots at PPATP didn't like losing their cushy jobs.

PP claims it is looking into what to do in Amarillo about opening a new clinic. I suspect that they said it just to save face. If things aren't going well now, they aren't going to throw a bunch of start up money that would do much in the long run to help their bottom line.

As for PPATP, they claimed they didn't do abortions at their clinics. True if you don't count chemical abortions. But they did referals to other PP clinics that did the abortions for which I am sure they got some financial renumeration. & that raises an interesting question. What will they do now? Will they add the expense of doing abortions? Can they afford to? let's hope & pray the answer is no. I suspect that PPATP has a lot more financial difficulties than it is willing to admit.

Interestingly, & something that confirms my suspicions something more is wrong is the fact that the current cheif executive of PPATP, Claudia Stravato, is retiring 1 Jan 2009 as well. She isn't totally retiring, or seperating herself from the clinic however. She will still be teaching her Poli-Sci classes at West Texas A&M University and will finish other projects at the clinic she is involved in. (Whatever that means.) Christina Paullus, currently marketing director of FMC Management will take over. A marketing director taking over makes me even more suspicious that there are bigger problems than they are admitting. Hiring a marketing director as cheif executive makes sense if you are having fundraising & PR problems.

It is also clear that this seperation isn't a spur of the moment decesion, but has been in the works for a while.

PP is on its way out of the Panhandle of Texas, the Amarillo clinics may be on life support. They will have to create a whole new structure to get their Non-profit status. & that will cost them money. Money they may not really have.

These clinics were targeted by the Fall 2008 40 Days for Life campaign. These prayers are being answered. But we need to keep praying until the battle is over & they are completely closed.

Source: Amarillo Office Plans Split from Planned Parenthood via STOp Planned Parenthood