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    I found this great article on Salon.com and wanted to post it. I'm putting it here because it's something that is important to a lot of us and our bodies, but don't want it to turn into a political argument (hence the title).

    Pro-choice jujitsu

    Several Planned Parenthood locations across the country have hit upon a clever way to profit from the throngs of protesters who picket abortion clinics -- a fundraising drive in which the clinic receives a donation for each picketer who shows up. Under the Pledge-a-Picket program, as described in a recent article in the Planned Parenthood newsletter, supporters pledge small amounts -- a quarter to a dollar -- per anti-choice protester. "It's like sponsoring a runner in a charity marathon," the newsletter says. Despite the small pledges, the money adds up for the clinics because "the picketers never go away."

    The idea is that the Pledge-a-Picket program creates a "no-win" situation (or is it "no-choice"?) for the protesters: Their presence actually benefits the very organization they're protesting. The Planned Parenthood clinic in Waco, Texas, has hung a sign outside that constantly updates how much money it has raised under the program, so picketers can see that their efforts are backfiring. In the last two years, the protesters have helped the clinic raise more than $18,000, which the clinic has spent on an assistance fund for low-income women in the community.

    -- Farhad Manjoo

    Here is a link to the article it refers to:

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    I wonder if my women's clinic does that? what a great idea!
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    I would say that's definately making lemonade out of lemons. Thanks for the info Miss George.


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    thats an awesome idea, and sounds like such a good way to get rid of them! ive also never heard of it described as "anti-choice" i like that a lot... cuz "pro-life" makes pro-choicers (me)sound like "anti-life" ya know?

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    thank you for posting this. i think it is a great idea!

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    That made me smile. Way to go, Planned Parenthood!

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    That's awesome! Let me get my checkbook..........

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    Fabulous idea! I'm gonna check this out...

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    Excellent! *Applauds*. I'm going to find out if the clinics around here do that.

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    That is a great idea. I have a friend (a big guy) who was accompanying another female friend into a clinic and punched out a protester who yelled at her. One of the cops inside the clinic came up and thanked him and tell him he'd been wishing he could do that all day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pan Dah
    So I'm sure you won't complain the next time some thug punches out an anti-war demonstrator and a right-wing cop turns a blind eye. Will you?
    was that really neccessary?


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    no, it wasn't necessary but we all have our views. my friend happened to be accompanying a dear female friend to an abortion clinic to have her abortion after her fiance comitted suicide so I think he was pretty sensitive to someone yelling in her face.

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    my comment was directed to pan dah.


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    I think that is a wonderful idea of them. Damn protestors!

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