Planned Parenthood

See the many ways Girl Scouts is connected to Planned Parenthood
(This is a growing list that will be regularly updated. Please check back to see additional documentation and examples of the Girl Scout/Planned Parenthood connection.)

PROVING KATHY RIGHT: In 2004, the CEO of Girl Scouts USA, Kathy Cloninger stated on national television that, “We partner with many organizations. We have relationships with our church communities, with YWCAs, and with Planned Parenthood organizations across the country, to bring information-based sex education programs to girls.” (You may view the video of Mrs. Cloninger’s statement at the bottom of this page) Despite this statement by the Girl Scouts CEO, which has never been retracted, GSUSA is now denying the national organization’s connections to Planned Parenthood. Additionally, GSUSA claims they do not take stand on matters of birth control or abortion, yet they continue to promote pro-abortion champions and resources to their members.  All we are asking is that GSUSA be honest about this connection that CEO, Kathy Cloninger, has already confirmed on national television. 

Why is it so concerning to us that the Girl Scouts organization is exposing girls to Planned Parenthood? Because Planned Parenthood teaches promiscuity to children, grooming future birth control and abortion clients. Because at Planned Parenthood sex-education events for youth, Planned Parenthood has distributed “educational” material, considered by many groups to be pornographic, to kids as young as 10 years old. To learn more about Planned Parenthood’s explicit sex education programs visit:
www.PlannedPromiscuity.com

We couldn’t agree more with Mrs. Cloninger’s statement acknowledging that Girl Scouts partners with Planned Parenthood. And we have posted several examples below in an effort to Prove Kathy Right. The Girl Scouts organization does currently have relationships (both past and present) with Planned Parenthood. Let us count the ways…

NATIONAL CONNECTIONS

At the November 2011 Girl Scouts National Convention in Houston, several speakers affiliated with Planned Parenthood were featured. See our Convention Report here.

The Girl Scouts badge entitled "On Your Own" sends girls directly to www.PlannedParenthood.org, citing this resource as a Helpful Link. This badge was promoted on the official Girl Scouts USA site for girls called Studio 2B.  Planned Parenthood reference is now scrubbed, but you can see an image of the badge requirements here.  See top of page 2 for the Planned Parenthood link. 

GSUSA promotes and sends girls to the website stayteen.org.  Their online content sent girls to the site to learn where a pregnant teen could go for help. Where does Stayteen.org send girls for "help"? Planned Parenthood.

Girl Scouts USA is an official Content Partner for the website GirlZone. According to GirlZone "Content Partners support the Girl Zone mission." GirlZone provides listing of resources for girls under to topic of "know your body" including:

In the GSUSA book for girls, Girltopia on page 10, GSUSA promotes Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Executive Director Sheri S. Tepper.


INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS

According to International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and IPPF have a "close partnership." (see bottom middle column of page 2 of link for IPPF/WAGGGS connection)   The WAGGGS website advocates for "affordable, accessible, safe abortion."  Note:  See GSUSA's statement that every member of GSUSA is automatically a member of WAGGGS and supports them in name and financially.  The $12 annual membership fee girls pay to GSUSA triggers a quota that is paid by GSUSA to WAGGGS.  See this resource explaining the GSUSA-WAGGGS money flow


LOCAL COUNCIL CONNECTIONS

A substantial number of Girl Scout Councils have admitted they partner with Planned Parenthood. See news clip here.

Girl Scouts Bluebonnet Council honored Pam Smallwood, the Planned Parenthood of Central Texas executive director, as a Girl Scout Woman of Distinction.

Girl Scout Freedom Valley (PA): Planned Parenthood Chester County announces in a Community Report that they are “pleased to have established a new collaboration with the Girl Scouts of the Freedom Valley, through which [they] were able to reach more girls while successfully managing growing program costs.” (see page 4 of this document)

Girl Scouts of the Great Plains appointed Beverly Todd Nolte, a former vice president of marketing and lobbyist for Planned Parenthood of Nebraska and Council Bluffs, as CEO and leader of the 11,000 girl council.

To learn about many more Girl Scout/Planned Parenthood Connections in various states across the U.S., please visit the HonestGirlScouts.com resources linked below:

ARIZONA: Sahuaro Girl Scouts Council /

CALIFORNIA: Girls Scouts of Northern California /

FLORIDA: Girl Scouts Gateway /

NEW YORK: Girl Scouts NYPENN Pathways /
Girl Scouts of Western New York

TENNESSEE: Girl Scouts Heart of the South /

TEXAS: Girl Scouts Bluebonnet /
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas

VERMONT: Girl Scouts Council of Vermont /


Girl Scouts affiliation with other pro-abortion groups:

GSUSA promotes the Women Media Center. In their printed materials for girls, they instruct girls to go www.womensmediacenter.com. Here girls can find pro-abortion content, as well as live links to 27 other pro-abortion websites including Planned Parenthood, National Abortion Rights Action League, and many others.  See former Women's Media Center President, and Girl Scout supporter, confirm that GSUSA supports comprehensive sex-ed and hear her answer the question "are the Girl Scouts pro-choice?" in this news segment.

GSUSA promotes Media Matters in their printed materials for girls and recommends girls go to the anti-conservative www.mediamatters.org for reliable news. This organization supports Planned Parenthood and pro-aboriton views.

GSUSA promotes and sends girls to the radical pro-abortion Global Fund For Women, co-founded by Frances Kissling, long time president of Catholics For Free Choice. This Girl Scouts-approved website is full of pro-abortion content.

GSUSA promotes and sends girls to the website of pro-abortion Amnesty International.

Girl Scouts San Jacinto Council in Texas teams up for a girl event with the pro-abortion League of Women's Voters (LWV). LWV is a group who worked against proposals that would ban late term abortion, fought "conscience" regulations, and supported the Freedom of Choice Act. To read more about LWV abortion-rights advocacy, click here. The Houston Chapter of LWV that works with Girl Scouts Jacinto Council also opposes Rick Perry's Texas Sonogram Law, designed to allow women access to an ultrasound before they baby is aborted.

Girl Scouts San Jacinto Council in Texas honored Sylvia Garcia with their 2011 Success to Significance Award at their annual council event. In June 2011, Ms. Garcia's organization, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) joined with Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast and Planned Parenthood Trust of South Texas, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), Catholics for Choice, EMILY’s List, and Annie’s List as co-hosts of a reception celebrating champions for Latina health during NALEO's 28th Annual Conference. See this link for Planned Parenthood's announcement of this event with NALEO entitled "Women’s Health Advocates Celebrate Champions of Latina Health" Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards praised Ms. Garcia for her help with the protection of "reproductive rights" (which of course includes abortion).  At the 2011 NALEO Conference, Planned Parenthood was both a featured speaker and an exhibitor.

As a reminder: This page is a work in progress and we will add new information often. Check back for updates!

 

Click Mrs. Cloninger’s picture above to hear her proud claim that Girl Scouts partners with Planned Parenthood.