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Planned Parenthood Heroes

LA mayor honored by local and national Planned Parenthood groups for helping defeat parental notification initiative; UFW’s Dolores Huerta also given award


Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who describes himself as a “Catholic,” was given Planned Parenthood’s “Hero Award” on Friday, March 30, for his role in the defeat of Proposition 85, the Parents’ Right to Know and Child Protection Initiative.

“The Honorable Antonio R. Villaraigosa, mayor of the City of Los Angeles, was honored with the Planned Parenthood Hero Award for his support of Planned Parenthood’s mission and contribution to the defeat in November of Prop. 85, a parental notification measure that endangered the health of teens,” said a Planned Parenthood news release. “This is the first year this award has been given.”

Villaraigosa recorded a widely distributed anti-85 message in Spanish on the eve of the November 2006 election at the behest of Planned Parenthood after polls showed widespread support among Latinos for the parental notification measure.

“Antonio Villaraigosa is a phony Hispanic because Hispanics value the family and parents,” said Albin Rohmberg, erstwhile spokesman for the Yes on 85 campaign. “Planned Parenthood specifically targets Hispanic women for abortion, and Villaraigosa purports to be a Latino leader. He’s a Judas who should be repudiated.”

Villaraigosa opposed Prop. 85 despite the support of California’s Catholic bishops and a specific appeal that Catholics -- especially Latinos -- vote in favor of the measure by Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles.

But the “Catholic” identity of the Los Angeles mayor has been buoyed by Cardinal Mahony himself, who led an “interfaith service” at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels hours before Villaraigosa’s inauguration at LA City Hall on July 1, 2005. The cardinal also joined a procession from the cathedral to City Hall on inauguration day, and gave the invocation at the inaugural.

Among those attending Villaraigosa’s inauguration events were former governor and current attorney general Jerry Brown, former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, then U.S. Rep. and current Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, former Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, then state treasurer and later failed Democratic candidate for governor Phil Angelides, and United Farm Workers leader Dolores Huerta.

Huerta was given Planned Parenthood’s “Margaret Sanger Award” at the same March 30 event, an award named after Planned Parenthood’s founder, an advocate of eugenics who favored openly racist public policies to reduce the number of African-Americans and Latinos.

Planned Parenthood’s news release described the March 30 awards ceremony as a “star-studded gala” sponsored by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Los Angeles. “The gala was hosted by Lauren Graham, Golden Globe Award-nominee for the television series Gilmore Girls and co-star of the recent romantic hit comedy movie, Because I Said So, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America Board of Advocates member; Neil Patrick Harris, star of the CBS hit series, How I Met Your Mother; and Stanley Tucci, Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winning actor and co-star of the Golden Globe-nominated film, The Devil Wears Prada and Planned Parenthood Federation of America Board of Advocates member.”


READER COMMENTS

Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 10:08 AM By Gordon
This should be no surprise to anyone. Catholics are a major supporter of planned parenthood, Over 50% of Catholics believe that abortion is great, that homosexual marriages are just fine and dandy, of those 50plus percent many would fight to the death to support their cat or dogs right to live, but could care less about the death of an innocent child. My source, over 50% of Catholics support the party of death, we vote in a mayoral creep like this loser from L.A., we vote heavily for Pelosi, the Sanchez's, Kerry,Leahy,Kennedy and all the rest of those who support and openly cheer on the culture of Satan, death to the innoncents, it is our right. God help them explain this on judgement day.

Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 11:47 AM By margie
I'd like to present my own award to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. It would be called "Worst Impersonation of a Faithful Catholic" award. Planned Parenthood aka Planned Barrenhood is a taxpayer funded machine for corrupting our youth. With their condoms, their faulty birth control, their steroid shots, their abortuaries... If I were awarded anything by this organization, I would immediately examine my conscience and head for the nearest confessional. There is nothing heroic about convincing CA parents that they need have no knowledge of their minor child's surgical abortions. In fact, to advocate for this position is foolish, cowardly and sinful.

Posted Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:31 AM By Kris Sheddy
I have always been concernd and really don't understand how anyone can call themselves Catholic and be pro-choice, that is blasphemy.

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