1) Sign the petition (see top right corner) or click here. (You can see a geographic view of signatories so far.)
2) Vote in our online poll.
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4) Find your state legislators and send them each an email.
5) Share with others what you did by posting in the comments section for this post.
6) Sleep a little better, knowing that you're making a difference.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
FAQ #5: Does the abortion industry even need this money?
The abortion industry wants you to think that this money is going to "women in need". In fact, it's going into the pockets of abortion doctors and abortion clinic owners. So the question then is, how badly do these people need this money?
The Abortion In Washington blog covered this very well. (reprinted with permission)
Below is a listing of the salaries for some of the top employees of Washington's largest chain of abortion centers -- Planned Parentood -- and the Cedar River Clinic. Remember your tax dollars go to pay the salaries of these people, which makes them essentially sub-contractors for the state.
Wow. Look at those numbers! We've got a suggested recruitment tagline for the local abortion industry: "It may be killing, but it's one heck of a living!"
Planned Parenthood of Western Washington
Planned Parenthood of Central Washington
Planned Parenthood of Spokane
Cedar River Clinics
(**a.k.a. The papaya abortionist.)
Isn't it time to get the profit motive out of the abortion industry? All of the above are "non-profits". Just how much sacrifice do you think is involved for these individuals? Do we really want a society where an individual can make a very comfortable full-time career doing (or arranging) abortions?
NOTE: All salaries include benefit plan contributions, not just salary total compensation. Numbers are from 2005 and 2006. Names in blood red are for those we know or are almost certain are actually involved in bringing beautiful, innocent lives to an end with their own hands.
The Abortion In Washington blog covered this very well. (reprinted with permission)
Below is a listing of the salaries for some of the top employees of Washington's largest chain of abortion centers -- Planned Parentood -- and the Cedar River Clinic. Remember your tax dollars go to pay the salaries of these people, which makes them essentially sub-contractors for the state.
Wow. Look at those numbers! We've got a suggested recruitment tagline for the local abortion industry: "It may be killing, but it's one heck of a living!"
Planned Parenthood of Western Washington
| Christine Charbonneau | CEO | $259,418 |
| R. Campbell McIntyre | VP, Med. Affairs | $243,626 |
| Michael Romo | COO | $206,185 |
| Mary Grinnell | CFO | $170,705 |
| Lucile K. Arendt | VP, Ext Affairs | $148,565 |
| Carole Williams | VP, HR | $129,615 |
| Stephen McCallister | VP, IT | $119,615 |
| Anna Kaminski** | Asst. Med. Dir | $118,063 |
Planned Parenthood of Central Washington
| Anna Franks | CEO | $127,000 |
| Sarah Cate | Med. Dir. | $101,420 |
| Elizabeth Bianchi | Part Time Abortionist | $97,905 (NOTE: This is for just 12 hours a week!) |
| Karl Eastlund | COO | $92,700 |
Planned Parenthood of Spokane
| Penny M. Palmer | MD/FT | $144,102 |
| Elizabeth Bianchi | PT Abortionist | $102,290 (NOTE: Same woman as part time for Central Wa. Hours for Spokane not listed) |
Cedar River Clinics
| Dr. Robert L. Kothenbeutel | Full Time Abortionist | $327,390 |
| Dr. Charlie Browne | Full Time Abortionist | $156,050 |
| Beverly Whipple | Founder & CEO | $71,346 |
(**a.k.a. The papaya abortionist.)
Isn't it time to get the profit motive out of the abortion industry? All of the above are "non-profits". Just how much sacrifice do you think is involved for these individuals? Do we really want a society where an individual can make a very comfortable full-time career doing (or arranging) abortions?
NOTE: All salaries include benefit plan contributions, not just salary total compensation. Numbers are from 2005 and 2006. Names in blood red are for those we know or are almost certain are actually involved in bringing beautiful, innocent lives to an end with their own hands.
Monday, November 10, 2008
FAQ #4: Where is this $7 million going?
| County | Provider | Paid | |
| King | Planned Parenthood (PP) of Western Washington | $1,204,702 | |
| King | Cedar River - Renton | $1,145,646 | |
| Spokane | PP of Spokane | $ 424,283 | |
| King | Aurora Medical Services | $ 386,312 | |
| Yakima | Cedar River - Yakima | $ 355,984 | |
| Thurston | Sound Choice Health Center | $ 237,771 | |
| King | Aradia (now closed) | $ 229,148 | |
| Pierce | Cedar River - Tacoma | $ 224,396 | |
| Whatcom | Mt. Baker PP | $ 205,119 | |
| Pierce | All Womens Health | $ 185,238 | |
| Oregon | Lovejoy Surgicenter | $ 174,170 | |
| King | Seattle Medical & Wellness | $ 168,984 | |
| Benton | PP of Central WA - Kennewick | $ 146,689 | |
| Clark | PP of the Columbia | $ 41,170 | |
| Yakima | PP of Central WA - Yakima | $ 28,344 | |
| Oregon | Downtown Womens Center Inc. | $ 25,968 | |
| King | UW Medical Center | $ 16,646 | |
| Thurston | EWH Inc | $ 16,204 | |
| King | Swedish Hospital | $ 11,448 | |
| Oregon | Oregon Health Science U. | $ 10,119 | |
| Spokane | Deaconess Hospital - Spokane | $ 5,452 | |
| Oregon | Bours Health Center | $ 4,950 | |
| King | Assoc. of University Physicians | $ 4,756 | |
| King | Harborview | $ 3,765 | |
| Pierce | Tacoma General | $ 2,806 | |
| King | Bellegrove Ob/Gyn Inc PS | $ 1,783 | |
| King | Group Health Coop | $ 1,668 | |
| Skagit | Skagit Valley Hospital Opps | $ 1,061 | |
| King | Evergreen Hospital | $ 785 | |
| King | Group Health - Puget Sound | $ 785 | |
| Spokane | WomanHealth | $ 594 | |
| Skagit | Fidalgo Medical Assoc PLLC | $ 266 | |
| Spokane | Rockwood Clinic PS | $ 266 | |
| Spokane | Valley Ob/Gyn PS | $ 248 | |
| King | Minor & James Medical PLLC | $ 198 | |
| King | Bellegrove Prof Park | $ 198 | |
| Skagit | Skagit Valley Med. Ctr. | $ 198 | |
| Skagit | Island Family Physicians | $ 11 |
These numbers are from Washington State Fiscal Year 2006. The numbers actually add up to only $5,276,388 (as opposed to the separately published total figure of $7,554,501 because of a narrower interpretation of "abortion-related services"). You can actually multiple these numbers by 30% (1.3) to get the amount of tax money these institutions actually received for the total set of abortion services rendered to Medicaid clients.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
FAQ #3: Who do I contact in the state government?
Good question. In this state, no matter where you live, you have 3 state elected legislators in Olympia:
In order to find out who they are, go here and type in your street address. You can send them an email through the website.
If you are comfortable writing a letter and sending it in the mail, go ahead and do that. Better yet, if you are comfortable calling them up on the phone, that's even better. But if that's too much for you, the email route is a great place to start.
Make sure not only to tell them what you think, but to ask them what their position is, and make it clear you would like a response. When you get a response, please let us know. We're going to track each state legislator's positions.
- 2 State Representatives, and
- 1 State Senator.
In order to find out who they are, go here and type in your street address. You can send them an email through the website.
If you are comfortable writing a letter and sending it in the mail, go ahead and do that. Better yet, if you are comfortable calling them up on the phone, that's even better. But if that's too much for you, the email route is a great place to start.
Make sure not only to tell them what you think, but to ask them what their position is, and make it clear you would like a response. When you get a response, please let us know. We're going to track each state legislator's positions.
FAQ #2: What Points Should I Make When Contacting My Legislator?
- Make sure they know that you are in command of the basic facts, not just reacting to "some story" you heard. Those facts are that the Department of Health & Human Services spends around $7 million each year paying for about 14,000 abortions. This is through the Medicaid program. That money ends up in the hands of abortion providers. Many of those abortion providers pull down salaries of about $250,000/year. In short, they don't need the money.
- Ask them whether they think this is a morally or fiscally responsible way to spend $7 million of taxpayers' money?
- Ask them if they support what amounts to subsidies to the abortion industry?
- Washington state is one of only four states which pays abortions through Medicaid without exception. Ask what it is we know that the other 46 states don't.
- Point out that you only subsidize something if you want to encourage it. Ask them if they support government policies which encourage people to choose abortion.
- Ask them if they want to see the abortion rate go down. If so, how does making 60% of abortions free achieve that?
- Much of this $7 million goes to Planned Parenthood, which in this state makes a $5 million profit each year, and has doubled its revenues in the last 8 years. They make $7 million of profit just in sales of birth control to low income women. They are increasing their abortion business by 11% each year. Ask your legislators if they support taking money from your family to give handouts to these massively profitable abortion businesses.
- If your legislator is "pro-choice", ask them whether they support your right to choose whether or not to pay for someone else's abortion?
- Ask them if they would you support legislation to bring Washington's laws into line with the rest of the country and stop using tax money to pay for abortions.
FAQ #1: How Much Tax Money & How Many Abortions?
[From DSHS's 2007 numbers], here are the most recently published figures for the total number of abortions they paid for with your and my money for State Fiscal Year 2006. You paid for 13,830 abortions at an average cost of $546, for a total of $7,554,501.
Here is the table from 2000 on.
The proportion of all abortions paid for by the taxpayer has risen from 40% about 10 years ago to 55% in 2005. Total abortions for 2006 are not yet released so the percentage change can not yet be calculated.
Here is the data in visual form.
(cross-posted from Abortion In Washington.)
Here is the table from 2000 on.
| YEAR | Abortions Paid For | Total Tax Dollars | Average Price |
| 2000 | 11,281 | $6,369,252 | $565 |
| 2001 | 12,397 | $7,332,227 | $591 |
| 2002 | 13,124 | $8,205,061 | $625 |
| 2003 | 13,714 | $8,288,267 | $604 |
| 2004 | 14,165 | $7,001,498 | $494 |
| 2005 | 13,738 | $6,823,267 | $497 |
| 2006 | 13,830 | $7,554,501 | $546 |
Here is the data in visual form.
(cross-posted from Abortion In Washington.)
Should Olympia Run A Deficit to Subsidize the Abortion Industry?
Welcome to the new website designed to bring about Change in Washington State. This state is one of the last remaining holdouts that still subsidizes the abortion industry with taxpayers' money.
We're going to change that.
As someone once said, "we may not get there in one year", but in the days ahead, we are going to help all those Washingtonians who object to this outrageous policy, while the government is running deficits close to $3 billion, have their voices heard in Olympia, until the policy is changed.
No more will hardworking taxpayers be forced to take part in the practice of abortion against their will. Regardless what your thoughts are on abortion itself, we're sure you are pro-choice when it comes to your money.
That $7 million of your money that is being given to Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics, and the wealthy abortion doctors across this state needs to be returned to you to buy groceries and gas.
Stay tuned. We don't know how long it's going to take, but we're going to get there. Together.
We're going to change that.
As someone once said, "we may not get there in one year", but in the days ahead, we are going to help all those Washingtonians who object to this outrageous policy, while the government is running deficits close to $3 billion, have their voices heard in Olympia, until the policy is changed.
No more will hardworking taxpayers be forced to take part in the practice of abortion against their will. Regardless what your thoughts are on abortion itself, we're sure you are pro-choice when it comes to your money.
That $7 million of your money that is being given to Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics, and the wealthy abortion doctors across this state needs to be returned to you to buy groceries and gas.
Stay tuned. We don't know how long it's going to take, but we're going to get there. Together.
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